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Old February 6, 2011, 02:50 PM   #108
Walt Sherrill
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You are confusing surplus used police pistols with commercial guns in mint conditions. There is on heck of a lot of difference there both in condition and in price.
It seems that somebody is confused. That's the first time you've mentioned commercial grade (whatever that means) guns in mint condition. It has NOT been part of this discussion.

What you claimed, prior to this response, was that the older forged guns DEMAND a higher price due to their innate superiority. You have NOT offered the first proof of that claim. If that Israeli gun was properly reconditioned -- it was -- and was a T-series, it was, it should still demand a higher price than newer, non-forged guns, because of its superior traits. That's because these traits, you tell us, are understood and appreciated by the true gun cognescenti.

On the other hand, several of us have shown that this is generally not the case. If you go out to Gun Broker and Auction Arms, you'll find plenty of Browning or FN Hi-Powers selling for similar prices, regardless of when they were made, or regardless of whether they're cast or forged. Highly decorated models, or ones with special features, sometimes go higher.

I'm sure there are guns that have never been fired, in original boxes or zipper cases, that will demand a superior price from a collector. But that superior price has more to do with condition, completeness, and scarcity than with whether the gun was forged or cast.

Once again, when evidence is presented that refutes what you claim, you try to wiggle out of the discussion by making new claims, most of which seem more like smoke screen than substance.

Last edited by Walt Sherrill; February 6, 2011 at 03:16 PM.
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