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This model 1894 deluxe just sold on gun broker for $10,000. Really?
What are your thoughts?
Al:
A very heavily used if not abused specimen. I like the serial number but as far as my wallet is concerned, my high bid would have been about $6,500.
Rick
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a first year 1894 (sic) with a nickel steel barrel in 38-55 with post 1905 markings (WP and caliber marking on the left handside) ?
Would a non original gun in this sad state even warrant $6500?
wow, even my novice brain knows this rifle is not a first model and nowhere near worth 10k!!!
wow, even my novice brain knows this rifle is not a first model and nowhere near worth 10k!!!
tionesta1 said
This model 1894 deluxe just sold on gun broker for $10,000. Really?What are your thoughts?
Aside from the issues already mentioned, the post 1905 markings(non original) ends it for me. That said & the is there any collector value? Certainly some nice lettered features but…
Rick C
RickC said
Aside from the issues already mentioned, the post 1905 markings(non original) ends it for me. That said & the is there any collector value? Certainly some nice lettered features but…
They probably swapped the barrel out, and proof marked it when it went back for R&R in 1913, and 1914.
Just read that Al about the R&R’s at the bottom of the description. Would be nice if the R&R stated the repairs or changes on the letter. It might make a difference to some.
Rick C
RickC said
Would be nice if the R&R stated the repairs or changes on the letter. It might make a difference to some.
No doubt it would, but the (usually) unspecified work done during a R&R is generally pretty easy to deduce from the physical evidence provided by the gun itself. Though I know few or none would agree, I regard an R&R notation as adding to the history of any gun, so far from considering it the mark of Cain, I think it adds interest to the gun–the idea that a previous owner took the trouble to ship it back to the factory (at that time, probably had to be done by Railway Express) to “improve” it in some way.
I have an 1894 deluxe where the letter actually specifies the work that was done during the R&R.
tionesta1 said
I have an 1894 deluxe where the letter actually specifies the work that was done during the R&R.
Certainly adds to the history & should, I think, even add to the value of this gun–which obviously belonged to a man who thought carefully about what he could do to make it better, for him at least. Specifying the Lyman, & esp., paying extra to omit the brl. slot, indicates he was a real rifleman. Why should this R&R work be considered any less “original” than the gun in its original configuration?
tionesta1 said
I have an 1894 deluxe where the letter actually specifies the work that was done during the R&R.
That’s the first one I’ve seen Al. It definitely doesn’t deduct value for me not being the original configuration I can see Clarence’s point about maybe adding value. Would like see a pic of it if possible.
Rick C
The letter was one of the reasons I bought the gun. I don’t think it is very common for the ledgers to specify what was done during an R&R, and the rifle itself isn’t bad either.
tionesta1 said
The letter was one of the reasons I bought the gun. I don’t think it is very common for the ledgers to specify what was done during an R&R, and the rifle itself isn’t bad either.
Wow, that thing is gorgeous!
Frank
Hellcat1 said
Wow, that thing is gorgeous!
Frank
No better way to describe it. Whoever ordered this showpiece obviously wasn’t pinching pennies, which makes me wonder why he didn’t merely order a new rifle built to his specifications, rather than have his old one rebuilt. The combination of shotgun butt & Lyman 21 proves that individual was a real rifleman who knew what he was doing, & would probably have an interesting biography if he could be identified.
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