For my firstborn...

BamaMac54 · December 21, 2005, 03:04 PM

I've found a Colt Peacemaker 22 mag revolver made in 1973. I'm considering purchasing it and putting it away for the long anticipated first shooting lesson in about 10 years or so. Asking price is $479. You thoughts? It's in great shape. There are two..one in 1973, one in '75.

BamaMac54 · December 21, 2005, 11:18 PM

Ok..so I guess no one knows if that's a good buy or not. I'm simply looking for a meaningful collectors piece that will shoot, and still mean something.

bishop1198 · December 21, 2005, 11:45 PM

Price might be a lil high.I had a nib 22 buntline that I paid 400 for.Real nice guns but i collect rugers.

BamaMac54 · December 22, 2005, 04:35 PM

Thanks for your input..judging by the lack of response I'm thinking what I found wasn't that impressive. Thanks!

SJshooter · December 22, 2005, 06:56 PM

Who knows if your kid will even appeciate that gun in 2016 or so?

If it were me, I'd get him a new gun made the year he was born. Yeah, you may not think new guns are as good as old guns... but it WILL be an old gun by the time he is your age. In fact, it will be a classic with real meaning. And By 2016 or 2026 or 2056, what you see as an inferior product today will most likely be one of those "wow, they really don't make them anything like THAT any more" by the time the kid can keep the handgun himeslf. Think if he was born in 1973. I'm sure people then would have told you to get a post-war model or a early '50s magnum or such. But today that '73 is a gem. Same with an '05 down the line.

December 21, 2005, 03:04 PM	#1
BamaMac54 Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 2005 Location: Middle Tennessee Posts: 247	For my firstborn... I've found a Colt Peacemaker 22 mag revolver made in 1973. I'm considering purchasing it and putting it away for the long anticipated first shooting lesson in about 10 years or so. Asking price is $479. You thoughts? It's in great shape. There are two..one in 1973, one in '75.

December 21, 2005, 11:18 PM	#2
BamaMac54 Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 2005 Location: Middle Tennessee Posts: 247	Ok..so I guess no one knows if that's a good buy or not. I'm simply looking for a meaningful collectors piece that will shoot, and still mean something.

December 21, 2005, 11:45 PM	#3
bishop1198 Member Join Date: June 2, 2002 Location: New Iberia Louisiana Posts: 77	Price might be a lil high.I had a nib 22 buntline that I paid 400 for.Real nice guns but i collect rugers.

December 22, 2005, 04:35 PM	#4
BamaMac54 Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 2005 Location: Middle Tennessee Posts: 247	Thanks for your input..judging by the lack of response I'm thinking what I found wasn't that impressive. Thanks!

December 22, 2005, 06:56 PM	#5
SJshooter Junior member Join Date: November 19, 2005 Posts: 96	Who knows if your kid will even appeciate that gun in 2016 or so? If it were me, I'd get him a new gun made the year he was born. Yeah, you may not think new guns are as good as old guns... but it WILL be an old gun by the time he is your age. In fact, it will be a classic with real meaning. And By 2016 or 2026 or 2056, what you see as an inferior product today will most likely be one of those "wow, they really don't make them anything like THAT any more" by the time the kid can keep the handgun himeslf. Think if he was born in 1973. I'm sure people then would have told you to get a post-war model or a early '50s magnum or such. But today that '73 is a gem. Same with an '05 down the line.