This made me smile. When I started collecting, the consensus was you couldn’t hardly give a .25-20 away. This one is not engraved, not special order, not mint. It is very nice of course. But still, this is a lot of money for a plain, late production .25-20.
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/880637939
Collecting sure appears alive and well!
Yeah somebody is Money Laundrying or something is going on here.
Got to love that “Original” front sight blade!
Sincerely,
Maverick
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steve004 said
This made me smile. When I started collecting, the consensus was you couldn’t hardly give a .25-20 away. This one is not engraved, not special order, not mint. It is very nice of course. But still, this is a lot of money for a plain, late production .25-20.https://www.gunbroker.com/item/880637939
Collecting sure appears alive and well!
In my opinion the gun would only be worth this money if it were antique and in a better caliber.
I doubt the
steve004 said
That is something special.
I doubt the one I have has the original barrel. IIRC it was built too soon for that, but Winchester offered a deal to re-barrel them with the stainless barrel for a time at the end of production. I could be wrong though.
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