Please help me this value. Can't find the exact one in the Blue Book

I have this Colt King Cobra .357 stainless 6" my dad and I won at an NRA banquet in CA. It was one of four guns we won that night. It is brand new and just like a standard one except for the laser engraved lower portion of the barrel (see pictures). Therefore, it is a NRA Limited Edition; does that make it carry any extra value? One of the other guns we won that night was Ruger Mini-14 Stainless Ranch Rifle with the NRA Eagle logo stamped into the receiver. Not sure if that is worth any extra either.

The long and short of it is, I would like to either shoot it, (it has never been fired due to possible collectable value) sell it for the right price, or trade it for a nice 1911 in 45acp.

I hope some one can help me.

Thankx

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hello ,,wow it sounds like ya should have played the lottery that day ..very nice win's there ..both your guns have value and NIB will hold that value longer than a used and fired gun,,but on the flip side.. what good are they if ya just look at them??,,like you said if you don't want to shoot them and your not a name collector then why not move them along to someone who may collect NRA items or special run guns,,or colt collectors ect..Value on special run guns is a two sided coin ..some people will pay slight preimums over a standard gun if there a limited number series and have some age since issue ,,but on the other side of the coin is the fact that something made as a collectors item or special edition is just that ,,a made to stand out item that sometimes doesn't increase the value to the average guy looking for that gun,,alot of prople think that if it's a special run or limited production it may become a very valuable collectors item,,well chances are you and i won't see it become a collectors item and be worth double what a standard model is right now ,,that said the king cobra series colt has a book value of around 850 NIB i'll add 10% for the special packaging and lettering so i'd say it's worth around 900-1000 bucks ..but finding someone that will buy it for that money may be tough with the way the economy is ..the NRA etching isn't really going to be what the average shooter will by it for ,,it's the colt logo and reputation that will sell the pistol in most cases ,,

,,as for the mini 14,,pretty much the same issues on the rarity and colectability on it also ..a stainless mini 14 NRA model is book priced at 1000,,these were special serial numbered and were only produced in 2008,,but again it may go up... and it may go down next year..and remember the name will sell it faster than the NRA logo,,but still you and your dad did very well for raffel prizes ,,and congrats on two fine firearms ..
bigcurt

I have one of these too and I love it. Hold onto it and shoot it sparingly you can do much better than $1,000.00 for the collector.