I only have a modest collection of, usually, around seven old Winchesters or Marlins ..... and I have zero budget for acquisitions. So every time I want to buy a 'new' old classic, something has to go. Here are a couple old Winchesters that I sold in the last few months in order to acquire the funds to get some of the other rifles I have posted recently. When I posted them for sale up here in Canada, both of them were gone within an hour or so. Makes me wonder if my prices were a tad low, but I'm happy and the buyers seem to be
very happy.
The first one was an original Winchester 1886 Extra light, Takedown 45-70 shipped in 1901. This one was worth a healthy sum and it really freed up some $$$!
The most recent was my Winchester Model 53 chambered in 44-40. This is a very rare rifle, and was made in 1928. This one freed up the $$$ for a very nice pair of Swarovski SLC HD 10x42 High Definition binoculars. I've wanted a high quality pair of bino's for 20 years and finally decided that the only way it was going to happen was to sell one of my nice old Winchesters.
Boys, you may wonder why I parted with these beautiful old guns. Fact of the matter is that I find I enjoy my old guns if I only have a few of them. Don't know why. That is just the way it is. There are some that I always want to keep, and the rest come and go.
Kirk: An old geezer who loves the smell of freshly turned earth, old cedar rail fences, wood smoke, a crackling fireplace on a snowy evening, pristine wilderness lakes, the scent of
cedars and a magnificent Whitetail buck framed in the semi-buckhorn sights of a 120-year old Winchester.
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