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Theres a few 8 ga Parker hammerless guns on GI but two of them are approaching the cost of a WR droplock 8 ga . I seen a auction a few years ago for another LC Smith 8 ga I think it sold for under 4k . Do they not bring the cost of a Parkers ? I had thought they would go for more since so few were made . Then again a American 8 ga is a niche in a already niche market . |
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back in 1958 my dad could have bought a lc smith 8 ga for 250 dollars but passed it up and bought a e grade lefever 10 ga...i still have this gun but i always wished he could have bought the 8 ga....a few years back maybe 10 years i could have bought a nice lc smith 8 ga but the fellow asked me 18000 for it...i was bidding on a 10 ga lefver about 5 years ago it got up to 1500 and i said im not gona pay that well the guy said it weighed a ton...the other fellow bid 5 dollars more than i did it turned out to be a 8 ga ...my heart done a flip... charlie
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Charlie that reminds me of a post I seen on another site a family was selling a LC Smith 8 gauge at auction , come to find out it was a 12 gauge . |
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With a 26 percent buyers fee, the 3 percent merchants fee plus any sale tax it's going to be EXPENSIVE. The auction company's guarantee is so vague that if you got a lemon you would have to make lemonade and say "how sweet it is".
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So if this is truly an 8 ga this is number 47.
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02-11-2020, 01:47 AM | #8 | ||||||
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I cant exactly remember but I seen a auction where it was either a Lefever or LC Smith 8 gauge sold for 40k but I think it was one of the higher graded ones . What would make such a gun a lemon ? Probably the most expensive fix on a vintage double would be unsafe wall thickness ?
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One of the main jobs of any auction house is to entice folks to bid on an item so part of their strategy is to undervalue an item thus causing folks to think “Holy ****! now’s my chance to get one of these for way less than market price!”... and the bidding begins. Before long the item reaches market price. .
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