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[.270]

those are both rare and valuable guns. the winchester is a model '73. the gun that won the west. the only rifle i know of to have a movie made about it. starred jimmy stewart. worth a couple grand anyway. looks in real good shape. the bisley is quite valuable because it's a colt and a bisley, the fact it's in 38/40 makes it quite rare. looks to be in very good condition too. heck of a find. make sure cousin' eddie don't get em and they don't end up in a pawn shop somewhere. lotsa history. really incredible guns. wish they were mine for sure. Lark.

[firstcoueswas80]

Lark has the first 7/08 ever made.

[.270]

I hate you. Lark

[nighthawk]

😂😂👆

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[Arizona Griz]

Here is a link to date the manufacture of the rifle by serial number.

 

http://oldguns.net/sn_php/windateslookup.php?file=win1873.dat

[firstcoueswas80]

Nothing super super cool, but I've got a Remington 721 marked 270 wcf, and an early win 94 30-30 marked 30 wcf.

[MT_Sourdough]

I don't have a pic of it right yet, but I have a Savage 22lr that dates to sometime in the early 20's. Can't know for sure because it doesn't have a serial number on it. My great grandpa bought the rifle when it was new. The story of the rifle is that it kept meat in the pot during the great depression and during mine strikes.

[Guest akaspecials]

I don't have a pic of it right yet, but I have a Savage 22lr that dates to sometime in the early 20's. Can't know for sure because it doesn't have a serial number on it. My great grandpa bought the rifle when it was new. The story of the rifle is that it kept meat in the pot during the great depression and during mine strikes.

I have a bolt action .22 and a single shot 12 gauge that served the same purpose for my family during the Great Depression. Grandad says they could never afford a full box of rounds, so the general store sold singles. The old man taught me a lot of what I know about shooting and hunting, but I don't think I've ever seen him hunt. After having to do it to survive he never saw the fun or sport in it. They really were the "great generation". I have so much respect for them and what they went through. These kinda guns represent that history and really facinate me.

[AZbowhntr]

I have a few older rifles that are probably worth a lot more to me than actual money. I have my grandpa's Browning Automatic shotgun that he picked up in Belgium when he served on a mission in Europe when he was younger. Because it was manufactured well before WW2 I can't find any exact manufacture date on it. I also have his 300 Savage that he used to hunt with when he was younger. Then I have my dads Winchester M88 .308. The cool thing is that I have used all of these rifles in the past and shot deer or quail with them.