40-70 calibres.Īlso, for those of you who saw the episode, what would you have paid for the gun and what would you think it would bring at retail? With the problems noted above, in my opinion, assuming. 45-90? I didn't think it was all that rare at all. Based on my impression of the gun, I would be hard-pressed to have given more that $2,000 for it at RETAIL due to the inherent problems with it. The gun was appraised by the expert at $3,000 to $4,500 and the Old Man said he was only willing to pay what he did ($3,500) for it because of the 'rarity' of the calibre. The barrel was measured at 25', wich explains why the magazine tube cap seemed wrong - it had been shortened along with the barrel. There was virtually no finish on the barrel and the case coloured receiver showed no evidence of the case colouring once there. I immediately noted the end of the magazine tube lacked a slot, which seemed odd, and the stock had the appearance of being refinished with an extremely poor wood to metal fit. 45-90 calibre, with a serial number dating the rifle from 1892. I had an episode of Pawn Stars on this evening and the seller presented a Winchester 1886 in. Here is something I posted on another forum in October: The pawn stars guys a lot of times give more than I would imagine they would,and sometimes they give a lot less. Only the dishonest creeps like the clowns on hardcore pawn rip people off. He gave 60% of the value on purchases and a tad less on pawns. No one forces anyone to do business in one, at one time I worked in a pawnshop and the man I worked for was pretty fair. Those are just some reasons why pawn shops have been around for hundreds of years. For that matter I have witnessd things set on gun broker for along time before it finally sells. Also I'm assuming you have not dealt a whole lt with craigslist but selling stuff there is a gamble, you usually have to mark things way up because you know you will be haggled a lot just so you can get close to what you want, and you also have to deal with no shows and flakes who never go through or try to scam you. First stuff never sells for market value hardly ever, secondly pawn shops offer fast cash when you can't wait for some to offer to buy.

Yet buying from people willing to do so is exactly the business pawn shops across the country are in. In these days of ebay, gun broker, and Craigslist, I cannot fathom why anyone would ever sell anything for below market value.

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