pinstripe
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Today a friend of mine calls me and says that his business partner has a 30-30 for sale cheap. He procedes to tell me that his partner, years ago, loaned a man some money and the man put up a 30-30 for him to hold. The man never returns to pay him so he puts the rifle in a closet and forgets about it. He tells my friend that he doesn't know the value of the gun, but he would like to sell it to get it out of his closet. He asks me if I would give him $100 for it. I told him yes, sight unseen.
I just got back from buying it. It is in surprisingly good shape. The wood only has one very small scratch and the blue is about 85% or there abouts. Some patina starting to form on the receiver.
The serial number is 359xxxx which makes it about 1972-1973 time frame.
I normally only collect milsurps, but the price was right on this one. If any of you have knowledge about the Winchester 94 carbine, could you drop me a line and let me know all about them. I'm going now to clean and lube my Winchester.
I just got back from buying it. It is in surprisingly good shape. The wood only has one very small scratch and the blue is about 85% or there abouts. Some patina starting to form on the receiver.
The serial number is 359xxxx which makes it about 1972-1973 time frame.
I normally only collect milsurps, but the price was right on this one. If any of you have knowledge about the Winchester 94 carbine, could you drop me a line and let me know all about them. I'm going now to clean and lube my Winchester.