Hunting Washington Forum
Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: elksnout on October 11, 2020, 07:40:36 PM
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Curious what I could value said rifle. Given to me some time back by a family friend. He has since passed and I'm not going to use the rifle as its too nice! It just sits in the safe. Back story is this: His late wife gave this to him as a gift in 1968. According to Ken he only put a few rounds through it then cleaned it and stored the rifle. This thing is in superb condition. The only negative issue in my eyes is his wife had Kens name and the date engraved on the side of the receiver. I think that devalues the rifle a bit. Ken was a life long policeman then finished his career as a detective as well as authoring two books.
What's your take?
Elksnout
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$300 +\- Wow Huntin was right looks like prices have doubled in the last year if selling online.
Pre-64 worth more. If you had original box maybe bit more.
With engraving maybe $50 less
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Look at what they are going for on Gunbroker. Value of all firearms have gone up this last year.
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/880453983
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Look at what they are going for on Gunbroker. Value of all firearms have gone up this last year.
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/880453983
X2 on using Gunbroker. Go to advanced search->completed auctions then sort by number of bids received. This shows items that actually received bids and ignores sellers with unrealistically high starting prices.
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Yes I did look up pricing as suggested. Definitely not a $300 gun. And like I said, the gun is beautiful.
Elksnout
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400 give or take. Unfortunately ‘68 was one of the the worst of the worst years in terms of the post-64 era. Action feels like a rattle trap in your hands versus the handmade prewar jobbers. They look pretty enough when babied, but a week out in the field and half of the “bluing” off that cast receiver would be gone.
https://du-lite.com/blackening-post-64-winchester-receivers/
