Just gota love them oldies!

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Just something about "used old" guns that I can't get over, regardless if it be a M1 garand, P&R smith, Browning A5, or one of the classic pumps, I'd just much rather buy an old cosmetically worn but functional gun than a hyped up shiny NIB one. That being the said I just picked up a Remington Model 31 12ga at an auction for $110 OTD. It isn't in the best of shape but it seems to function 100%. It's about 50-60% finish, wood has deep grain but it's nicked up in many spots, matching #'s 28" barrel, BUT it has a comped polychoke on it(kind of thinking thats why it was so cheap). Personaly that doesnt bother me and actually makes it more versital. It is also by far the smoothest pumping gun I've ever handled, and I cant wait to shoot it! Not that I would even think about selling it(more of a "tell me I got a good monitary deal") but what would you expect a price to be on something like this if it was in a dealers rack?

Also I stopped by the local gun shop the other day and spotted a winchester model 12 also with a comped polychoke but it had a 18-20" barrel. Wood was in good condition, and the finish was fairly good also, I'd safely put it at about 75%+. Price was $375+tax, now this guy is almost always high on prices, so I was wondering what the going price on this would be as well.

Lastly I love to read everyones stories so if you have a classic/oldie/cheap find story that you would like to share post 'em on up!
 
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Two old shotguns...one a "police" Wingmaster and the other a "riot" Wingmaster. I actually picked up the riot gun from a shop that wanted to get rid of it for $125. The police gun was $375, this was before prices of HD guns went crazy. The police gun has a "law enforcement only" folding stock and pistol grip. Most people do not like the stock setup of the police gun but it is stock from the factory. While a pistol grip is frowned on by a lot of people using it right I can hit the target with it. Before I get flamed, I never said it was better.
 
Old shotguns are cool, have a few myself, but since I have to use steel shot for a large part of my hunting, mostly shoot my newer stuff. And, the chokes we used back in the day were a might tight for my tastes now days even with lead. :D I've been thinkin' I might get my old Spanish double opened up to IC/Mod. It's a Mod/Full now. I might shoot it more on doves if it were IC/Mod. 28" barrels, fits pretty well, swings deliciously. I just need to open it up a bit and I'd use it more often I think. :D The wood's kinda beat up on it, but it's still tight as a drum and still shoots like a laser, probably couldn't get a better regulated set of barrels on a Purdey. I bought it new in 1971. It was cheap, not really worth spending a lot of money on, but I'm thinking the choke job would be worth it to me just so I'd use it again.
 
The old Model 12s are my favorite but never cared for the ones with the poly choke. Look them up in the Blue Book and you will see that value is cut 50% for one with a factory poly choke.
 
I have both a Poly Choked and Pachmayr butt padded 31 and a cherry stock 31F . They sure are slick and a Poly Choke works real well even with STEEL shot!. Most people don't know that the Poly choke works with steel OK and when the choke does start to wear is cheap to fix!
 
Sorry I haven't been by a computer for a few days.. I didn't know poly's cut the value that much, wow! I knew it was high thinking maybe 20-30% but never would have thought 50%. I've read a lot of people don't like polychokes and I can understand that, if your talking about a 98%+ perfect shotty but most of the older guns that have these chokes where used for hunting, they got used and often times abused. So most are probably not even close to collector grade. I'll agree that they don't look as sleek as a barrel w/o a poly but personaly I think a good old hunting shotgun like mine is more useful with the poly than the same gun with it's standard full choke, but I am a shooter first and a collector second.
 
Got to finally shoot a 12 gauge SxS last weekend for the very first time----a very early 1900's Parker, in it's original leather case and with all of her original accessories. I was quite awed....
 
There's a point where the line between being an owner/user of a fine arm and a steward of a fine relic blurs.

Here and now, both is a good thing....
 
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