SRH .480 Price

[ebg3]

I found a 7.5" SRH in .480 at a shop and the price is $599 out the door. Is this good? Gun is used and he says only fired 12 times. Gun is a six shot with the wood inlayed grips not Hogue grips. Thanks,
Eddie

 

[chris_]

That's a good price. I have seen them cheaper but they are getting harder and harder to come by. Grab it. Then cut off the barrel.

 

[contender]

A fair price,, but I'd leave the bbl alone.

 

[tulsamal]

CDNN was selling brand new ones for $475 + $12 shipping.

Gregg

 

[Iron Mike Golf]

CDNN was selling brand new ones for $475 + $12 shipping.

Gregg

Those had 9.5 inch barrels.

 

[ebg3]

He did have one with the 9.5" barrel for $15 more. Thanks for the info, I'll think about it.
EG

 

[mohavesam]

CDNN's small lot aside, they are getting harder to find in NIB condition. Especially in 480R chambering.

The 9.5" guns are not for neophytes. I put them in the same class as the (butt ugly) X-frame S&W revolvers. Hunting revolvers without peer.

 

[tulsamal]

The 9.5" guns are not for neophytes. I put them in the same class as the (butt ugly) X-frame S&W revolvers. Hunting revolvers without peer.

Way back in the 1991 time period, I bought a .44 Magnum SRH with a 9.5" barrel. Put a Leupold 2x scope on it. My buddy bought the exact same gun and scope except he got the 7.5" barrel. Interesting thing happened. We both ended up preferring my gun. It's weird since I'm a S&W collector and I don't own a single 8 3/8ths revolver. Just never cared for that really long barrel feel. But the SRH is so massive in the frame area that somehow it just works out. And the barrel is a straight round one without an underlug so that helps the weight as well.

Just saying, they are worth handling. Even if you are pretty sure you don't like revolvers with long barrels.... the 9.5" SRH is some kind of outlier! Love mine, still own it, still take it into the deer stand on occasion.

Gregg