hunting with commemorative winchesters?

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Chago

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I have fallen in love with the various commemorative 94 models. Especially the gold plated models. Now I for one am not a collector for the sake of future value etc. My collection is all guns I shoot. I don't buy guns to store. Nothing against those who do, but it's just not my cup of tea. To me the gun is most valuable when it's banging rounds down range.

That being said how does the gold plated models withstand the weather? Anyone else have them and use them outdoors? I may be totally exaggerating but I just feel like it will tarnish or smething.

Also I'm really just after a lever in gold colour receiver. Are there any other models out there that have that look? Commemorative are great but if I don't have to pay a premium cause the guy had a box and a tag that I'm going to throw away anyways. I would rather save the cash. Any ideas?
 
One great thing about gold is that it will not tarnish! But depending on how thick the plating is, it will wear off quite quickly in the places
that you are holding it. Brass will, of course, tarnish if it is not clear coated (unless it is just a brass "look" plating)

I am surprised at how little these commemorative Winchesters can be bought for, sometimes just a couple hundred more than a regular one.
 
They are too ugly to hunt with... it's bad enough that the animal is giving up the ghost to a chunk of lead... but a chunk of lead delivered by a "mustard-yellow-electro-plated-John Wayne-wannabe"... that is eternal bad ju-ju.
 
Going to reduce your chance of bagging something......the sun reflecting off that bling will give you away.....
 
The silver finishes get ugly fast if shot. The gold seem to tarnish some. I have shot a couple when the bottom fell from there value. One might be fun in cowboy action calibers. I see no added value in them but understand those that do.
 
Go for it, I have no experience with the gold finishes, but if they wear you can always get the gold polished off and electro less nickel plated,which is a much more durable finish and still looks good. Alternatively the stainless Rossi or 336 may scratch the itch your looking to scratch.
 
Okay, I'll be the bad guy and point out that commemoratives were never really meant to be fired and if you shoot one single round through your gold Klondike 94 commemorative you just turned a $1500 gun into a $400 gun.

Way better off selling it for the $1500 and buying three field grade type win 94's instead, plus some ammo.
 
Chago said:
don't have to pay a premium cause the guy had a box and a tag that I'm going to throw away anyways. I would rather save the cash. Any ideas?
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don't throw away any of those boxes, guys will buy them up fast, I've seen the boxes alone sell for 50-150 at gun shows

I bought my first commemorative 94 last year, gold plated, I brought it to range a few times for about 40-50 rounds and sat in the blind a few times with it, no worse for wear, but I wouldn't take it bush whacking or mountain hunting
 
I'm not really a collector for resale, more of an accumulator/hoarder ha....I'm totally ok with shooting it a few times during my ownership
 
Try to find one that's been shot. I picked up a 26" octagon-barreled, Canadian Centennial rifle (blued with gold lettering) that was used but is still a striking rifle in great shape! $500.00 here on CGN.
 
Chago said:
How is the quality on the Henry's???
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IMO, Henry Big Boy's and brass series rifles are a heck of a buy... well made, solid (heavy), shoot great, feel really nice in hand... I even (ahem...) prefer tube feeding for loading and unloading.
 
Kilo Charlie said:
Try to find one that's been shot. I picked up a 26" octagon-barreled, Canadian Centennial rifle (blued with gold lettering) that was used but is still a striking rifle in great shape! $500.00 here on CGN.
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Nice gun , I have 5 commeratives One of these in a matched set of the long / short canadian. The 26" with the octagon is the one I want to shoot the most. Havnt been able to bring myself to do it yet.
 
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