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If hammer prices were what one paid, I might be more inclined to frequent auctions. But as that is not how it works, I look for my next gun elsewhere.

That's all I got. LOL

Wheel guns outta fashion. Maybe so, but my Python 7" barrel, custom shop circa 1968 ish- and Dad's older Detective Special Snubbie are my mainstays- although I have a .45ACP Combat Commander, all defensive weapons-and 100% dead reliable. One talking point on wheelguns, even a S&W Dirty Harry .44 Mag- no springs are under tension, outside hammer gives a great trigger pull in single action mode, and an evil-doer in a CQC scenario can see the bullet tips in the cylinder- he has to know (unless he is coked out of his mind) that you have a loaded piece pointed at his "wind and water" sector-and the outcome of his confrontation might spell the end of his nefarious criminal career-RWTF

Is there room in the front end of a 44 or 45 caliber bullet for a small laser light? I once faced off a criminal with a K-22. He kept advancing until I pointed the gun at full arm's length right at his eye. A larger bullet face at the front of the cylinder would have stopped him quicker. Thanks, Foxy.

You sure you're not Joe Biden in disguise....

That is about the gun' dumbest thing I've ever read....a laser light inside a bullet you say.

Gun Dumbest award for 2020 goes to you.

It is even worse for those of us who collect highly specialized and esoteric items of interest to few others. My collection of Chinese firecracker packs and labels is a case in point. Don't wish to burden my kids with it, so maybe best thing is to donate to charity and hope they have the expertise to make some money selling the items or the whole collection. Museums or foundations would be the only places where the collection might be kept intact. Hate to see it all go to the dumpground.

Hal, the New Year's Eve relieving us from the year 2020 would be a good time to take your collection out with a "Bang!"...Geo

Getting the thread back on track...Those concerned about the demise of the fine English double can perhaps take heart in the following article from Diggory regarding the September auctions in England. All is not doom and gloom.

Vintage Guns UK auction article

Note in particular the reference to the high quality, non-big 3 sales such as William and Co and Symes & Wright.

Good question, Bill. There might well be, well worth researching- similar perhaps to the "spot-shot" lites touted for use in indoor practice for "Move-Mount-Shoot" drills I would guess. A neighbor, retired State Trooper, told me he had emptied his Glock, when another bad guy entered in the fight, and Al bluffed him, somehow making the perp back down and drop his knife-- I asked him if he had stopped to buy a lottery ticket afterwards-RWTF

Auction houses are doing well as many people are forced to by age or decide by life choices to sell off their wares. Since the house has nothing invested and their fees seem to be ever increasing, they will make money with every sale regardless of what price is realized. What I wonder is how few buyers entering the market will keep prices steady.

Looks like Eightbore might have some competition....