That’s a nice price for that revolver..
For what it’s worth, in the summer of 1980, my dad bought his brand new blue Security-Six 4”* for $175.00 at Freedom Hardware in Freedom CA, just outside Salinas.
According to the BLS CPI inflation calculator, the 2024 equivalent is $647.93.
* I’ll post a pic Soon™️ .
"If I ever needed to hunt in a tuxedo, then this would be the rifle I'd take." - okie john
"Not being able to govern events, I govern myself." - Michel De Montaigne
Are we doing inflation pricing? My first really cool handgun was a new, production overrun NY-1 S&W 64, bead blast and DAO, with lock up tighter than a frog’s asshole. I paid $269 for that thing, and I’m pretty sure an NY-1 in that condition has more than kept up with inflation.
(Puts thumbs in suspenders, after hitching up belt; goes on to complain about “kids today…”)
”But in the end all of these ideas just manufacture new criminals when the problem isn't a lack of criminals.” -JRB
The Speed Six in question has a 156 serial number prefix, making it a 1981 revolver. According to Lex Luthier’s computation, I’m selling this one for $100 less than fair price…lol!
May I ask which product number is that sight? I just tried to go through XS's web page, and I couldn't find it.
If I ever get my Speed Six running again (yeah, ultra rugged and reliable, nothing ever goes wrong with these... So OF COURSE mine breaks), a nicer solution for a visible front sight than just fingernail polish might be in order. (Besides, orange fingernail polish disappears from sight against a tan cardboard target at dusk.)
IDPA SSP classification: Sharpshooter
F.A.S.T. classification: Intermediate
RV-003N-4V It’s labeled for SP101 and J frame pistols, but it’s the height of the Speed Six front ramp sight. It hits spot on, and glows crazy bright.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/114690155192
You decided to keep it then, eh? Good!
"If I ever needed to hunt in a tuxedo, then this would be the rifle I'd take." - okie john
"Not being able to govern events, I govern myself." - Michel De Montaigne