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The Ray Bentley collection is up for auction
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Eye candy overdose alert!

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 I’m going to buy a Power Ball ticket and if I win I’ll spent it on Ray Bentley guns. T/R

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Those are some impressive guns. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that its likely I’m short of the funds to buy any of those. 

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Does anybody know who Ray Bentley is or was?

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joe45c said
Does anybody know who Ray Bentley is or was?  

Not me , but surely a man with oodles of money and a passion for the very finest of Winchesters. 

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Only one I found played football. Seems a little young to be selling off his gun collection but maybe he has a new girlfriend that disapproves. Wink

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joe45c said
Does anybody know who Ray Bentley is or was?  

Here is a little write-up about Ray Bentley on the James Julia website:

https://jamesdjulia.com/press-release/spectacular-collections-ray-bentley/

Don

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Thank you Deerhunter. Very interesting.

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Obviously his Winchester collection was beyond words, but so were his other collections. I believe he was the owner of a large metal manufacturer.

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Obviously his Winchester collection was beyond words, but so were his other collections. I believe he was the owner of a large metal manufacturer.  

You are correct:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailyrecord/obituary.aspx?pid=187274520

http://adammetal.com/about.html

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deerhunter said

Here is a little write-up about Ray Bentley on the James Julia website:

https://jamesdjulia.com/press-release/spectacular-collections-ray-bentley/

Don  

Thanks, Don. Truly an outstanding collection. I suspect we’ll be seeing and hearing quite a bit about this collection in years to come.

 

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and the big questions is…….Who on this site is gonna get one????Cool

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mjuarez0829 said
and the big questions is…….Who on this site is gonna get one????Cool  

After looking at my bank account.. probably not me!

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If I win the Powerball, I’ll still be poor….but I’d sure have the world’s best collection of Winchesters!

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deerhunter said
If I win the Powerball, I’ll still be poor….but I’d sure have the world’s best collection of Winchesters!  

I am of the same mind set!

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Any guesses as to what the  1 of 1000 will sell for?

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That is a very impressive collection. Actually just one of those guns is impressive. I won’t be owning any. I’m not sour grapes, but there are only 2 reasons I won’t own one:

I couldn’t afford it

I shoot mine

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Folks,

  I won’t be adding any of the collection to mine, either!  A different way to look at the situation–years ago I vowed I would NEVER pay more for a Winchester than the house it was to be stored in!

TimLaugh

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https://www.proxibid.com/asp/Catalog.asp?aid=138881

Not nearly as nice as the Ray Bentley collection, but some very nice firearms.  Three 99% model 94 saddle ring carbines, model 94 musket, 92 musket, three model 12 28 gauges and many other nice Winchesters.  

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