What kinda work did the smith do on the trigger back in 83?
How tight (or loose) is it today?
For a 4" some people ask between $350-450 (don't know if they get that much tho')
For a 3", add another hunnert.
Course, you can find them for $325 every now and then... or could. US Dollar must be sinkin fast and pre-lock Smiths gaining rapidly.
Check out GunsAmerica and see what your regional typical prices for a sight unseen or "based on photos only" askin prices are.
Course there are the crazy people who ask for $550+ and then there are the rich and crazy, er, dedicated or uh, maybe those who are sometimes unknowledgable, who'll pay it as well.
Then again, you might get idiots like me who'd offer you $200 and let you beat me upwards to a price we both agree to be fair.
Or you might find someone with a real nice Remington Rand or Colt Series 70 or whatever, who you're willing to give the 65 to with, say an additional $X00.00 to boot and you each go home happy.
If it is tight and right and has a smooth butter trigger, and it were mine, I might be willin to sell it for... nahh. I'd just save up till I could afford my next 1911 and keep the 65.
YMMV
