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I'm looking at a bubba'd '95 and/or a (not so bubba'd) '88 up at auction locally.
Assuming I can get either for a decent price point...
(A) What's a decent price point?
(B) Since the "collector value" of the Bubba'd 95 is shot, how hard would it be to make it into a 7.62x54R "Czarbine"
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough. מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976 Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
This might be more BTT than anything but what chambering is the 1895 NOW? I bet the guy is asking $700+ (would around here) but to me it is only worth about $300.
The 88 a .308? I'm guessing he'll be asking somewhere between $600 and $800, I would think $600 is probably right. Of course we don't often see 88s offered.
Sincerely,
Hobie
"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we find in our travels is an honest friend." Robert Louis Stevenson
I'm not sure how the auction is structured. I'll find out during the preview tomorrow.
The 88 is a .308. I've seen Classifieds on Guns America with a low of $645 and a high of $$$$$
The 95 is a .30-06. Current Classifieds running $995+ for un-bubba'd guns
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough. מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976 Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
Basically, I'm shooting for anything under the price of a new 7600 ($480). So far my attempts at picking up a 760 (or 99C) for less than that have succumbed to Online Auction Failure...
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough. מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976 Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
Old Savage wrote:Wonder what a primo 88 would go for?
I passed on one last year that was still NIB, chambered for .284. The gun was being sold by a granddaughter of a gent that had passed away and she is an ardent anti-gun person. Her husband told her to sell it for $700, I offered $500....was I stupid for not just giving her the $700. IT WAS STILL IN THE ORIGINAL BOX! My buddy, peeled off $700 immediately and stuffed it in her hand (she brought it into his auto repair shop and had just mentioned she had this gun in her trunk from her grandfathers estate!). Man, was I stupid. My buddy sold it last weekend at a gun show for $4200.00 TO A DEALER!
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough. מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976 Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
