Scully Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 Was having a browse and came across thishttp://www.gunstar.co.uk/colt-1911-eley-455-pistol-hand-guns-for-sale-in-hampshire/Other-Military-Guns/744297 Over £4,000 for a de-activated handgun! I just don't get it. Personally I think it's criminal for a piece of our history to be chopped up like this, regardless of the claims it still functions, it doesn't. I could understand someone paying say, perhaps a 100 quid for something like this but in my opinion it's rarity appeal has been destroyed along with its value and it's just about worthless in my opinion. £4,000 ?! Who would pay 4 grand for something which doesn't work? As much of a gun nut as I am I'd struggle to give 20 quid for it. Is it me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalmac Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 Probably best that it's that much - can imagine if it was cheaper then someone would buy it and scare people in shops with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longspoon Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 I'm with you Scully, £50 tops as a curio.......£4000 ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy H Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 An unmolested one of those in top condition sold at Bonhams auctions for £4250. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted March 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 An unmolested one of those in top condition sold at Bonhams auctions for £4250. And if we were allowed it's a price I'd pay; lovely piece of kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 Try 44k for a deactivated m16 with paint on in one of their recent sales! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les*1066 Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 Somebody paid £2,540,000 for an unmade bed, so perhaps £4350 for a piece of history isn't so bad after all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted March 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 Try 44k for a deactivated m16 with paint on in one of their recent sales! Who painted it, Damien Hirst? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 Not too far off, looked pants close up http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22275/lot/110 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted March 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 Gordon Bennett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JONAH898 Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 Looks like got painted by a kindergarten group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 (edited) The slab side is not original because it has been tampered with . I wouldn't give it house room . I have owned a number of 1911s over the years including one chambered for 9 mil . I suppose because we cannot own these guns any more there is a market for collectors developing for de acts . You wouldn't have been able to give it away a few years ago before the ban . Mind you ,it would Proberbly look good in an original US army snap down holster for re -enactment . Harnser Edited March 13, 2015 by Harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ordnance Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 I would see its value being destroyed with it being deactivated. There are good working 1911/s .45 here for sale a lot cheaper than that. Description: STI Perfect Classic .45ACP Custom Built As new condition £1895 Contact Lavin Guns 02827641204 Category: .Pistol : Hand guns Make: STI Model: Perfect Classic Certificate Required: Yes Calibre: .45 Mechanism: Semi automatic Status: Live Firing Price: £1895 Gun Condition: Excellent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmydean Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 As long as one person will pay it, its worth it - I'm not that chap though and, as well as having red hair and one arm and one leg, he must have a black moustache. The person doesnt exist IMHO. Silly Billy price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 The fact that it is deactivated makes it accessible to all, so advertise something well enough and you will get the well healed yet uninformed dropping silly cash on something they think is very special. I would say fair odds you will get some daft city type with a big bonus lashing out a few quid on something he can impress his mates with and live up to his fantasy image of being an urban gangster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psyxologos Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 Was having a browse and came across thishttp://www.gunstar.co.uk/colt-1911-eley-455-pistol-hand-guns-for-sale-in-hampshire/Other-Military-Guns/744297 Over £4,000 for a de-activated handgun! I just don't get it. Personally I think it's criminal for a piece of our history to be chopped up like this, regardless of the claims it still functions, it doesn't. I could understand someone paying say, perhaps a 100 quid for something like this but in my opinion it's rarity appeal has been destroyed along with its value and it's just about worthless in my opinion. £4,000 ?! Who would pay 4 grand for something which doesn't work? As much of a gun nut as I am I'd struggle to give 20 quid for it. Is it me? What have they done to it then to de activate it? Pour led down the barel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovercoupe Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 more like welding up barrell and croscutting the front of the bolt from what I have seen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ordnance Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 Its vandalism destroying a rare and historic handgun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted March 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 (edited) What have they done to it then to de activate it? Pour led down the barel? I really don't know. As it can be cycled manually in and out of battery I'm assuming there will be a long cut in the barrel, and some means of preventing a new barrel being installed, and all sorts of internal vandalism. I really don't know. My point is perhaps 100 quid tops (which I still wouldn't pay) but 4 grand? Wow. Its vandalism destroying a rare and historic handgun. That's how I see it also. There's a bit of sour grapes involved on my part I'll admit, but I was in the process of accumulating a really nice collection of handguns in .455 calibre. I already had a Colt New Service bought from Brancepeth Armouries in Durham, had found a lovely Webley 'Bulldog' and when I found a cased Winchester Model 12 in Fawcett's of Lancaster, the owner of the shotgun also had sold to them a Royal Navy Webley & Scott MkI semi auto and a Webley Fosberry, which I was pushing for a deal on and for which I had already sold my car to raise the funds. It didn't happen for obvious reasons but I now and again wonder what became of them all, all pieces of British firearms history. The fact one has been deactivated only means in my opinion that it is still around, but not worth a fraction of it's real worth.Criminal. Edited March 14, 2015 by Scully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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