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More cheap Winchesters today #11795661 02/03/17
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,366 WA rain forest Clarkm OP Campfire Outfitter
OP Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,366 WA rain forest	The 1902 Winchester sold to some guy in 1919 for 50 cents. I paid $245 today. Over 98 years, that is 6.5%/year compounded annually. Those Winchesters are big earners. Most guns are 3%. There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

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Re: More cheap Winchesters today Clarkm #11798050 02/04/17
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retired3100 Campfire Greenhorn R Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 69	How is the bore on the 1902? Poor bores are the only thing that kept me from buying one.

Re: More cheap Winchesters today Clarkm #11798290 02/04/17
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,366 WA rain forest Clarkm OP Campfire Outfitter
OP Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,366 WA rain forest	That bore is perfect. If it sold in 1919, they must have had smokeless with non corrosive primers. I got a Savage 1904 two weeks ago that looks much like it, and it has no riflings left at all. There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

Re: More cheap Winchesters today Clarkm #11806862 02/07/17
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Kp321 Campfire Regular K Joined: Jul 2016 Posts: 615 Texas	Is the 1902 Long Rifle or Extra Long? I bought one close to 50 years ago for $10.00 that is Extra Long. It too has a perfect bore.

Re: More cheap Winchesters today Clarkm #11807095 02/07/17
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,366 WA rain forest Clarkm OP Campfire Outfitter
OP Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,366 WA rain forest	Short only. There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

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