Pawn Shop Finds

barbarossa · Mar 17, 2014

Seriously. In one week. After years of hitting the pawn shops, two in a row.

Made in 1966.

Made in 1956. Pre 29 .44mag. Correct grips incoming.

tim9lives · Mar 17, 2014

Awesome finds.

Jack · Mar 17, 2014

What did those cost you?

Lokin4AReason · Mar 18, 2014

nice score ....

i like them =-)

Gus McCrae · Mar 18, 2014

Awesome score!

deuxlatch · Mar 18, 2014

That Python looks like a "combat special" with the 3"bbl. Very rare from what I'm told. Am I wrong?

VeedUp · Mar 18, 2014

sweet find, where you been fishing

madwabbit · Mar 18, 2014

+1 for how much?

Pawn shops used to be my weapon of choice for rare guns and guitars, but technology did that in. Now any clown can google a serial number and find out its value.

Onto garage, estate, and storage sales.

3fifty7 · Mar 18, 2014

VeedUp said:
sweet find, where you been fishing

No joke, must be a well stocked pond.
The only keepers I've come across we're a AMT 10/22 clone and a Arminius 7 shot .32 revolver in for under a hundred each.

madwabbit · Mar 18, 2014

my only pawn shop score ever was "an old guitar that's been here for years" - I asked to see it anyway.

Upon seeing it, I asked what he really wanted, that I'd fix it up and make it a little project guitar if it wasn't going to cost me too much. He said "200.00 and I'll give ya the case, its what we got in it".

My first Gibson Les Paul, all it needed was a restring and a little tlc. Total investment was ~300.00, sold it a few years later for 800 (which is still a hell of a deal)

I can never find a stellar deal on guns in there- I still prefer the internet and random gun shows to roll my dice.

deuxlatch · Mar 18, 2014

madwabbit said:
my only pawn shop score ever was "an old guitar that's been here for years" - I asked to see it anyway.

Upon seeing it, I asked what he really wanted, that I'd fix it up and make it a little project guitar if it wasn't going to cost me too much. He said "200.00 and I'll give ya the case, its what we got in it".

My first Gibson Les Paul, all it needed was a restring and a little tlc. Total investment was ~300.00, sold it a few years later for 800 (which is still a hell of a deal)

Those Les Pauls are a rare jewel. The owner of the company I used to work for bought a 1959 Les Paul for $200 back in 1961 when he was in college. Kept it in pristeen condition all these years. It now sits in Joe Perry's hands for, I'm told, a cool half million. Now THAT was a return on investment.

barbarossa · Mar 18, 2014

To answer a few questions,

before these two, I haven't found anything this cool in pawn shops in years. It was just dumb luck.

The .44mag was labeled "29-3", I knew with the pinned barrel and recessed cylinder that couldn't be right. Thought it was a 29-2, but wondered why it didn't say "29" anywhere on the gun. Since I had just bought a 29-2 (8 3/8") on here, I actually passed on it first. Decided a 4" model would be nice to add to the collection and went back the next day. Didn't know what I had bought until I started researching it. Paid $640. Found the correct "cokes" for another $350, so all in all, this wasn't a steal, but what a cool gun. I know I'll feel like Elmer Keith every time I shoot it. This is from within a year of when he got his first . 44mag, with a total of around 3000 produced by then according to my research. Not very many of those were 4" models, so that's a rare gun. Not collector condition, no box, but that doesn't mean anything to me. I want to shoot it, I'm a .44mag nut.

The Python is a 2 1/2" model. Non original grips, no box. Came from a shop I had passed by many times thinking it was a cash checking place. Only when I noticed the tiny sign on the door that said "pawn" did I decide to take a look. They had three handguns total. A High Point, a Rossi and..., well, a snub nose Python. $1100.

Like I said, dumb luck. The two shops were 80 miles apart.

Gus McCrae · Mar 18, 2014

I didn't know you were a wheelgun man. We need to go shooting sometime soon.

barbarossa · Mar 18, 2014

Gus McCrae said:
I didn't know you were a wheelgun man. We need to go shooting sometime soon.

Anytime. Send me a PM.

Gus McCrae · Mar 18, 2014

barbarossa said:
Anytime. Send me a PM.

Will do. Probably in a few weeks.

bullman24 · Apr 1, 2014

Nice gun.

Rhandhali · Apr 1, 2014

Pawn shop finds are awesome. The best pawn shops I've found have been ones near military bases, major universities and casinos.

NickelPython357 · Apr 11, 2014

Great finds, I would have bought them both myself. I have always wanted a 2 in Python especially in nickel. I found a 4 in. nickel Python in a pawn shop years ago for 450 dollars. Of course I bought it on the spot. Second best find was a Colt detective special that was filthy and had a big chunk missing from one grip panel. I got it for 200 bucks cleaned it inside and out put on some new factory grips and had a great gun that I later sold for more than twice that. Used to make the rounds to lots of local pawn shops at least once a month, but I don`t see much of interest anymore and the prices are usually over the top. BTW that nickel Python, I still have it.

CUJOHUNTER · Apr 12, 2014

My best pawn shop find..........
1974 Colt Detectives Special for $250

Uglyducky · May 4, 2014

Man that Python was a score!!! If you wanna make some fast cash on it send me a pm. I'll take it off your hands

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