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October 2, 2021 - 11:59 am
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To me, there’s a BIG difference between brown guns & pitted-degraded surfaces such as Leroy’s rare example. In reference to the original post question, being a shooter/collector when I see that condition, regardless of rarity, I steer away as I feel the overall functionality has been compromised therefore placing them at the bottom of my personal grading scale.

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October 2, 2021 - 12:09 pm
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This is my brown gun. At 50 yards it’s as accurate as anything I have. I grade it’s value higher than normal due to it being an honest gun with no cracks, excellent bore, excellent sights, and works smooth and tight…not because of lack of bluing.

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Rick – that’s a nice looking special order sling ring carbine.  It would give me pleasure to own that carbine.  The finish is in a whole different class than LeRoy’s rifle.  Your carbine is a combination of brown and silver which in my mind, is more desirable than all brown or all silver.  And Darrin makes a good point about rough/pitted surface vs. smooth.  I have several rifles/carbines like Rick’s and view them as vastly different from LeRoy’s ’73.

Rick – what’s the caliber of your carbine?

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Steve it’s a 44WCF button mag 92 DOM 1903.

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RickC said
Steve it’s a 44WCF button mag 92 DOM 1903.  

Sweet that it’s a .44.  Such a nice light handling piece with the short mag and that big hole running through the barrel.  I’m sure it handles like a wand in the hand.  Cool

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RickC said
This is my brown gun. At 50 yards it’s as accurate as anything I have. I grade it’s value higher than normal due to it being an honest gun with no cracks, excellent bore, excellent sights, and works smooth and tight…not because of lack of bluing.

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Beauty, Rick.  Looks like it might have actually worked for a living.

 

Here’s a grey/silver 86 45-90 with 28″ that I wish was brown, but I try not to be judgmental (poor gun; it’s not it’s fault).  And a brown 86 which is brown like yours is brown.  And a rusty, upside down 94 brown that I actually like more, as far as color is concerned (it’s hard too shoot because it’s upside down but I like it):

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Love a 45-90 Huck. Sold one a couple yrs ago and wish I kept it. I think pre Ser 122,000 in the 86’s are CC & will wear to silver. Still a very nice gun.

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RickC said
Love a 45-90 Huck. Sold one a couple yrs ago and wish I kept it. I think pre Ser 122,000 in the 86’s are CC & will wear to silver. Still a very nice gun.

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That probably explains it.  The number is 64,549.  But the barrel is silver too so I don’t know why some do and some don’t.  Anyway, I’m with you on the color.

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A cased receiver turning to silver is much more attractive to me than barrel blue that has turned to silver.  As I stated in an earlier post, it really depends on the gun.  Rick’s SRC nails it as far as what I like (i.e. for a gun that has no actual blue).  I don’t like all silver and I don’t like all chocolate (even if it is not rough).

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steve004 said
A cased receiver turning to silver is much more attractive to me than barrel blue that has turned to silver.

Takes a lot of wear on the brl to make that happen, because the brl steel was rust blued, & retained its finish better than the carbonia or machine blued rcvr.   Making it common to see guns with strong brl blue, but little finish remaining on the rcvr. 

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Brown vs silver?  To be honest with you, I don’t like either except a fairly strong blued rifle or carbine with faded case colours might be acceptable depending on the firearm.

I did own a Winchester Model 1894 carbine in .32 40 with a silver receiver which, of course, was once blued, and despite being hard to find, I sold it several years ago because it was a bit difficult for me to appreciate in that state.  YMMV

I’m still looking for its replacement, in better condition, of course.

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Brown vs silver?  To be honest with you, I don’t like either except a fairly strong blued rifle or carbine with faded case colours might be acceptable depending on the firearm.

I did own a Winchester Model 1894 carbine in .32 40 with a silver receiver which, of course, was once blued, and despite being hard to find, I sold it several years ago because it was a bit difficult for me to appreciate in that state.  YMMV

I’m still looking for its replacement, in better condition, of course.  

I probably would have really enjoyed that carbine.

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steve004 said

I probably would have really enjoyed that carbine.  

I sold it to someone right on this very forum.

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I sold it to someone right on this very forum.  

Well if it had been me, I surely think I would remember.  I’m getting old, but I don’t think that old.  I do hear it can sneak up on a guy Confused

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steve004 said

 I’m getting old, but I don’t think that old.  I do hear it can sneak up on a guy Confused  

Silently, imperceptibly; but you’ll know it’s happened when you hear yourself referred to as “that elderly gentleman.”

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Silently, imperceptibly; but you’ll know it’s happened when you hear yourself referred to as “that elderly gentleman.”  

Hmmm… I would have bet good money people referred to as “that old curmudgeon” Surprised

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Depends on the gun.

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