hvmetalhead
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- St. Paul AB
I have a Winchester. In used condition serial 45***80. And was wondering is anyone knew what it might be worth
Price check on a win. 94
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Mount Sweetness
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Southern Ontario
$295 shipped, probably less
Shooting Bastard
Regular
- Location
- Coastal BC
Serial# puts it around 1977. I just bought one on the EE. $340, shipped (= about $300)
Condition is quite a bit better than yours though, and it came with a Williams peep sight installed...
Condition is quite a bit better than yours though, and it came with a Williams peep sight installed...
- Location
- Winnipeg,Man.
$ 200-$300....in that condition. It is certainly a post 64 and not as desireable.
- Location
- Midland, ON
Another thing that will determine worth is what it is chambered in. Some chamberings are more plentiful which will drop the price.
hvmetalhead
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- St. Paul AB
Honesty. What a great policy.
So now knowing its current price. Would it be worth it to have it re blued and taking the time to re finish the stock? Or would that hurt the price even more?
greyman441
CGN Regular
- Location
- Wasaga Beach, ON
No not really, its a post 64, still not a great gun in the first place. If your doing the work yourself and you dont put a price on your time then go for it, other than that its just going to put it up to maybe 275 if your lucky. Thats not a very big profit from selling it as-is.
If the refinishing job was very well done, it would probably enhance the value a bit. Not as much as you'd spend refinishing it though. If the rifle shoots well I'd say just enjoy it. If you want to refinish it for your own sake to make it more appealing to use that might be a good idea as well.
If you're wanting to get rid of it, someone will buy it for a truck gun or saddle gun if it's priced appropriately. I'd disagree with the above and say it IS a great gun, that's why they sold 7 million of them. Yours just happens to be pretty knocked around and 'previously enjoyed'. It's still one of the handiest carrying and quickest pointing hunting arms ever made.
If you're wanting to get rid of it, someone will buy it for a truck gun or saddle gun if it's priced appropriately. I'd disagree with the above and say it IS a great gun, that's why they sold 7 million of them. Yours just happens to be pretty knocked around and 'previously enjoyed'. It's still one of the handiest carrying and quickest pointing hunting arms ever made.
greyman441
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- Wasaga Beach, ON
I didnt mean it was a terrible gun. I have owned many pre and post 94's and the quality of the pre to post is top of the line. Post are sloppy and feel very cheap. Not that it wont still go bang but if your looking for quality, post 64 94's is not the best choice.
Those are things you would do for yourself and keeping the gun. Doubtful if it would increase the buyer appeal against the time and cost. If that is your intent it would be a good time to work on it yourself. It will still be a post 64 but at $200 someone would pick it up as a truck or tractor gun.
it is certainly a do it yourself'r. it is fun and a good learning experience to do it. if you take your time, read and research and do it as best as you can, it should turn out quite alright and you will have that warm fuzzy feeling, knowing that you can do it. You can get reblueing kits for the back-yarder. I'm working on a pre '64 as we speak, just re-doing the wood in an oil finish, the metal is good. I got a dandy recipe and the step by step "how to" from bogie, he's a fine upstanding member here. The wood is looking mighty fine, now. I'm doing endless coats and each one is bare skin hand rubbed in to heat it, I just forget the correct term for it. bogie buddy, are you there? chime in and help this fella out with your expertise, will ya?
EDIT: the word is polmerize, prolly not spelled correctly, though!
EDIT: the word is polmerize, prolly not spelled correctly, though!
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I believe its "polymerized" but you got the essence of it nicely Two-dogs. A scrub of the wood bits (take them off first) with 000 or better yet 0000 steel wool and some linspeed or other such treatment will clean up the wood and make it look a lot better and keep it from cracking. Linspeed is just some boiled linseed with some turps to thin and a bit of oil based artist tint to colour down.
A 1in squeeze of burnt umber in a pint of finish will bring a nice warm browning to your stock. Stuff is pretty much bullet proof. There are other finishes but I have used the linspeed for better than 50yrs and its real easy to fix a scratch.
Paint stripper wont touch it and on a sunny day if its done right its glorious. Essentially the same finish most of the old guns had before varnishes became popular. Nothing is as pretty as a rubbed smooth oil finish.
A 1in squeeze of burnt umber in a pint of finish will bring a nice warm browning to your stock. Stuff is pretty much bullet proof. There are other finishes but I have used the linspeed for better than 50yrs and its real easy to fix a scratch.
Paint stripper wont touch it and on a sunny day if its done right its glorious. Essentially the same finish most of the old guns had before varnishes became popular. Nothing is as pretty as a rubbed smooth oil finish.
