S & W Price Check

by John Meeker , Friday, November 25, 2011, 06:54 (4746 days ago) @ Drago

Around the West End of Lake Erie, blued S&W's, pre-safety appears to be priced by blind faith and wishful thinking. 500.00 appears to be a 'moderate' gun counter asking price, anymore. One similar to your description was at Gander Mountain for less than a month. Another one resides in a local shop's display case at 550.00. Guess that pricing is nothing new to those of you who keep up with the market.

Another one of life's great bargains, mid-century Marlin levers, seems to have been on a similar rise over the past few years. Haven't really needed one, but was handling a nice undrilled .32 Spec 336A at 500.00 -- thinking, "Jeez, I usta pass these by at under 200.00 bucks every gun show."

Then I realized that wasn't exactly yesterday, neither.