Yep, You defiantly have got the bug! when you get in to deep there is no cure! you spend your days in despair, until you find another that strikes your fancy, then you have a couple glorious days admiring your new acquisition, then comes the day it goes in the safe with the others, and it starts all over again! but it is fun! Gary

I'm having the same problem with Winchester's. A pre64 FWT 30-06 was to good a buy to pass on then a friend called me with an attractive offer on a another Pre64 M70 in 257 Roberts then a new unfired one came to light (it will be here today) then just to complicate matters further I stopped by the gunsmiths to check on a custom project and a beautiful example of a M71 was hanging on the wall. The operative word here is was:whistle:

257 Roberts are great on whitetails.

Yes they are. I like the Nosler 110gr Accubond.

There are two areas of collecting that you should avoid like the plague. Prewar custom rifles and Prussian Lindner Dalys.

Now Bill custom rifles are there own art form. I'm having one done now. It will be along the lines of an English stalking rifle in what else but 275 Rigby.:) A 25-06 was just completed on a 1909 Argentine Mauser action and I haven't even shot it yet:eek:

I'd love a Linder Daly in a small bore, something from between the wars maybe.

Really nice, look at this shapes!

Happened again. Old buddy from school showed up last Sunday with his Triumph TR4. After looking at a few guns, he told me he had an old double that he would like cleaned up to put over the fireplace. I told him I would be happy to do it. He returned an hour later. In the door came a LC Smith Pigeon Grade. 12 Ga., Crown Steel barrels, made 1894. Again I told him I would be happy to clean her, but would like to purchase. He told me the gun really belonged to his wife, and would have to OK it with her. A deal was struck. WHAT DO I DO NOW?

No problem cleaning up the Smith for your friend, or buying it from him. It is a nice gun. However, I would avoid anyone who would build or drive such a car. Are you a very young guy? You need a mentor.

We are both in our mid-fifties. I lived beachside in Daytona for 12 years. Had 3 Triumphs. Girls love them. Had much fun in them. No young kid even knows what they are. What do you like?