Should I shoot em?

tjhaile said:
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.
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Bang on!! I would consider it fortunate if you could get what you originally paid for them. There may be collectors out there that would be willing to pay more, but they are sparse enough that it is hard to find them when you want to sell something like that. I know quite a few collectors of old Winchesters, I know not one collector of the modern commemoratives. Still, you never know. There may be one or two that check out the CGN exchange. Those are not the kind of rifles I would enjoy hunting and shooting with so, if it were me, I'd sell them for what I could get and use the money to buy what I would really enjoy.
 
TACTICAL111 said:
And your pennies ;)

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Please accept some apologies for the "penny" thing. Over the years there have been many come here with claims of exotic and rare rifles trolling as many as possible into the wake. The penny on the buttstock thing started as a ploy to weed out those trolls. I'm glad I was wrong on this one.

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Win 38-55 said:
Bang on!! I would consider it fortunate if you could get what you originally paid for them. There may be collectors out there that would be willing to pay more, but they are sparse enough that it is hard to find them when you want to sell something like that. I know quite a few collectors of old Winchesters, I know not one collector of the modern commemoratives. Still, you never know. There may be one or two that check out the CGN exchange. Those are not the kind of rifles I would enjoy hunting and shooting with so, if it were me, I'd sell them for what I could get and use the money to buy what I would really enjoy.
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Couldn't agree more. My father has a friend in a nursing home right now and he had every commemorative Winchester lever action produced since the first year in 1964. They are beautiful rifles and all of them have never been fired. He gave them all to his son to sell last year and basically after all the smoke cleared he made his original investment back from all the years of storing them and fussing over them he would have been better off to put the money in a bank. To each his own i guess.

Now if you could get the Canadian Commemoratives down to the states then you can make some money because they were only sold in Canada and commend a slightly high price down there.

Pre WW1 Winchester lever actions are much sought after right now especially in good condition.
 
My father has a friend in a nursing home right now and he had every commemorative Winchester lever action produced since the first year in 1964. They are beautiful rifles and all of them have never been fired
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My father had a life long dear friend who passed last year.
He spent his last 2 years in a home staring at the ceiling because he couldn't move :mad:
I knew him since I was a child and he was a splendid human being :(

I think about him from time to time and I know exactly what he would say:

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Think I can close this thread, thanks to all.

Have the High Grade out and loading some very special loads for it's first foray at the next weekend with good weather. Going to limit it to 50 rounds a month :D

Will keep the Custom grade in the box.


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Good for you!

My parents named me after Buffalo Bill Cody, and once I seen that model winchester, Ive wanted to find a "buffalo Bill" winchester to take home, but they aint cheap, and seem too nice to shoot. So I might be a little envious that you get to shoot such a nice winchester.

I hope its at least as fun to shoot as it is to look at!
 
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