Favorite Rifle We've Sold

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Joseph Sheerin

Winchester 1894 30/30 from 1963 that was in excellent condition

There are some guns everyone who loves guns should own. A pre64 1894 is one such gun.

I have a Winchester 94 in .30-30 that was made between '39 and '41





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[Robert Delk]

Wasn't my gun to sell but a relative asked me if I wanted it before he sold it and I said sure as I wasn't interested in rifles much back then. Pre-war Model 70 with a quarter rib in 300 H&H.Hadn't a clue as to the scarcity of that gun until many years later.He consigned it to a farm auction near his house.This was in 1966.

[George Lang]

2 Winchester Model 70's both first year, one in 250-3000 the other in 257 Roberts(with provanance and history) both with G&H mounts and Lyman 2x Alaskans and 48 rec sights. Also had Lyman Leicherts one in 6x the other 8x, still have the 6x & 8x buyer didn't want them.
Also a Winchester 1894 SRC button mag 38-55.
All 3 were tack drivers and took many deer and varmits.
Should never have let any of them go but circumstances and an astounding offer cured many problems. Never was able to replace any of the in like condition and a reasonable price. such it is but life goes and you make do.

[6pt-Sika]

The first that comes to mind is a Kimber 89BGR Super Grade in 280 REM I literally killed two pickup loads of deer with that rifle shooting handloaded Nosler 140 BT’s , anyone that shot skeet in VA or specifically around FAirfax R&G may have known the owner I got it from A.J. Beard he made a decent name for himself once upon a time in the NSSA shooting circles . The second that comes to mind is a circa 1960 Winchester Model 70 Standard in 264 Win Mag I killed a pile of deer with that one using Nosler 120 BT’s actually that bullets to light for the cartridge if you run them wide open as I skipped the bullet down the ribs of a small buck once and when he turned I drilled him a second time enough said . The third would have to be a circa 1897 Marlin 1895 in 38-56 and the fourth another Marlin but an 1893 in 32-40 . The first Ruger #1V in 220 Swift was nice and had awesome figure in the butt I’d like that back . A circa 1938 Winchester Model 70 in 22 Hornet I’d kinda like back . And a Sako L46 23” Mannlicher stocked 222 I’d like back . I’ve had a veritable mountain of rifles go thru my hands and of course many were preferred over others . The Ruger 77R NIB with the dog leg bolt chambered for 6.5 REM Mag would be nice to have back . But this could go on and on .

[Bill Murphy]

You guys are scaring me. OK, here's my Model 70 story, one of many. When I was in high school, I bought a new, pre 64 Model 70 Featherweight in .270. Even back then, I couldn't bear to drill that thing for a scope, so it sat while I used other rifles to hunt. Groundhogs, not real hunting. The exception was sight ins and one pack in hunt in Western Maryland. That gun sat in the box for years until I got snakebit by a Parker SC with tags and original single barrel case at a show. I couldn't pay for the Parker, so away went the Model 70, box and all and other goodies. I think the trade value on the Model 70 was $225 at that time. The next time I saw the .270 was in a Shotgun News ad placed by Randy Newman. The ad was for an "unfired", new in the box Model 70, .270 Featherweight for an outrageous price, way over $1000. The good part of this story is that I still have the great SC, tags and case, and I've been shooting it for fifty years. I never asked Randy about the Model 70.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Joseph Sheerin

There are some guns everyone who loves guns should own. A pre64 1894 is one such gun.

I don’t disagree with you , but by far I’d rather have a nice old Marlin Model 1893 in the rifle configuration over a Winchester 1894 hands down . Also prefer a nice old square bolt Marlin 1895 over a Winchester 1886 .

[Phil C]

My regret is trading my Remington model 722 in 222 Magnum for a new rifle and scope from Sears in 30-06. I also regretted trading almost from the day I traded.

[Mike Franzen]

I picked up a Remington model 12-C in its original box at an auction. I got it for almost nothing because it was laying in the box with a bunch of loose parts. I took it home and figured out how to put it together and thought it was the most beautiful 22 rifle I had ever seen. It was like new, octagon bbl, take down, crescent butt, sleek forend and a tack driver. When my kids needed a computer for school I took it to the Louisville gun show and sold it to the first guy that saw it. I have never seen a nicer one but keep telling myself I need another.

[Researcher]

The first varmint rifle I bought myself in my youth was a SAKO Vixen .222 Remington with the full length 23 1/2-inch barrel and a Mannlicher stock, not the much more common 20-inch barrel Mannlicher. Had the SAKO peep sight and a Weaver K-8 in the SAKO rings.

After my father died, I got his later SAKO Vixen .222 Remington Magnum with the heavy barrel and the semi-target style stock. Seemed overkill to have both so my earlier rifle flowed down the river of commerce.

[Stan Hillis]

I've never sold a rifle. I traded one, a Savage 99 takedown in .300 Savage. Cool old rifle but inaccurate as all get out. "Only accurate rifles are interesting."