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<blockquote data-quote="TallPrairie" data-source="post: 1231360" data-attributes="member: 7815">Actual, current retail price check for same revolver as in my pics above -- 4&quot; ten shot S&amp;W 617 -- they want $729 for the one at H&amp;H today. <img src="/images/smilies/image488.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bigeye:" title="Image488&nbsp; &nbsp; :bigeye:" data-shortname=":bigeye:" />&nbsp; Plus sales tax!&nbsp; That&#039;s over a $100 price increase in the last few years.I&#039;ve heard what&#039;s going on with S&amp;W revolver prices is this: double action revolvers have always involved higher materials and labor costs than autoloaders, especially now that most autos are polymer guns.&nbsp; For many years S&amp;W effectively discounted the price of its revolvers, accepting a lower profit margin on them across the board to keep them competitive with autoloaders at retail.&nbsp; In more recent years (the story goes) they stopped doing this.&nbsp; They price their revolvers for a similar profit margin to the autos.&nbsp; And the current price$$$ are the re$ult.Someone more in touch with the biz can confirm whether this is accurate.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TallPrairie, post: 1231360, member: 7815"] Actual, current retail price check for same revolver as in my pics above -- 4" ten shot S&W 617 -- they want [B]$729[/B] for the one at H&H today. :bigeye: Plus sales tax! That's over a $100 price increase in the last few years. I've heard what's going on with S&W revolver prices is this: double action revolvers have [U]always[/U] involved higher materials and labor costs than autoloaders, especially now that most autos are polymer guns. For many years S&W effectively discounted the price of its revolvers, accepting a lower profit margin on them across the board to keep them competitive with autoloaders at retail. In more recent years (the story goes) they stopped doing this. They price their revolvers for a similar profit margin to the autos. And the current price$$$ are the re$ult. Someone more in touch with the biz can confirm whether this is accurate. [/QUOTE]

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