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I’ve been thinking of picking up another J-frame in 38 sp. Better get it sooner rather than later, if this keeps up the prices are gonna go way up. J frames are the only Smith revolvers that Bud's have in stock. But they seem to have plenty of them.
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My local Rural King is stocked about 50-50 revolvers and semi auto.
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All joking aside, I see revolver popularity and thus sales continue to fall (which typical causes prices to rise).
The plastic wonder 9's came out what when? Earlier 80's or thereabout with the glock? You have a whole generation who grew up with polymer striker-fired pistols at a fraction of the price of a revolver with at least twice or three time the ammo capacity.
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I do have some notifications set up with a couple of online retailers. They do have some wheel guns coming in on a regular basis, but they don’t last long. That's because nobody likes revolvers anymore. Nobody likes them because they can't find one. Try to find a pre-lock Smith in a popular caliber at a good price.
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I do have some notifications set up with a couple of online retailers. They do have some wheel guns coming in on a regular basis, but they don’t last long. That's because nobody likes revolvers anymore. Nobody likes them because they can't find one. Try to find a pre-lock Smith in a popular caliber at a good price. You are right. I have bought a handful of proper Smith's on consignment pretty well priced over the past year or so. I gave $650 out the door for this 629-4 a bit ago. I will not pass on a deal for a proper Smith. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/Isywwfd.jpg)
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I’ve been thinking of picking up another J-frame in 38 sp. Better get it sooner rather than later, if this keeps up the prices are gonna go way up. No doubt Mike. They sure as heck aren’t getting any cheaper.
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I’ve been thinking of picking up another J-frame in 38 sp. Better get it sooner rather than later, if this keeps up the prices are gonna go way up. J frames are the only Smith revolvers that Bud's have in stock. But they seem to have plenty of them. CDNN Sports has some of the Ultralite or scandium type versions in stock, but they’re about twice the price of the aluminum frame versions.
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I do have some notifications set up with a couple of online retailers. They do have some wheel guns coming in on a regular basis, but they don’t last long. That's because nobody likes revolvers anymore. Nobody likes them because they can't find one. Try to find a pre-lock Smith in a popular caliber at a good price. You are right. I have bought a handful of proper Smith's on consignment pretty well priced over the past year or so. I gave $650 out the door for this 629-4 a bit ago. I will not pass on a deal for a proper Smith. That's stealing, Ed. Nice find! Congrats.
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Heck about the only revolvers anywhere are Heritage revolvers.
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Heck about the only revolvers anywhere are Heritage revolvers. Sucked in by the price, my local nephew bought one at Academy as a first handgun. It wasn’t good, weak hammer spring - frequent misfires. He’s done better since tho - a Rock Island 1911.
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I do have some notifications set up with a couple of online retailers. They do have some wheel guns coming in on a regular basis, but they don’t last long. That's because nobody likes revolvers anymore. Nobody likes them because they can't find one. Try to find a pre-lock Smith in a popular caliber at a good price. Yeah, I was kidding.
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You are right. I have bought a handful of proper Smith's on consignment pretty well priced over the past year or so. I gave $650 out the door for this 629-4 a bit ago. I will not pass on a deal for a proper Smith. That is indeed an excellent deal. Pretty much can't go wrong, anyway you figure it, at that price.
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CDNN Sports has some of the Ultralite or scandium type versions in stock, but they’re about twice the price of the aluminum frame versions.
The reason for that is that the scandium models have titanium cylinders, which require more expensive machining than steel.
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Heck about the only revolvers anywhere are Heritage revolvers. Yep. My local gun store has a whole case devoted to those. After that, the only revolvers they have are old classics on consignment with a huge premium price. The rest of the display cases are chock full of auto pistols.
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Heck about the only revolvers anywhere are Heritage revolvers. Yep. My local gun store has a whole case devoted to those. After that, the only revolvers they have are old classics on consignment with a huge premium price. The rest of the display cases are chock full of auto pistols. You've just described 90% of the gun shops around here. There is the occasional gem, however.
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CDNN Sports has some of the Ultralite or scandium type versions in stock, but they’re about twice the price of the aluminum frame versions.
The reason for that is that the scandium models have titanium cylinders, which require more expensive machining than steel. Only the PD's. The M&P's have a black stainless cylinder, which I actually liked better.
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CDNN Sports has some of the Ultralite or scandium type versions in stock, but they’re about twice the price of the aluminum frame versions.
The reason for that is that the scandium models have titanium cylinders, which require more expensive machining than steel. Only the PD's. The M&P's have a black stainless cylinder, which I actually liked better. And the standard Airweight models have aluminum frames with steel cylinders.
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The two local shops here in East Tennessee had 2-4 on hand when I visited this week.
All .38 Airweights.
I haven't seen a Scandium in ages around here.
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