Would you spend 30K on a revolver?

[STFU]

This one has over 60 bids...whoa!

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/917941429

 

[Jaybird1980]

No, I wouldn't.

But then again I'm a poor

 

[STFU]

I get that...same here.
That said, I would rather own 30x $1000 guns than 1x 30,000 gun! (I'm not much of a collector.)

 

[BGDave]

Every year there are fewer Colt's in this condition. Guess this kind of answers the question on keeping the original boxes.
It used to drive me nuts to see SP 1 Colts pulled apart for the pre-ban lowers.
Then it was pointed out to me that it only made complete rifles worth more.
Somebody somewhere needs this to fill a hole in his Colt Lawman-Trooper frame collection.
And 6 days to go.

 

[gregkl]

Nope. Even if I won the lottery.

 

[Ark]

Like many things in this world, the only people who spend $30k on a revolver are people who think they can sell it for $40k in a few years.

 

[armalitesheepdog]

If I hit the lottery last week for 100 million sure. Why not. At my age I wouldn't live long enough to go broke and I can't take it with me so....

 

[MinuteManMike]

If I fell into a jackpot of millions, I still wouldn't buy guns to sit in a box. I might buy used rare collectible guns but only so I can own and shoot things like Dirty Harry's 44. I'd probably buy every service gun from every US war, so long as they're still shoot-able.

mmmmmmmmmmmm..... Browning M2 and MG42s......

 

[armalitesheepdog]

I wouldn't let it sit in s box. I would shoot the **** outta it. Then my son can sell it for 2k.....lol

 

[yetti462]

never heard of a boa. I would not spend $30k on it. If I had the coin to buy a pistol like that, I would load her up and blast away. My brother has some S&W revolvers that he will not shoot, Then asks me how mine shoot and I say great. How does yours?

I buy guns to shoot as they were made to shoot. I don't sell them, so why keep pristine?

 

[92FSTech]

Nope. Not even if I could afford it, which I definitely can't. While I can appreciate an attractive handgun design, and the Boa/Python certainly are that, I buy guns to shoot, not to look at. Something like that exists just to take up room that I don't have in my safe, and I'd be constantly worried that it would get damaged/stolen/destroyed in a fire, etc. Not appealing to me in the least.

 

[223 Gunner]

I would block Rparker5586, he has a C rating and 2 feedback.
He would be the type of guy to really run it up and back out.
That would give other bidders time to "cool" off and rethink their bidding.

I have heard of the Boa but have never seen one in the "wild"

 

[MrSmitty]

I agree with STFU....30 1K guns, rather than 1 30K.....I won't buy a gun I can't/won't shoot....Just like in Rudolph..."a gun isn't a gun till it's loved/shot by a shooter"

 

[Trees]

My philosophy is quality over quantity. Higher end guns are great investments. You can have guns that you go out and shoot the hell out of them but also have some that never see a bullet. Everyone has their own way to look at it, but that BOA would be a great addition to a lot of Colt collections out there.

 

[Hopper]

Nahh, not me. I have the revolvers I want already, though I wouldn't mind having my old Ruger GP100 MC in 357 back. With the change from replacing it I'd buy a decent Jeep TJ with a manual transmission and sort it out to my liking.

And being a Jeep, Just Empty Every Pocket, right?!? I'd probably be $$ ahead getting the $30K revolver.

 

[Trapper Jim]

Collectors are their own breed. History, letters and bragging rights may be worth it to some but for real shooters, I’d rather have a Smith and Wesson that is no mystery on how it shoots for hundreds of thousands of rounds. Just me.

 

[fullmetaljesus]

I would if I could flip it for 60k.

 

[gregkl]

I would if I could flip it for 60k.

Heck, I'd do it if I could flip it for $40K

 

[Redhorse]

This one has over 60 bids...whoa!

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/917941429

I was researching revolvers used in WWII and saw a Colt SAA in .357 (Battle of Britain Revolver) with a 4.75" barrel going from between something like $17,000 and $25,000.

 

[Bennettjh]

Even if I had remotely anywhere close to that kind of money, I wouldn't. It's beautiful for sure, but not worth that just to look at.