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Pretty Rare Low Wall Or What's Going On Here???
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Manuel
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May 21, 2020 - 8:41 pm
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clarence said

Contact the seller & say you’ll pay that or more.  Bet you’ll find it’s already on its way to the sharp guy who snapped it up.  I sincerely HOPE that guy wasn’t some __ like Mertz or Goergen; if so, the next time you see it the price will probably be 10Gs.  

you could almost guarantee that……

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May 21, 2020 - 9:01 pm
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Manuel said

you could almost guarantee that……  

Yes, & the ignorant fat-cat too fearful to pay 5 Gs on GB would be willing to pay 10 Gs to one of the __ I mentioned because it then has their “seal of approval.”

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May 21, 2020 - 9:18 pm
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clarence said

Contact the seller & say you’ll pay that or more.  Bet you’ll find it’s already on its way to the sharp guy who snapped it up.  I sincerely HOPE that guy wasn’t some __ like Mertz or Goergen; if so, the next time you see it the price will probably be 10Gs.  

You are right. I did. He sold it for 5 K.

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Chuck said

You are right. I did. He sold it for 5 K.  

We snoozed. We lost. I filled the “cool and unusual 1885” slot in my collection a little while back (thanks again, Bert!) and quite frankly came to this party late and short on funds. I like my rifle better but with proper marketing I suspect there’s money to be made on this gun. Biggest problem will be finding the target audience.

 

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May 22, 2020 - 5:07 pm
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Seller emailed me today.  He hasn’t received the check yet so he is keeping me in mind, just in case.  I’m not really a collector of low walls but this gun is nice and rare.

Bert what do you think about how many of these were made?

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May 22, 2020 - 8:17 pm
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Chuck,

Based on what I have found thus far, the low-wall Special Sporting Rifle in question is a “one-of-a-kind”.

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May 22, 2020 - 8:39 pm
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Chuck said
He hasn’t received the check yet so he is keeping me in mind, just in case.

If I’d had the dough to buy it, I’d have WIRED him the money just in case someone tried to offer him more before he shipped it!  In fact, if it was not more than a day’s drive away, I’d have driven to pick it up.

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Old-Win should have found it earlier.Cry

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Sure, make me the goat.Laugh I can’t help it that you guys take those long naps in the afternoon.

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