Milestone Auction
 

Anyone watching (or participating in) the Milestone Auction this weekend? They had some very interesting old advertising pieces. No Parker stuff, but lots of old shot shell maker advertising.

Among the treasures at this auction were these three pieces from the early 1900s. I'm always fascinated when I see original pieces like this, over 100 years old, still intact.

I got a Remington Model 32 12 gauge 28” skeet gun that has what appears to be factory vent rib . This one might get a set of fitted 20 gauge tubes but I doubt I go whole hog for 28’s and 410’s .

Have you bought from Milestone before?

I thought I had but I went back and looked at my Invaluable history and I’d not bought from them before . Think I’d just bid on a few of their items in the past .

They had two Stevens 44 1/2 rifles that were made during the time when H.M. Pope was involved with Stevens and as such the barrels were stamped “Stevens-Pope” . These sold Saturday and as I waited to bid sitting on the couch I dozed off and missed them . Just as well I would’ve needed to scratch up some 32-40 brass for either one . One of them had a second barrel in 28-30 Stevens , that would’ve been Intresting as I’ve never messed with the cartridge but have wanted to ever since I became intrested in shall we say schuetzen type stuff .

I purchased a near mint Remington M-11 D Tournament grade from them last year. They come up with some great stuff and are very nice people to work with in my opinion.

Wassup with all the pics? All I see are little blue square boxes with a ? in them.

Hmmm… I see images. Maybe the issue is at your end?

I was mildly surprised and in a positive way .

Insured shipping for the Model 32 was a couple bucks less than $60 , by auction house standards thats not bad at all . I bought a gun for less than $400 from an auction house in SC and shipping from them was in excess of $120 .

I guess they figured they had to boost their profit margin that way....

You know, the old "S&H" charge.





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I’ve bought non-gun items in the past. Never had a bad experience.

I will say that the auction house did use a third party packer/shipper . I think it was the local UPS store as a matter of fact . but the idiots packaged the gun in two pieces as you'd expect but instead of putting them inside the LOM case that came with the gun they packaged the gun in a box and the case in a box and both were put inside a larger box :eek:

Craig, it takes all kind of critters to make Farmer Vincent's fritters. Just sayin'.

OK, Mike, I'm collecting all of your quirps for a book I have planned, entitled: Just Sayin' I'll sign copies for your friends.:)

(Keep 'em comin'!)

He does have some decent comebacks even if he does live on the wrong side of the line :rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf:

Hows it go American by birth , SOUTHERN BY THE GRACE OF GOD :bigbye:

Craig, if you want fair shipping charges, don't buy a 20 page gun catalog or a box of shells from Ward's Auction. I've never bought a gun from them, but I am not looking forward to the shipping charges. To be fair, maybe things have changed since my bad experiences.

Agree on Ward's but Oregon is a long way from the east coast! Just sayin'.

As a Southerner through and through, I do know the wonders and pleasures of being born below the line. That being said, I do believe that the Honorable Mountain Mike carries a lot of the Southern Sentiment (notice it's capitalized) in his heart. Craig, I think he'd fit right in.:)

Yes you’re quite right as the large fellow mutters under his breath Roll on Tide :whistle:

Now you’re diggin’ where the taters are!!