PowderRiverCowboy Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 While like many always half way looking for a new Toy , But Colt Cowboys really in the 2-3 k range ? I have 2 of them and I never sell and they are nice but worth that I would say not Have values really went up that much ? https://www.gunbroker.com/item/924611168 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Amazingly, the failure that was the Colt Cowboy is now pulling in pretty decent prices on the used market. Three Grand? Not wort it. Two thousand plus, not surprised. The value of used Colts is bizarre. Find yourself a NIB 2nd Gen, and you are looking at 2 to 5 thousand depending various factors. Maybe more. Find a NIB 2nd Gen "commemorative" Colt, and you'll probably get it for less than two thousand. (Which is how I've gotten more than a few 2nd gen pistols) None of it makes sense to me, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Guns are worth whatever people are willing to pay. As to the Cowboy, investment cast Colt / Ruger Mashup, I just wouldn't care for one. They're out there https://hcguns.com/unfired-colt-cowboy-45lc/. The show I was at a few weeks ago all the old Colts, revolvers and autos were in the stratosphere, as were Smiths and Winchesters. All of those brands in the minority compared to plastic fantastic.. Factually, I'd prefer a pair of Rugers to a pair of Cowboys. I startrd with Rugers and they were good back then, I suspect they're better today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 15 minutes ago, H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 said: Amazingly, the failure that was the Colt Cowboy is now pulling in pretty decent prices on the used market. Three Grand? Not wort it. Two thousand plus, not surprised. The value of used Colts is bizarre. Find yourself a NIB 2nd Gen, and you are looking at 2 to 5 thousand depending various factors. Maybe more. Find a NIB 2nd Gen "commemorative" Colt, and you'll probably get it for less than two thousand. (Which is how I've gotten more than a few 2nd gen pistols) None of it makes sense to me, I hear you there and dont play the auction bid game , or a used Firearm from a such site , Prefer to see what I am getting or from a better trusted place like someone here But never hurts to look . . But looking at a few people are bidding these way up makes me wonder if they dont really know what the difference is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 True Gun Value link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 1 minute ago, PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L said: True Gun Value link A good sight for evaluating the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Unfortunately there are No Parts available for them by anyone. They are not and probably NEVER Will Be worth that kind of money . So Saith The Rooster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 14 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said: A good sight for evaluating the market. personally I wouldnt pay current for one , I think its alot of gee look a Colt , the nostalgia and stigma of the Name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 41 minutes ago, PowerRiverCowboy said: But looking at a few people are bidding these way up makes me wonder if they dont really know what the difference is Well, you just hit the nail on the head. People are bidding thinking it's an SAA not realizing that it's not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 There is just something about a real Colt Peacemaker, particularly Gen 2 and before. I don't think it is a matter of brand, or showing off, because once you charge out the Colt grips, it isn't obvious. I have a Gen 2 worked up by Eddie Janis years ago. Just a delight to shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Holy sheep dip! I guess the custom Colt Cowboy I won at EOT in 2002 is finally worth something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 I don't trust Auctions, tho there are certainly honest ones. A neighbor had an auction after her husband died and in that case the auctioneer was bent, he had friends come and they bought valuable things well below value. Just before he auctioned off a collectible car, a flatbed pulled up. The car was sold and gone. She was absolutely devastated, with no recourse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 I have to admit that I'd like to own a Cowboy, just to have one as a part of the collection. But I also think that the prices they are commanding now are way to high. Plus, I don't think they are Mass Compliant, so it doesn't matter anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 36 minutes ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: Holy sheep dip! I guess the custom Colt Cowboy I won at EOT in 2002 is finally worth something. I would say so , heck I got a deal on mine when I bought the pair . Even laughed about adding Stag grips on them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene, SASS # 27489 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 I have heard, and it makes sense, the value of the Cowboy is going up simply because of collectors who need one to fill a hole in their collections, and there weren't a huge number made. I don't think anyone is buying them to shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 13 minutes ago, Abilene, SASS # 27489 said: I have heard, and it makes sense, the value of the Cowboy is going up simply because of collectors who