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Historic 1886 Winchester rifle draws world record-breaking $1.2 million at auction
The Washington Times ^
| May 14, 2016
| Jennifer Harper
Posted on 05/14/2016 2:17:33 PM PDT by jazusamo
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posted on
05/14/2016 2:17:33 PM PDT
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jazusamo
To: jazusamo
Over a million,
Just Dang!
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posted on
05/14/2016 2:32:53 PM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
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To: jazusamo
Nice to have money.
Beautiful gun. Wonder what the original price was.
To: jazusamo
eh, wouldn’t buy it for $10 personally. But to each their own.
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posted on
05/14/2016 2:34:48 PM PDT
by
TexasFreeper2009
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To: TexasFreeper2009
eh, wouldnt buy it for $10 personally. But to each their own Why not?
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posted on
05/14/2016 2:37:06 PM PDT
by
atc23
(The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
To: jazusamo; Tijeras_Slim
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posted on
05/14/2016 2:37:10 PM PDT
by
MileHi
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To: atc23
Just dont like the look of it. If I saw something similar at an estate sale I would of walked right past.
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posted on
05/14/2016 2:39:07 PM PDT
by
TexasFreeper2009
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To: jazusamo
...a gift from one Congressional Medal of Honor winner to another... 1886... serial number 1... excellent condition... Wow.
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posted on
05/14/2016 2:39:21 PM PDT
by
Talisker
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To: Borderline
By todays standards not too much. I bought a Md 1886 around 1960 for somewhere around $50, it was in fair condition and sold it some years later for about $200 if I recall.
They are a large fairly heavy rifle and were chambered for large caliber black powder cartridges, they’re a handsome rifle in my view.
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posted on
05/14/2016 2:40:59 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
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To: jazusamo
Thanks for posting jazusamo, beautiful rifle, I have a Uberti replica of the 1873 Winchester in 44-40. Fine shooter.
To: jazusamo
The '86 is a great rifle - I have had several of them and they are rugged, smooth and accurate. They also kick like a moose in most of their issued calibers (like .38-56 .40-82, .45-70, .45-90, .50-110 Express, etc.)
$1.2M is a lot of money - just means that the really rich have a lot of money to burn. If you want a decent '86, choice examples abound in the $4K - 5K range. Browning and Winchester both made good replicas recently and can be had for just over a $1K and occasionally less.
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posted on
05/14/2016 2:42:54 PM PDT
by
Chainmail
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To: jazusamo
Great post. Thanks!
I love my Winchesters. I have a model 94 I was given when I was 18 and I must have put close to 60000 rounds through it over the last 40 years. I’ve had to replace the action once, the barrel twice, and the stock 4 times, but it feels great to have the same gun for this long.
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posted on
05/14/2016 2:44:11 PM PDT
by
RepRivFarm
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To: MileHi
Yes, that’s quite a history.
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posted on
05/14/2016 2:45:18 PM PDT
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jazusamo
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To: jazusamo
WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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05/14/2016 2:51:59 PM PDT
by
Squantos
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To: Inyo-Mono
Hiya, I-M. Love to see and read about things like this.
Years ago I got hold of a Md 1873, there were quite a few around at that time but it was in poor condition. Never fired it because of that and traded it away for something I can’t even remember. Wish I still had it. :)
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05/14/2016 2:53:14 PM PDT
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jazusamo
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05/14/2016 2:57:20 PM PDT
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jazusamo
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Don’t know if any of you are interested in this kind of thing but it’s off the wall.
Off the Wall Ping!
Contact to be added.
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posted on
05/14/2016 3:01:03 PM PDT
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jazusamo
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To: jazusamo
Thank you for the posting. Fine story and a fine rifle with excellent history. I have had only one Model 1886. It was in .45-70 and had a half magazine.
To: jazusamo
Hiya, I-M. Love to see and read about things like thisMe too. I recall reading a couple of years ago that a fine cased specimen one of Sam Colt's first revolvers, the 1836 Paterson, went for over $950,000.
To: TexasFreeper2009
The look of it? Its a Winchester lever gun, what's not to like? It's the rifle that won the frontier.
THE ICON of
MANIFEST DESTINYThe look of it?
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posted on
05/14/2016 3:05:31 PM PDT
by
atc23
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