Nowhere near $500. I bought a mint 22 version for $250. I have 12/6 and would pass on a 32, just because of the cost of ammo alone when you can get it (I paid $29 for privi last week, you can get it cheaper sometimes but it was all I could find at the moment). And before you talk about reloading, you would have to look far and wide to get someone who stocks projectiles. Marstar lists them, but as usual never has them. If it was .380 on the other hand $500 may be in the ballpark, but the price of prohibs is steadily going down. I bought a mint snub 629 in 44 mag and an unfired 624 snub in 44 special just in the past few weeks and paid $650 for each. If they weren't prohib I could name my price and they would go insantly.