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November 7, 2015
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OK, hope everyone’s rested up and gotten their worn-out old trucks repaired. Let’s see what followed you home! Jeremy P is going to need to start his own thread, he made so many nice scores he lost count. 
I didn’t find a gun but did find a nice bit of history. It should play nicely with my other bronzes even though the Buffalo Bill’s Wild West souvenir is something called “spelter”. Please excuse the Colt replica photobomb, it blocks out a fake Tiffany lamp.
Mike
April 30, 2023
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I might have to hire a photographer!
March 31, 2009
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I did bring home another rifle but it is not a Winchester.
November 7, 2015
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Chuck said
I did bring home another rifle but it is not a Winchester.
Sometimes we little control over what follows us home, good to see you again! Your Single Shot collection is certainly growing. Good stuff!
Mike
March 31, 2009
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TXGunNut said
Chuck said
I did bring home another rifle but it is not a Winchester.
Sometimes we little control over what follows us home, good to see you again! Your Single Shot collection is certainly growing. Good stuff!
Mike
I picked out a Sharps before the Greeley show. Paid it off and picked it up in Cody. I have another Win single shot that I might buy. This one is possibly one of one and doesn’t match the letter. Once owned by Flayderman in the early 70’s. It is not an 1885. But it is a single shot long range target rifle.
April 15, 2005
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Chuck said
I did bring home another rifle but it is not a Winchester.
20-lashes at the Yardarm, then a keelhauling for you!
Bert
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August 25, 2009
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Apparently my focus at Cody this year was the model 55
I came home with a pistol grip in 30 WCF and a a stainless steel bbl in 30 also
I did not start out to collect 55s but I really like the look and they are a bit of a challenge to find the variations.
March 31, 2009
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Bert H. said
Chuck said
I did bring home another rifle but it is not a Winchester.
20-lashes at the Yardarm, then a keelhauling for you!
Bert
Would you reduce the charges if I told you I also bought 2 lbs. of 4064, the Model 42 book and a box of ammo for the 1866?
December 21, 2006
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OK then, these ’94’s just keep gathering at My house. Here’s 3 that got loaded in the Lincoln at Cody and drove all the way across the U. S. to Ontario with Me and Brenda. The 23″ I already had, but don’t they make a nice set of special order , non deluxe , 1894’s, especially with the magazine lengths.
And the 1st. model round barrel is an improvement on the one I have.
W.A.C.A. life member, Marlin Collectors Assn. charter and life member, C,S.S.A. member and general gun nut.
December 9, 2002
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Congrats Henry,
You’ve really put together a very nice 1894 collection!
Thanks for sharing!
Tony
April 15, 2005
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Very nice Henry! I especially like that 23-inch rifle 
Bert
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November 7, 2015
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Had planned on waiting a few weeks to let Harry enjoy the fruits of his 1890 project before enquiring as to his next endeavor. It seems Mr. Mero is already off on his next adventure with the beautiful 1894’s. Nicely played, thanks for sharing the pics!
Mike
December 21, 2006
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My “next” endeavor is in full go mode, that is to assemble all the various barrel lengths of the model 1894. I have been selling off some of the “deluxe” ’94’s I’ve acquired in order to do this, I do not have unlimited funds. The 1890’s I will probably continue to collect , especially in various configuations and upgrade the ones I have, I sure would like the maple stocked one coming up on Poulin’s auction. I find the “hunt” very exciting, rather than the “having”, which is very satisfying as well. Plus some of the people I meet along the way are some of life’s more rewarding experiences.
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April 30, 2023
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Henry Mero said
The 1890’s I will probably continue to collect , especially in various configuations and upgrade the ones I have, I sure would like the maple stocked one coming up on Poulin’s auction.
I saw that one too they had on display in Cody. Very beautiful.
April 15, 2005
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Henry Mero said
My “next” endeavor is in full go mode, that is to assemble all the various barrel lengths of the model 1894. I have been selling off some of the “deluxe” ’94’s I’ve acquired in order to do this, I do not have unlimited funds. The 1890’s I will probably continue to collect , especially in various configuations and upgrade the ones I have, I sure would like the maple stocked one coming up on Poulin’s auction. I find the “hunt” very exciting, rather than the “having”, which is very satisfying as well. Plus some of the people I meet along the way are some of life’s more rewarding experiences.
Just in case you do not already have this, from the ARMAX Vol V;
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April 30, 2023
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That will be a labor of love, that hunt!
January 20, 2023
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TXGunNut said
OK, hope everyone’s rested up and gotten their worn-out old trucks repaired. Let’s see what followed you home! Jeremy P is going to need to start his own thread, he made so many nice scores he lost count.
I didn’t find a gun but did find a nice bit of history. It should play nicely with my other bronzes even though the Buffalo Bill’s Wild West souvenir is something called “spelter”. Please excuse the Colt replica photobomb, it blocks out a fake Tiffany lamp.
Mike
Is that Bill on horseback? I like the piece. Although I don’t have a track record for picking bronzes. I only have one. Many.years ago at a Riverwalk gallery in San Antonio, I had limited funds and had to choose between Bob Moline’s “Mescalero Warrior” and a Clay Dahlburg piece titled something like “The Night Sentinel” that was more expensive. Moline was known for his paintings and this was his first, maybe only bronze. I liked it and bought it. The Dahlburg piece appreciated tremendously over the years and the Moline is a boat anchor. But I still like it and keep it under a Salinas print on canvas.
- Bill
WACA # 65205; life member, NRA; member, TGCA; member, TSRA; amateur preservationist
"I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both, and I believe they both get paid in the end, but the fools first." -- David Balfour, narrator and protagonist of the novel, Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
November 7, 2015
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Zeb-
Yes, it’s supposed to be our beloved Buffalo Bill on horseback. They were obviously mass-produced as souvenirs from c1900-1920 as they are apparently fairly common. Some are in much better condition than others, I was able to score one in remarkably good condition. It just occurred to me this little statue is valued at less than my more recently produced Frederic Remington copies. I don’t know enough about art to make wise investment choices so I just buy what I like and enjoy, much like my gun collecting philosophy. Like firearms, some bronze copies are quite good.
Mike
December 9, 2002
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Henry Mero said
My “next” endeavor is in full go mode, that is to assemble all the various barrel lengths of the model 1894. I have been selling off some of the “deluxe” ’94’s I’ve acquired in order to do this, I do not have unlimited funds. The 1890’s I will probably continue to collect , especially in various configuations and upgrade the ones I have, I sure would like the maple stocked one coming up on Poulin’s auction. I find the “hunt” very exciting, rather than the “having”, which is very satisfying as well. Plus some of the people I meet along the way are some of life’s more rewarding experiences.
Henry,
You’re quest is admirable! That Maple stocked 1890 sure caught my eye! Good Luck in you’re pursuit!
We look forward to you’re updates ans finds! That chart Bert posted from ARMAX, on page #114, sure can be helpful.
Tony
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