Affordable 1900?

4 Scale · 03-15-2019, 10:03 AM

The second pistol is a 1906, not a 1900.

I have a very worn M1900 that I got a few years back for $1,200. Refinished probably several times, you can barely see the American Eagle but all matching and functions just fine. I have been looking in a somewhat lazy manner for a nicer one at a good price ever since I got the worn one. I have bid low on a few but always lost, which is just fine with me as I am in no hurry. In a few years of looking I don't recall seeing any Model 1900 in functional conditon for less than about $1,200-$1.400.

I'd rate the condition of the Legacy pistol linked to in post #1 as fair, not poor. If I was in the market for a Model 1900 in that condition, I personally would view up to around $1,200-$1,400 as not unreasonable.

The thing about Model 1900s is, for me at least, the lines of the pistol are so elegant that even fair or poor surface finish examples look great.

03-15-2019, 10:03 AM	#7
4 Scale User Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 544 Thanks: 194 Thanked 490 Times in 251 Posts	The second pistol is a 1906, not a 1900. I have a very worn M1900 that I got a few years back for $1,200. Refinished probably several times, you can barely see the American Eagle but all matching and functions just fine. I have been looking in a somewhat lazy manner for a nicer one at a good price ever since I got the worn one. I have bid low on a few but always lost, which is just fine with me as I am in no hurry. In a few years of looking I don't recall seeing any Model 1900 in functional conditon for less than about $1,200-$1.400. I'd rate the condition of the Legacy pistol linked to in post #1 as fair, not poor. If I was in the market for a Model 1900 in that condition, I personally would view up to around $1,200-$1,400 as not unreasonable. The thing about Model 1900s is, for me at least, the lines of the pistol are so elegant that even fair or poor surface finish examples look great.