Too Pretty to shoot? Collect it or hunt it....need your opinion!
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Does your opinion know what a factory 7600 35W wood stocked carbine model is worth?? today
That is what I have NIB and from the research by others these may have been the only six to ever make it to canada
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I'm sorry I should have clarified it is a factory wood stocked 35W carbine then it would not seem incongruous. My apologies
Like I said before it is all about knowing what to stash and what to use and that is not easy to do most times
Some are no brainers like my NIB 3 1/2" wingmaster others you look back 20 years from now and wish you had of stashed a dozen
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"Unfired" will get a higher price or at least an easier sell if this is an investment piece. If not, hunt it with pride and stack it against some fresh game for awesome pictures.
Love the stock, were they all done like that (basket weavish?)
And complain about paying $1.30 for gas but gladly paying $2 for half a litre of water ...
OP's question was if it was to pretty to shoot. If I had that rifle, I would think twice too. Go to the cabinet, open it, smile widely, pick it up and admire, and put back in cabinet. He already have a .358. I would shoot it, but probably just at the range until the novelty wore off and I would grab it for nice weather hunts.
Yeah, too nice and rare to hunt with, for me anyway. I'd feel terrible if anything happened to it even though I am VERY careful with my equipment. I'd sell it or only use it at the range, but it's not really a 'range' calibre, is it?
Buy it to sell it?
Either you want to shoot the rifle or you want to store it in the hopes of make some "chump change" down the road... to me that represents a poor investment... like sitting on a pick-up load of shytey Remingtons as your retirement strategy. Stop over thinking this, it is a nice rifle compared to an Axis, but it isn't a five or six digit valued H&H... really, scratches and honest (not abusive) wear and tear might cost you a couple hundred bucks of value a decade from now... big deal, the rifle in a box is worthless. Bring both your .358's on every hunt, rainy days get the stainless, sunny days get the blued... enjoy your purchase.
The voice of reason.
Well said. Reminds me of the time I tripped while tracking a wounded Cape Buffalo in Zim in 2011. My pristine hunting rifle was going down in an unplanned meeting with the ground. Thankfully I shielded it from damage, maintaining muzzle control while avoiding getting skewered by a broken 2" wide mopane stump. PH complimented me on maintaining muzzle control during my descending pirouette and not sweeping anyone in the group as I held the rifle aloft and hit the dirt, back-first. The value of the rifle didn't figure prominently in my mind. "Muzzle control" kicked in though. A little humour in an otherwise tense morning.
Read the first few pages of this thread and basically heard my own sensibilities echoed... I once bought a Coopher in .204R to use as a groundhog rifle. Long story cut very short, laying in dried-up cow patties, being nutty-paranoid about the gun getting rained-on...just took too much away from the enjoyment level. I had to sell it. I'm not a collector, nor can I afford to HAVE expensive guns that I buy for collector-reasons alone. That admission has governed my purchases in recent years. If it hadn't, I'd have a Lee Enfield (22LR) trainer hanging on my wall by now. 
Anyhow, I think you're caught almost exactly where I was about 4-5 years ago. My suggestion~either plan to use it, or sell it fast and put the money into something you will shoot. The older I get, the less keeping unused stuff around makes even a shred of sense to me. I don't have a big collection, and there are no big ticket items in it. Even with that, there are a couple of shotguns that barely see the light of day one year to the next. I don't want to sell them, but because of that...it bugs me seeing them in the safe. Character flaw maybe. PRobably.
Anyhow, I think you're caught almost exactly where I was about 4-5 years ago. My suggestion~either plan to use it, or sell it fast and put the money into something you will shoot. The older I get, the less keeping unused stuff around makes even a shred of sense to me. I don't have a big collection, and there are no big ticket items in it. Even with that, there are a couple of shotguns that barely see the light of day one year to the next. I don't want to sell them, but because of that...it bugs me seeing them in the safe. Character flaw maybe. PRobably.
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I wouldn't mind owning 1 but I have the far superior 358 BLR take-down.
Kidding aside it's a great looking rifle.
The 358 Winchester is good for plinking at the range (like other 35's) because it can be loaded with 38 caliber 158gr pistol bullets. You can fire it a lot (for cheap) which you would want to do with a fine rifle like yours.
Kidding aside it's a great looking rifle.
The 358 Winchester is good for plinking at the range (like other 35's) because it can be loaded with 38 caliber 158gr pistol bullets. You can fire it a lot (for cheap) which you would want to do with a fine rifle like yours.
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OP, personally, I would not call this a collector piece. The wood is plain, pressed or laser checkering, laser engraving on bottom metal, a short range cartridge, therefore, where are the open sights? Sell it to someone who will enjoy to hunt and shoot it............how would you like to locked-up in a safe?
No the voice of not being old enough to look back and see many firearms we could have had for peanuts back in the day were better than any financial investment
Would love to have a truck load of those shytey 870 wingmasters that were everywhere for 50 to 75 bucks back in the day and look at what they bring now vs a life time of rrsp and watch 35% to 50% of it vanish overnight after 911
The challenge is knowing what to keep for future generations which is a real gamble in 2017 especially anything with wood on it and bluing
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