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1894 18-inch short rifle on GB
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Woody P
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February 19, 2022 - 6:03 pm
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steve004 said
Great information and a great learning tutorial!  

Exactly, I learned a lot from this thread …………

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Delete “from the personal collection of Leroy Merz” and substitute “as recently purchased by Collecting Texas from the Leroy Merz web site”. Leroy does have a fantastic personal collection but this gun would not even come close to meeting the standards of inclusion. 

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deerhunter said
And it reappears, but at a much higher price…and from the “PERSONAL COLLECTION of LEROY MERZ”…

https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/rifles/winchester-rifles-model-1894-pre-64/ultra-rare-18-winchester-model-1894-rifle-from-collecting-texas-made-1924-from-the-personal-collection-of-leroy-merz.cfm?gun_id=101943266

Don

  

AHH And so this comes full circle about provenance. Also the parallel sirations on the top of the barrel would hint at a reblue. 

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deerhunter said
And it reappears, but at a much higher price…and from the “PERSONAL COLLECTION of LEROY MERZ”

 

Higher prices than Leroy???  If he succeeds, he’ll be automatically inducted into the Rip-Off Hall of Fame.

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