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White Horseradish

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Craziness...
« on: May 23, 2009, 10:32:20 PM »
So, there's this auction I was watching. It's for a used Charter Arms Bulldog. It closed at $504.  Those things are $350 new at Davidsons.

Just wow...
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Re: Craziness...
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2009, 08:16:28 AM »
Is it the same production though?  Charter Arms has gone through several owners over the years.  Some production years are "better" than others.

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Re: Craziness...
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2009, 08:42:03 AM »
It's one of the earlier incarnations. I thought the current run was actually very decent. I have a later stainless Undercover and like it quite a bit. The addition of the ejector rod shroud was a good change.
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Re: Craziness...
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2009, 09:30:14 AM »
I think it's the earlier ones that command a premium.  I'm not really up to speed on their products, so this is just what I've read in various places.

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Re: Craziness...
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2009, 09:39:47 AM »
First generation Charter Arms guns, especially the .44s, do command premiums.

Second and third generation guns had lots of problems, especially with the shrouds. They were glued in place, and the glue would let loose and the shroud would either start twisting or would go flying down range.
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Re: Craziness...
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2009, 09:56:03 AM »
The  .44 "Bulldog" has a collector's cache because David Berkowitz used it...
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Re: Craziness...
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2009, 09:58:59 AM »
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Re: Craziness...
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2009, 10:13:13 AM »
Quote from: fistful on May 24, 2009, 09:58:59 AM
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Re: Craziness...
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2009, 10:42:57 AM »
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Re: Craziness...
« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2009, 01:57:42 PM »
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So, there's this auction I was watching. It's for a used Charter Arms Bulldog. It closed at $504.  Those things are $350 new at Davidsons.

Just wow...

Auction fever combined with ignorance. 

Worst I personally witnessed was a FEG PA-63 that went for over $300, at a time when they were going for $99/ea at the various surplus gun vendors.
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Re: Craziness...
« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2009, 02:34:46 PM »
Catchy!

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Re: Craziness...
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Re: Craziness...
« Reply #12 on: May 24, 2009, 10:07:19 PM »
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The  .44 "Bulldog" has a collector's cache because David Berkowitz used it...

It would have had to been used by him to be worth over $500.
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Re: Craziness...
« Reply #13 on: May 25, 2009, 04:15:46 PM »
Quote from: Fly320s on May 24, 2009, 10:42:57 AM
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