I'll add to Larry's post. As he said, the raffle gun is sometimes donated. Other times, the word is passed out that we are looking for a raffle gun a year or two into the future. It has to be a gun where there is a consensus that it will be desirable to members and the public, its a nice original configuration gun ( no chopped barrels, added beavertails, etc) , and right priced so as to maximize return to the PGCA.
If the gun is bought from a director or longtime PGCA good guy, its bought at his cost; no self dealing money making deals here. Often the gun needs fluffing up, it hasn't been a full restoration, but sometimes the barrels need re-browning if Damascus, and often the stock needs dirt cleaned out and a top coat rubbed in. That work is usually generously donated or at cost by a friend of the PGCA gunsmith, Dale Edmonds, Brad Bachelder and Doug Turnbull come to mind.
Sometimes a request has been posted on the forum for submission of raffle gun candidates. It has to be a gun that others would be pleased to own and the more wow factor the better. Got one you want to donate or sell at cost?
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