NIB 1974 2nd Gen Colt SAA .45.

[Dobbinsky]

I'm checking this one out. The prices on these are crazy. This guy wants $2,500 but will take offers.
I know...It's how much I want it and what I'm willing to pay. But barring that, what do you suppose is a fair price in this market? It's been with the guy since new, and he's never fired it.

 

[HayesGreener]

Are you going to shoot it or is it an investment? Collectors are driving prices. I have seen them on Gunbroker at around 2k but prices can be all over the place. Maybe we have a SAA collector here who can help.

You might get a better idea of prices over on the SASS Wire Forum or the Colt Forum. It is a narrow market.

I bought a matched pair of 3rd generations about 18 years ago and had them engraved. There were some 2nd generation guns available at the time for more money but since I was engraving them and shooting them I wasn't concerned with collector value. I shot heck out of them in CAS.

Good luck on your quest.

 

[xdman]

Ohh wow

 

[shanneba]

Colt's Serial Number look up shows a 1975 manufacture date for the SN on the box.

A Colt letter may increase the value, but since it is after 1968 it will likely only show a dealer or distributor it was shipped to.

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Production of 2nd Generation SAAs ceased in 1974, but this time, Colt meant to return the gun again after retooling and also making some engineering changes to lower manufacturing costs. So, let’s settle some confusion about serial numbers. In the 1st Generation, only numbers were used starting with #1. To differentiate between 1st and 2nd Generation when the SAA returned in 1956, serial numbers started over but had four digits followed by an SA suffix. The 2nd Generation ended numbers at about 74000SA. (Exact numbers are hard to pin down, considering commemoratives had their own serial numbers.)

COLT’S SAA 2nd Generation

Colt never envisioned bringing the SAA back post World War II, although some were assembled from parts and sold in the late 1940s. What resurrected the SAA was television. So many Western programs appeared that by the mid-1950s, Colt realized that the big single action would be profitable once...

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I would think the 38 Special, 357 Mag and 44 specials may get a higher price due to lower production numbers.

https://truegunvalue.com/pistol/Colt-saa/price-historical-value

 

[Dobbinsky]

Are you going to shoot it or is it an investment? Collectors are driving prices. I have seen them on Gunbroker at around 2k but prices can be all over the place. Maybe we have a SAA collector here who can help.

You might get a better idea of prices over on the SASS Wire Forum or the Colt Forum. It is a narrow market.

I bought a matched pair of 3rd generations about 18 years ago and had them engraved. There were some 2nd generation guns available at the time for more money but since I was engraving them and shooting them I wasn't concerned with collector value. I shot heck out of them in CAS.

Good luck on your quest.

That's a tough question for me to answer. I'm too old to think about investment, unless my LEO daughter will hold onto it when I croak. Sometimes I merely enjoy fawning over my nice guns, want to take them to the range, but don't due to their condition. It's a conundrum!

 

[Capn Rich]

That's a tough question for me to answer. I'm too old to think about investment, unless my LEO daughter will hold onto it when I croak. Sometimes I merely enjoy fawning over my nice guns, want to take them to the range, but don't due to their condition. It's a conundrum!

Sometimes it’s nice to just enjoy looking at a collectible. Stamps, coins, cars, art of all kinds. Firearms fall in that category for me. Need or reason passed with on defensive pistol in the nightstand. I enjoy cleaning, working on and shooting them. All that matters is it’s special to you. Personally use the stock market and real estate for investment. After that they’re things we enjoy looking at and playing with. Hope you go ahead with an offer and purchase that makes you happy.

 

[Dobbinsky]

Sometimes it’s nice to just enjoy looking at a collectible. Stamps, coins, cars, art of all kinds. Firearms fall in that category for me. Need or reason passed with on defensive pistol in the nightstand. I enjoy cleaning, working on and shooting them. All that matters is it’s special to you. Personally use the stock market and real estate for investment. After that they’re things we enjoy looking at and playing with. Hope you go ahead with an offer and purchase that makes you happy.

Thanks! Real estate...that's what got me where I am financially today. It certainly wasn't my military retirement. Had a great interest in land when I was about 20, started with monthly payments on what I could afford, then blossomed into sub-dividing, buying speculation homes and sorting them out, etc. Always seemed to have an eye for what would turn a profit...with hard work of course. I think folks normally do well if they stick with something that they have great interest in.

 

[Biggfoot44]

That's a tough question for me to answer. I'm too old to think about investment, unless my LEO daughter will hold onto it when I croak. Sometimes I merely enjoy fawning over my nice guns, want to take them to the range, but don't due to their condition. It's a conundrum!

It's a NIB , with Box, from the very end of 2nd Gen production.

Quick search shows 2nd Gen NIB range of $3k to $4.5k .

So , price seems good . The question is it worth that To You for a piece to remain unfired . ( Not saying it's not )

If shooting is on your agenda , look at the higher end Clones .

 

[Grayfox]

That's actually a decent price on that gun as an investment never to be shot.
Personally, I don't believe in safe queens. I shoot everything I own. I'd pass.

 

[Biggfoot44]

Personally, I don't believe in safe queens. I shoot everything I own. I'd pass.

That's certainly a Choice .

In general, l lean to at least once or twice shooting sessions with most things . But this one , would be one of the exceptions.

One of my 20/ 20 hindsight kick myself things was " hell no , l ain't gonna spend no $700 on no Shooter Grade later 1st Gen SAA " , and they subsequently got stupid expensive .

( Another gun related one was " Hell no , l ain't gonna spend no $5k on no fully transferable MP-5 " .)