[Rob Channell]

I'd like a nice 6 inch barrel .22LR revolver to practice with and after much reading and thinking I think I'd like to find one of these (Colt Officer's Model Match). My older gun value book placed these in the $400-550 range for 90%-100%. I'm hoping they haven't increased too much in price. Most everyone's interest around here seems to be the high capacity 9mm, etc which might help except for the fact that there aren't any for sale around here.

The others I considered were the Colt Diamondback (more money) and the Smith and Wesson 17 and 617 models (more money if new, less if older used). I might consider one of these others if I happened to run across a great deal, but since I will most likely only buy one .22 revolver I ought to choose my favorite one.

What would be considered a good deal for one of these now and does anyone know of one available for a good price?