Should I shoot em?

Shoot them; otherwise you might as well have a bunch of lame Franklin Mint collector plates.

Generally speaking, things that were specifically made as collectibles don't appreciate much. Old Winchesters are a much better choice if you want something that can reasonably be expected to go up in value.
 
Suit yourself. To me, those aren't shooter, not because of the value, but because they aren't the best vintage of Win as a shooter, and they are not the style I would choose to run around with. If I wanted to spend a lot of money on a Win 30-30, and then shoot the heck out of it, I would choose one of the old ones that was ensentially new condition. There was a great deal a few years back when a shop out West was selling off NOS Marlins, pre-safety. Now those are shooters. And I would like a Marlin XLR in 30-30 as a shooter/canoe gun. I have always wanted a 94 take down, but haven't found the one yet. But it is a very individual thing. The only thing I like about commemoratives is that they are in NOS condition often, and sometimes are priced right.
 
SuperCub said:
Any more pics? Maybe both side by side with a penny on the buttstock.


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I just snagged those pics off the web, my camera was lent out last week :rolleyes:

Only other pic I could find

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The High grade sold for 1400 (ish) and the Custom grade sold for 1900 (ish). They are a matching set and they made 500 of them.
 
Personally, I've never seen the reason for keeping guns you're not going to shoot. Fancy, plain, new, beat, guns are tools meant to be fired. I don't personally go for real gussied up guns, but if they were mine and I liked them I'd not only shoot them, I'd hunt them.
 
I agree with Win 38-55, unless you want to keep them for 100 years.. so they worth more than today. I shoot my collector guns... and try to take at least one game with each.
 
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OK lets throw this out there. Unfired they'd probably fetch $4000. Shoot them and the price goes down to $1200 to $1500 for the pair. $2800 trigger pull, you decide.
I would lightly re-oil them, to stop my finger oils from rusting them and put them back in storage.
Then go out and buy a marlin or winny and have fun.
 
tigrr said:
OK lets throw this out there. Unfired they'd probably fetch $4000. Shoot them and the price goes down to $1200 to $1500 for the pair. $2800 trigger pull, you decide.
I would lightly re-oil them, to stop my finger oils from rusting them and put them back in storage.
Then go out and buy a marlin or winny and have fun.
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Loss per shot goes down the more you shoot them then ;)
 
Very nice looking rifles. Make a display case and show them off. It is really up to you in the end though, I would not shoot them if they already have not been fired. If they have already been fired i would use them. My 2cents.
 
sunray said:
Absolutely not. You should have left 'em sealed in their boxes too.
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Hmmmm if you dont at least open the box how do you know there is really a rifle in there you may as well have a 2x4 and a piece of pipe in a winchester box on the shelf.
Personaly id probaly sell them and buy a really nice old 30WCF but i really dont like rebounding hammers and angle eject
 
tigrr said:
OK lets throw this out there. Unfired they'd probably fetch $4000. Shoot them and the price goes down to $1200 to $1500 for the pair. $2800 trigger pull, you decide.
I would lightly re-oil them, to stop my finger oils from rusting them and put them back in storage.
Then go out and buy a marlin or winny and have fun.
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Some sound advice .
A gun is only new once, one round or 1000 it becomes a shooter.They were made to be shot is all I hear but the truth be known they were made to be sold for a profit. It's up to the buyer what he does with it.

When we are talking about a very rare gun one can assume that many shooters decided it would be wise to not shoot it, so it's a matter of who is the first one to own it who is actually stupid enough to shoot it.I am not saying that is the case here since I don't know the comparison values. However, when the actual value is predicated on it being unshot, in mint unfired condition, in the box, which is the norm for most of these special runs or replicas any similiar beater will shoot exactly the same so someone has to have a very high opinion of themselves and the need to experience their own personal gratification to take the value of it away from future generations , especially when it could be 1000's of dollars difference..

We understand we may be in the minority with our opinions, and I respect your rights of ownership and everyone else's right to their opinion. I am proud to be one of the reasons we still have original, unaltered unfired guns to admire and discuss today, and I thank those before me who preserved the unfired guns I have managed to collect.

In the end you own it . It belongs to you, no one else gets to have any say about what you do with it. If you want to shoot it fill your boots and enjoy it. It's your call.

http://www.winchesterguns.com/library/pressreleases/detail.asp?id=219
 
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