Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Winchester Collectors All this talk about gunshows and stuff

Are any of you even buying anything? I like to see a show and tell. Time for a new thread anyway. Show us what you have bought recently. Seems I share a lot of what I buy. Now it's your turn... As some of you know, there are some pretty good deals out there right now.

Hell, the guy that was selling (I mean giving away) the customized FN SPR in the Mcmillan here, couldn't even give his damn rifle away with ammo. What's this world coming to? I was ready to make a drive down and buy that rifle, if need be. Good thing someone bought it yesterday, after I got home from Reno!! That rifle was well worth $2,000.00+ with the ammo he was throwing in.

If it had only been in a different chambering...😂

Don't know whether it's a sign of the economic times, a generation croaking, cowboy action slowing down, or what...but some beautiful well maintained vintage leverguns and revolvers are trickling into the market now, and at prices far more attractive than ten years back.

True for common, run of the mill guns.
Collectible, high condition Winchesters are commanding as much as, or more $’s at auction than they ever did

Just bought back my maple Supergrade in 308 on here after stupidly selling it a couple years ago. Will post a pic when it arrives….

The last couple things I bought are Colt revolvers and a Ballard and a Remington single shots. Figured y'all wouldn't want to see them!

What a ghey OP

The only recent purchase of a Winchester was this M70 in 270 WSM that I posted a bit ago. I gave $430 for it as shown with the Weaver scope and a couple boxes of ammo short some in one. You were kind enough to send me brass and DD bases. I hope to get it out this week.

I am at the point in life that I don't care what something is worth. If I really want it I am just going to buy it within reason. And I vow to start dragging some of this stuff out and actually using it once in a while.

Nice. Those are pretty good looking rifles.

Man, you stole that one. I hope it shoots like a house afire!! Good luck with it. Have you taken it out of the stock yet? Remember, if it does not shoot up to par, that damn hot glue bedding may be suspect. Some of my stainless classics looked like this:


I don't think it liked to stick to the tupperware stock. Always something to be aware of though..

Nice looking pre war. Hasn't been drilled and tapped either? That is a good thing, if you want it to be more collectable. I agree about using them too. I think sometimes I have a problem. I fine tune them, so they shoot lights out, then move on to the next one. Guaranteed, every rifle in the safe shoots lights out though...

I'm kind of a stickler on how a rifle shoots. The last one I bought so my girlfriend would have a good Winchester model 70 next year when we go hunting together. Since it is basically her rifle, I skimped a bit. Then thinking about some guys that never glass bed their rifles, I ran a test I used to do when I was young and dumb. Test after each thing I did. First shoot it, then freefloat it, then touch up the bedding. Well, [bleep], I should have just did everything right up front like I normally do!!! This is something you learn over time: Experience!!! Procrastinating and not doing things right the first time always takes more time, components, and energy. I know there are a lot of guys that don't believe in doing all the work before shooting it, but I've seen the benefits more than a 100 times. If a rifle is glass bedded and fine tuned, it is going to shoot better. End of story..

Looks like a Transition Gun?

The local Cabelas has a classic stainless in 325 WSM for <$500. It is fluted with the synthetic stock. I took a quick look at it but I have no use for it or the action. I had a Kimber Montana in 325 and I really liked it but I could read the writing on the wall regarding ammo and I knew that like most new fangled offerings from Winchester it wasn’t long for this world. I sold it and bought a stainless Sako A7 in .308 figuring that at least Winchester wouldn’t likely dump the .308 like they do everything else.

Between 338’s and 35 Whelens I don’t need another caliber to feed, especially an oddball like the 325.

Classic stainless was never fluted, so if factory it is something else. Is it a full stainless? Maybe extreme weather if so.

I have bought some guns lately.
1 Winchester model 61a
1 Remington model 12
1 Winchester 94 30-30 70s era
1 Ruger Blackhawk 44 rem mag serial no 76
1 Remington 660 in 222 rem
1 Belgium browning a5 12 gauge 1926 edition
1 Ithaca featherlight 20 gauge older
1 Winchester 70 westerner 300 win
1 1952 steyr Ms 30/06 gh mounts 4x81 pecar scope
1 Rem 788 in 243 win 4x leupold.
1 mossberg 410 gauge pump
1 husqvarna 9.3x62 small ring rifle
1 husqvarna 9.3x62 fn action rifle
1 bnz43 6.5x57 Mauser German cigarette rifle
1 Winchester miroku 1886 45/70 SRC

Nope, not drilled and tapped. None of my pre-wars are. If they are "altered" then they don't interest me. This one does have a Tilden safety and I let that slide being era correct. I really need to take more of these out hunting. I did hunt with the 53 308 and peep sight last year. I would LOVE to hunt my pre-war 300 with a receiver sight but I just can't see the sights well enough anymore.

Always drooled over those 🤤

Very cool man. I noticed the Tilden safety as well. That is a cool piece of Americana there. I'd enjoy it just the way it is.. Thanks for sharing with us..

Sounds like an Extreme Weather to me. Good guns, and worth more then $500, even in 325 WSM.