Monday, July 24, 2006

Pawn Shop Circuit: A Nickel Magnum

I went by Kenny's shop after work today, lo & behold, he had pulled out the nickel Smith he alluded to earlier this month. Kenny sauntered over to the gun counter as I walked in, and he pulled out the revolver. "You must think you've got something there." I said as I bellied up to the counter.

She was pretty. Kenny smiled and handed me a pinned and recessed Model 19-4 with a factory nickel finish. He had the gun tagged at $279. I removed the trigger lock and swung open the cylinder. It was unloaded. I tried the trigger. It was sweet. I began the Jim March Checkout as I did a quick calculation, and came up with $250 for this revolver. I figured the nice nickel finish was a benefit offset by the Pachmayer grips, which I dislike.

I offered Kenny two and a half. He looked dejected. I handed the revolver back to him, and then thought to myself......'You know Zave, if this was a nickel Model 10-6 you'd give $179 for it.' I looked at Kenny. I looked at the revolver. This was the Combat Magnum, designed by Bill Jordan. "Hell, here's $40," I said, "Let's put it on layaway."
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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:59 PM

    Anytime they saunter to the counter the pistola always costs more. Dang it.

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  2. Anonymous11:46 PM

    For that amount and without the damn, new, stupid locks, it's probably worth it.

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  3. Anonymous8:32 AM

    "...without the damn, new, stupid locks..."

    Preach it Brother! Preach It!

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  4. Anonymous1:16 PM

    After reading that write-up, I WANT a Model 19 in a baaad way...

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  5. Anonymous2:25 PM

    So beautiful, that's really awesome, great price to.
    I see trashed 38spl S&W's all the time for $350-400, I'd love to see a beauty like that at a gun show:-)

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  6. NotClauswitz5:33 PM

    I've gotten a hankering for a model 19 lately, the look so much better than the stuff today. Around here that $279 would be a lot closer to $679 - yeh sucks to live here.

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