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I thought that I would post this here. I do find it interesting, and like most, it helps us to keep a eye on what these can go for in today’s market.
No horse in this race.
Anthony
November 7, 2015
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I thought that I would post this here. I do find it interesting, and like most, it helps us to keep a eye on what these can go for in today’s market.
No horse in this race.
Anthony
Interesting. I struggled to sell a very nice post-war 71 earlier this year for considerably less.
Mike
And Mike’s has a bolt peep, too, in addition to very high condition. It sat in front of us at Cody all day long so I can vouch for it. Go figure, but that’s how auctions go. Sometimes but not always, as I can also testify!
- Bill
WACA # 65205; life member, NRA; member, TGCA; member, TSRA; amateur preservationist
"I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both, and I believe they both get paid in the end, but the fools first." -- David Balfour, narrator and protagonist of the novel, Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Am I incorrect in thinking that Winchester called these a Special rather than a Deluxe ?
Better to be judged by twelve than carried by six.
Grumpy old man with a gun......Do Not Touch.
Edward Southgate said
Am I incorrect in thinking that Winchester called these a Special rather than a Deluxe ?
You’ll see “deluxe” used mostly as a collector’s or colloquial term for such rifles. THe non-deluxe many of us call “plain”…something Winchester would have NEVER used. 
Edward Southgate said
Am I incorrect in thinking that Winchester called these a Special rather than a Deluxe ?
Winchester never used the term “Deluxe” to describe their higher grade rifles. For the early models, the term “Fancy” Sporting Rifle was used. In later years, (during the 1930s), the names were changed to “Deer Rifle” (Model 64), and “Special” for that Models 65, 71, and 43.
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
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