Currently there is only 5 cents different between the US and Canada Dollar (their favor)
So it's not a currency issue.
So it's not a currency issue.
Gun Prices
Hi lads;
You know I can never figure out the gun prices between here (Canada) and the US.
For example the price of the Pythons. I can buy them here for $1200. or less without the box or papers. 4", 6" doesn't matter and stainless is about the same around here.
Now I've just found a Colt King Cobra on a Canadian site and the gent wants $700.00 He's had it since 1994 and says he's fired around 500 rounds over the years.
Does this sound like a great deal to you guys? I checked GunBroker for example and they all seem to be going (or asking) $1,400.00 and up, and I mean way up there.
Here's a couple of photos I got from the site and as usual, I would value your opinion on this one. I think I can see a few light scratches on the right side but that's about it I think.
Thanks fellas
Bud
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You know I can never figure out the gun prices between here (Canada) and the US.
For example the price of the Pythons. I can buy them here for $1200. or less without the box or papers. 4", 6" doesn't matter and stainless is about the same around here.
Now I've just found a Colt King Cobra on a Canadian site and the gent wants $700.00 He's had it since 1994 and says he's fired around 500 rounds over the years.
Does this sound like a great deal to you guys? I checked GunBroker for example and they all seem to be going (or asking) $1,400.00 and up, and I mean way up there.
Here's a couple of photos I got from the site and as usual, I would value your opinion on this one. I think I can see a few light scratches on the right side but that's about it I think.
Thanks fellas
Bud
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That'd be nice but it's such a hassle getting handguns with 4" barrels across to the US.
I sold a 4" stainless Colt Python to a fellow on this board a few years ago and you wouldn't believe the hassle. He had to have a "valid" reason for importing, where I only had to box it up and send it. It's the paperwork that gets to me. Government hoops and holes, and government paper.
If I were to come across anything that you might like though I would certainly see what I could do for you. There's actually another 4" Python on the same board up here for $1,200.00 but I don't care for the look of it. Fairly blurry photos with little detail, and not very inviting so I wouldn't touch it myself.
Here's one of the photos the gentleman just sent to me on this $700.00 one and even these few little marks (white arrow) bother me enough where I might just leave it alone. As if the marks weren't bad enough, this screw slot (yellow arrow) makes me wonder what he's also done to the trigger/hammer/sear group. I'm pretty sure that this chewed up screw becomes a deal breaker for me. What would you do?
Bud
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I sold a 4" stainless Colt Python to a fellow on this board a few years ago and you wouldn't believe the hassle. He had to have a "valid" reason for importing, where I only had to box it up and send it. It's the paperwork that gets to me. Government hoops and holes, and government paper.
If I were to come across anything that you might like though I would certainly see what I could do for you. There's actually another 4" Python on the same board up here for $1,200.00 but I don't care for the look of it. Fairly blurry photos with little detail, and not very inviting so I wouldn't touch it myself.
Here's one of the photos the gentleman just sent to me on this $700.00 one and even these few little marks (white arrow) bother me enough where I might just leave it alone. As if the marks weren't bad enough, this screw slot (yellow arrow) makes me wonder what he's also done to the trigger/hammer/sear group. I'm pretty sure that this chewed up screw becomes a deal breaker for me. What would you do?
Bud
Nivlac said it..... Matchlock, there is more offer than demand on the 12-6 guns (guns with barrels 4" and under and .32 and under) and the pool of licensed buyers is getting smaller every year.
Fortunately some companies like S&W now make 4 1/4 and up barrels that are easily exported to Canada. Unfortunately all the older short barrels will be destroyed by the time the last potential buyer dies in around 50 years.
Too bad you missed my Ruger!
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