need one to fill a hole in their collections, and there weren't a huge number made. I don't think anyone is buying them to shoot. Then they might have to buy two I see a few in a box mine came in a plastic Colt case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I bought a pair of them years ago for 400.00 each And it took a long time before I got my money back on them . Never ever happened again . People who know = No ! People who don't = Will buy Once ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Bascomb, SASS # 47,494 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Market forces in play. Scarce models desirable. Good condition examples increasingly rare. Quality of older models more desirable. Value of money decreasing, requiring more of it. I keep looking for a good .45 acp Curtis E. Lemay....... doubt I'll be able to afford it IF I ever find one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted March 14, 2022 Author Share Posted March 14, 2022 11 minutes ago, Bad Bascomb, SASS # 47,494 said: Market forces in play. Scarce models desirable. Good condition examples increasingly rare. Quality of older models more desirable. Value of money decreasing, requiring more of it. I keep looking for a good .45 acp Curtis E. Lemay....... doubt I'll be able to afford it IF I ever find one. Yeah be carefull when you do a quick search shows 3 places scamming the same pistol sold on GA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Jack Black Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I bought my first Colt SAA in 68 just before I went overseas and my 2nd one when I came home both were NIB and under 400.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 If I recall correctly, in "66 they were $129. Many other things priced differently than today - the money was worth something. I was offered a Browning Renaissance set of 3 engraved, silver plated autos in a fitted case for $495. Talk about regrets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Yeah and in 1966 I was earning ninety cents an hour. Weeping over those "low" prices only makes sense after they have been adjusted for inflation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 5 minutes ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: Yeah and in 1966 I was earning ninety cents an hour. Weeping over those "low" prices only makes sense after they have been adjusted for inflation. Of course, just a year later I was making $8,200 a year as a LEO in a tough town. My car payment on a 4 year old Pontiac convertible was $62 per month. And Gasoline, in the mid 20 cent range, unless there was a gas war - then it was cheaper. Why do you think I didn't but the Brownings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Back then I was in college and kept a dime and a quarter taped to a piece of cardboard in my wallet. The dime for a phone call and the quarter for a gallon of gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 While in College, I kept a dime in each of my penny loafers, and a $2 bill in the back of my wallet, saved my bacon on occasion! Still have a couple of those bills just for luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thespaniard Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I bought this gun and had this for almost 30 years now. i shoot some matches with it and carry it around as a winter carry It’s a nice shooter only had to change the bolt spring screw and upgraded to Wolff Spring , shoots like a champ but not my regular shooting gun. This is the 4 3/4 barrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Hard to beat! My oldest still in hand is a S&W K22, I bought as a student. I can't recall if it was my second or third handgun. That was pre JFK so times were different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 I was at a LGS yesterday and a 3rd Gen Colt 44-40 with 5 1/2 inch bbl was in stock. It was NOS and appeared unfired. The price was around $2,800. It seemed a bit high to me, but the salesman said that with prices on firearms rising there are more "safe queens" being brought out for sale and the prices of those are rising. It seems to me if a buyer wants one then they will pay the going price. If someone is concerned that the price paid is too high, then they are implicitly saying they are going to sell it down the road and don't want to lose money on the deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 I will say that when I see an auction on Gunbroker for a Colt Cowboy described as a Single Action Army, I do send the seller a message saying, "The gun pictured is not a Colt Single Action Army. It is a Colt Cowboy, a low cost alternative that Colt briefly marketed to compete with the Ruger. It may look similar to the SAA, but it is not one." I may or may not add something about the asking price being legitimate for an SAA, but not for a Cowboy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezra Hawthorne Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 My late grandfather left behind a nickel Colt Frontier .22 single action revolver with the original box. It has two tiny gouges at the barrel tip and a slightly bent blade sight (they said he tripped and fell on it while holding it) but aside from that it's in great shape and the springs are still crisp. I would love to inherit it but I am only the grandson so I don't get a say in who gets what from the estate.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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