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09-06-2021, 12:52 PM | #13 | ||||||
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Thanks to all who have commented. I do appreciate it. I'm not in a rush and a lot of guns on GI have been "New Today" a number of times! At 69, I wish I could be at least "as new" today!
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09-06-2021, 05:46 PM | #14 | ||||||
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Wow, check out the "dux" on the floorplate of that 16 gauge. I don't know if I've seen that before.
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09-06-2021, 09:58 PM | #15 | ||||||
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A lot to look at for sure there Bill. Would we say original if skeleton butt was replaced with a rubber pad? Looks like Parker Brothers barrels and checkering. Nice gun for sure.
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After noticing the "dux", I never bothered to notice the stock or pad.
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Young Robert Runge was a great engraver and could be pretty innovative from time to time. We begin to see his particular talent and style begin to emerge just a few years before the death of Anschutz in ‘30 or ‘31. .
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09-07-2021, 10:45 AM | #19 | ||||||
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I have sent for the letter. Steve, as most know, died last year, and his step-son is running the business. Steve was never accused of pricing things too low, and most of the stuff is on consignment.
If I make an offer, although too low in the opinion of the dealer, he has a duty to pass that offer on to his consignor. I have dealt with George Caswell for years, primarily as a seller, and he always passes on offers for me to accept or reject. I have often wondered about the psychology of people holding out for their price while the stock market goes through the roof. I have sold many expensive guns over the years, and made up most losses by investing the money in the market. To wait years for a certain price while the market rises around you is something I've never understood. |
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09-07-2021, 11:19 AM | #20 | |||||||
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From a pure financial position, it makes a lot of sense. That said, when it comes to gun collecting, (especially re: Parkers) I think, a lot of sense goes out the window. Don't ask me how I know |
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