TomTeriffic
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The bid is up to $1,347 on that gun. My top bid was $1,125. I'm letting this one pass. I think I will just stick with my 1990 Mossberg 500A with checkered wooden stock as my entry-level dove gun for now. I think trying to get a nice-shape classic Belgian FN Browning Superposed (or even a classic Colt Trooper revolver) for "a song" is probably a pipe dream. A lot of nice older guns on GB are listed penny no reserve. The only way to 'steal' a nice older gun (a boat, a Harley-Davidson, a classic car, or anything else) is probably from some old widow who really doesn't know what it is worth. Nowadays, any sporting long gun under $1k, new or used, is more or less CHEAP. It's either a beater of an older classic or it is cheaply made. Nice older Colt D/A revolvers are listing at premium prices as well. If you have a minty original-boxed Colt Python from the 1960's, you have a small gold mine. Everybody knows that most modern CINO's are junk. Colt In Name Only. You know those nice old guns are likely going to be listed as auction or have sky-high buy-now prices.
I can't seem to locate any Savage 99's listed for under $2K that aren't beat or rusted to some degree by observing the photos. I can't seem to find any Husqvarana Model 3000 Crown Grade listed online that doesn't have a SOLD sign by it. The stuff I fancy is expensive and hard to find. Savage 99 originally when new was just a blue-collar gun for average American deer hunters. A 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air hardtop originally was just a cheap ordinary automobile. Back in the old days, only higher-ranking policemen bought COLT revolvers. COLT was comparatively prestigious. The less-prestigious Smith & Wessons were for rank and file cops.