Got a question for ya....

How does a guy go about selling a revolver these days , especially if it's a collector's piece ? With all the changing laws and anti-gun attitudes, how does a guy advertise and get fair market value for somthing like this ?

There are actually newspapers that won't allow ads for pistols. Can't sell it on Ebay, and there's like only one gun shop within a hundred miles of where I live.

I've got a 1959 3-screw flat top Ruger .44 mag single action revolver that was one of the first 44s Ruger ever built. It was a transition model, with the light frame. More of a collectors piece than a shooter. Ruger only built them for a couple years then they went to the "New Model Blackhawk ".

These carry a value as high as $800 in original mint condition. I figure mines worth about $450 and I'd like to sell it so I can replace it with a Springfield Mil Spec model 1911 .45.

Any good ideas ?

Gunbroker.com
has alot of useful info.

Advertise in local ad papers.

All you need to do to keep it legal is go to the post office and ask them for a "gun owner transfer form"

This moves the registration to the new owner.
Most people don't do this.
I've done it a couple of times.
or
Ask a local gun shop to sell it on consignment, or on gunbroker.
Or take it to a gun trade show.

You better check with the local Sheriff, too, cause Cali is funny about that stuff. Who knows, maybe the state law calls that a "Saturday Night Special"? I know, it's not a .38, but you better do some checkin, first.


Just my .02