oldcrankyyankee said
My mind wanders sometimes. Lately it has been looping around the idea of have guns with consecutive serial numbers, pick your poison for models.  My question is, how do others feel about it? Do you place a higher value on the guns as a pair or simply the gun is the gun, is it something you strive for in your collection, I am just noodling around. 
  

The Blue book of gun gun values says you can add $100 to the value for a consecutive pair and while conventional wisdom says it increases value, I don’t see it in real life. I watch auctions a lot and when consecutive serial #’s are sold together they tend to sell for less than 2 sold individually. My thoughts are it simply lowers the pool of buyers interested at that price point? I have watched smart sellers list each gun separately but note they are a consecutive pair and those do better than if they are sold together. I don’t personally see the big deal in consecutive serial #’s except for my buddy who did a consecutive set of 67 Winchester Classics ( Rifle and Carbine) with his son and well that is meaningful beyond $’s. His son is 12 and they hunt together and the thought is some day when the son has his own son, grandpa will pass down his rifle to his son and the son will give his carbine to his son. For those lucky enough to get dads or grandpa’s rifle passed down, I would imagine the Value on that is priceless! Just my 2 cents. Curious what others think?

steve004 said

Bert H. said

steve004 said
I’m trying something very new for me.  I’m going to see if I can post photos directly – without using my usual outside hosting site.  I have tentative optimism that I will be successful.
  

Now that you have mastered the direct upload, I am commanding that you continue doing so!
Bert
  

I'll do my best!  As least I have the instructions to refer back to. Assuming I can find them again
  

I have confidence that you will...

Bert H. said

steve004 said
I’m trying something very new for me.  I’m going to see if I can post photos directly – without using my usual outside hosting site.  I have tentative optimism that I will be successful.
  

Now that you have mastered the direct upload, I am commanding that you continue doing so!
Bert
  

I'll do my best!  As least I have the instructions to refer back to. Assuming I can find them again

steve004 said

I’m trying something very new for me.  I’m going to see if I can post photos directly – without using my usual outside hosting site.  I have tentative optimism that I will be successful.
  

Now that you have mastered the direct upload, I am commanding that you continue doing so!

Bert

I’m trying something very new for me.  I’m going to see if I can post photos directly – without using my usual outside hosting site.  I have tentative optimism that I will be successful.

450 Fuller said
CAPT Herbert Mc Bride, an officer in WW I with both the Canadian and  US Army, writes of the Ross rifle chambered in .303 British that was used as a general infantry rifle and sniper version with some effect in France. His rare " A Rifleman Went to War" outlines the Canadian use of the Ross rifle in WW I. It is a well-written and documented  account.
The effectiveness of the .280 Ross in Africa might have been somewhat enhanced had solid bullets been more available or perhaps controlled expansion bullets similar to those now made by Nosler, Woodleigh, and Swift. WDM "Karamoja" Bell was successful using the .275 Rigby (7X57 Mauser cartridge) against elephant due to a long parallel- sided  solid metal-cased bullet of about 175 grs at medium velocity, very accurately placed.
  

I've read this book.  It's recommend it.  Capt. McBride had quite a war experience and he describes it well.  Written by a man who was there.

The effectiveness of the .280 Ross in Africa might have been somewhat enhanced had solid bullets been more available or perhaps controlled expansion bullets similar to those now made by Nosler, Woodleigh, and Swift. WDM "Karamoja" Bell was successful using the .275 Rigby (7X57 Mauser cartridge) against elephant due to a long parallel- sided  solid metal-cased bullet of about 175 grs at medium velocity, very accurately placed.

Here is a Steyr straight-pull built up by Peterlongo of Innsbruck that I have:

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And what a difference light can make in showing the wood:

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I don't completely avoid modern rifles.  Here's a  Mauser .270 WCF (trying to keep some Winchester in the topic) I have with sights that I can actually see well enough to hit a target with:

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kevindpm61 said
Steve, I didn't know that you had a Ross website in the past. I can only imagine the amount of work that it entails. I loathe scammers and hackers!
  

Yes, it turned from something I did for enjoyment into a lot of unpleasantness.  It got to the point that I was receiving hundreds of spam registrations per day.