Get Your M65 at AIM

[Stephanie B]

$420 for a 4" Model 65.

Plus: DAO

Minus: Soul-leaking hole.

[feudist]

Those holes outgas rotten Hilary breath.

[jtcarm]

I’d love to add a 65 to my K-frame collection, but the hole is a deal-breaker.

[Poconnor]

I think that AIMs recent LEO trade ins are over priced. But revolvers are getting more and more expensive; but it’s one thing for an old NIB S&W. A beat up duty gun is another story. $225 for the GP100s and I would have tried to buy a few

[Totem Polar]

I think that AIMs recent LEO trade ins are over priced. But revolvers are getting more and more expensive; but it’s one thing for an old NIB S&W. A beat up duty gun is another story. $225 for the GP100s and I would have tried to buy a few

$225 would have been, like, 1984 used pricing, if the GP had been on the market back then.

[Lester Polfus]

I think that AIMs recent LEO trade ins are over priced. But revolvers are getting more and more expensive; but it’s one thing for an old NIB S&W. A beat up duty gun is another story. $225 for the GP100s and I would have tried to buy a few

We really need to start having some threads on how about how revolvers suck, nobody should buy them, and they are a massive liability that Operator people should divest immediately.

[TGS]

I think that AIMs recent LEO trade ins are over priced. But revolvers are getting more and more expensive; but it’s one thing for an old NIB S&W. A beat up duty gun is another story. $225 for the GP100s and I would have tried to buy a few

I'm not sure about GP100 pricing, but I haven't seen used revolvers priced at what people "think" they should be priced at for about 10 years now. That was the last time I saw S&W LE/security duty guns on a brick'n'mortar counter for ~$200-$280, and they were complete rattle traps that I doubt would have fired all 6 cylinders.

I hear about people buying VG condition Model 19s for $400 and scoffing at $700-800 going rate for an excellent condition 2.5" Model 19, but I can barely find gunsmith specials for $400.

For the condition as described, the Model 65 featured in the OP sounds like a fair price.

[03RN]

I'm not sure about GP100 pricing, but I haven't seen used revolvers priced at what people "think" they should be priced at for about 10 years now. That was the last time I saw S&W LE/security duty guns on a brick'n'mortar counter for ~$200-$280, and they were complete rattle traps that I doubt would have fired all 6 cylinders.

I hear about people buying VG condition Model 19s for $400 and scoffing at $700-800 going rate for an excellent condition 2.5" Model 19, but I can barely find gunsmith specials for $400.

For the condition as described, the Model 65 featured in the OP sounds like a fair price.

I got this one last year for $350 at a lgs

[TGS]

I got this one last year for $350 at a lgs

Which, to be fair, was likely marked at $350 because it needed professional repair.

[mtnbkr]

$225 would have been, like, 1984 used pricing, if the GP had been on the market back then.

I'm not sure about GP100 pricing, but I haven't seen used revolvers priced at what people "think" they should be priced at for about 10 years now. That was the last time I saw S&W LE/security duty guns on a brick'n'mortar counter for ~$200-$280, and they were complete rattle traps that I doubt would have fired all 6 cylinders.

I hear about people buying VG condition Model 19s for $400 and scoffing at $700-800 going rate for an excellent condition 2.5" Model 19, but I can barely find gunsmith specials for $400.

For the condition as described, the Model 65 featured in the OP sounds like a fair price.

I bought my GP100 in 1999 for $350 NIB. I sold it 15 years later to a friend for $350. He got a deal and I got to shoot a GP100 for free for 15 years.

I haven't see a decent used DA revolver for less than $400 in years. Most have been pushing $500+. N-Frames are minimum $600 for stuff like later model, but pre-hillary-hole, 629s.

My last revolver purchase, 6-7 years ago, was a K32 with cosmetic issues I was all too happy to pay $500 for. I got lucky on that one as that gun is easily a $1k gun in collectors' circles. There simply aren't any $200-$300 GP100s, M10s, etc. At the "Nation's Gun Show" in Chantilly this weekend, used GP100s were $400+. Vintage S&Ws were $500 and up. However, NIB J-frames could be had for $400 or so.

I'm pretty much done buying non-j-frame revolvers. The market has climbed too high and I can't justify the investment. I have all of the ones I want and am better off spending money on ammo or training.

Chris