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November 19, 2006
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The seller put effort into writing this up. So much fantasy, conjecture, glossing over important alterations… what a mess of a gun. I was going to say at least it should kill a deer, but given how dirty he says the who knows what defects may be lurking? I suppose if a buyer finds a serious defect in the bore, the seller could fire back – “I didn’t know – it was so dirty!” Gunbroker can be quite the entertainment channel.
November 7, 2015
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Steve-
Nice find. All I can say is this rifle has a truckload of character. I suspect the GB spin-doctors will steal that but that’s a risk we take. It could very well be a shooter but @ this price I’ll pass.
Mike
November 1, 2013
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Excellent photos, give-away starting price, bargain shipping, & you demean this astute fellow-collector, Steve? What are a few trivial “discrepancies” considering the opportunity to own a gun with that rare compass? 335 discriminating customers rate him A+!
November 1, 2013
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TXGunNut said
Steve-Nice find. All I can say is this rifle has a truckload of character.
Pales by comparison to the seller’s trainload of BS.
November 19, 2006
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Here’s another one. First word in the description is, “Rare” (I guess they didn’t make many .33 WCF’s). But to be fair, how often do you see a Winchester with a Remington buttplate?
November 1, 2013
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steve004 said
But to be fair, how often do you see a Winchester with a Remington buttplate?
Well, he said it was rare!
April 15, 2005
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He must figure that the “rare” butt plate adds $1,000 to the selling price.
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November 19, 2006
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clarence said
steve004 said
But to be fair, how often do you see a Winchester with a Remington buttplate?Well, he said it was rare!
I just received an e-mail from gunbroker regarding this rifle:
These deserve more than a once-over
Seriously? I’d like someone at gunbroker to explain the criteria for or what their definition of, “deserve” is.
November 1, 2013
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steve004 said
I just received an e-mail from gunbroker regarding this rifle:
These deserve more than a once-over
Seriously? I’d like someone at gunbroker to explain the criteria for or what their definition of, “deserve” is.
Looks like you’ve been promoted to the sucker-list, Steve!
November 7, 2015
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Well, it IS a takedown. I gave it a little more than a once-over and moved past the butt plate to “where should I start?” I’m thinking Frankenchester but I’ve got socks that need sorting.
Mike
November 7, 2015
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[email protected] said
Makes me wonder why his pics are date stamped 3/12/2020?
That caught my eye, too. Maybe he’s starting to wonder if P. T. Barnum was wrong after all?
Mike
These are fun to read. My contributions:
- A good example of a bad example.
- Could be used as a teaching tool in “Buying a Winchester 101”:
- How far away can you stand before you see the obvious problems? Glasses allowed.
- How many problems can you find? Time-limited.
- What are the usable parts worth?
- How would you spin this to someone who didn’t know any better?
- Take at least five photos that hide the most egregious problems.
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