Perhaps I was spoiled, but, within the last 6 months or so I was able to acquire four nice 1899s/99s from a collection dating between 1907 and 1927 at a really good price. All factory original with decent or better condition.

Having accomplished this, I’ve been searching for a few others of certain configurations/calibers that I don’t already have.

Given the great number of these manufactured in the first few decades of the 20th Century, my observations are that these rarely come up for sale, and when they do, they have issues with being refinished or otherwise being altered from original.

So, one cannot seem to even find these at any price and on the rare occasion on surfaces, it’s often wildly overpriced.

Just my observations. YMMV.

Comments?