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This is a legitimate question. Let me preface it with some information: This little gun is rough! It has been carried around in a rancher's p/u under the seat. It doesn't have any bluing left. The original buttstock has been replaced with an after market piece of walnut that was painted brown. The barrels/bores are suprisingly good and the action snaps up tight. It is a good canidate for major re-furbish job.
The old boy who owns it said he wants to sell it and said he would like $500. I told him I'd like to buy it and offered him $200. He wants to think about it and will get ahold of me on Saturday when he comes thru town.
I don't want to take advantage of the old guy - he has had a tough time physically and financially the last few years. Anybody have any ideas on a fair price?
Thanks for any and all help!
Johnny $
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With out seeing it I think you're pretty dam close on the price. But .410 SxS's can bring some good money. Did you check gunbroker?
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passport, I have checked all of the usual internet line-ups and most shown are in a much better state of being...90%-99%. The asking price for same is $700-$750.
I think that $200 is pretty close on this one. I'll gladly do another $50 for him, but that is about it.
Thank you for your help!
Johnny $
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Get her done big John and report back with pics.
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If it's as rough as you describe, I think your offer is fair. It would take a major restoration to get it back right, and probably cost more than it would bring restored. But it's a good project gun, anyway.
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I love a good project gun. Im in the process of re doing a Cresent Arms Quail in .410, nice little gun that had the stock broken into 3 chunks when I got it. Got the stock together, actually coming out pretty well, and it should be a nice little user when done. Dont shy away from the project.
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The earlier the better with 311s--the last ones they did were pretty rough right from the factory (311H and later). Many shot to two different points of impact (barrels cockeyed; not regulated at all). Earlier ones (you can usually go by whether they had an original walnut stock) were fitted and finished better.
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I missed meeting with the old guy - he was coming down for 4th of July parade and I didn't see him. I drove by all of the bars he usually frequents... not there. I hope he is alright.
Mike, this is an early 311. The fore arm is plastic. My father bought a 12ga like that right after WWII when there was no walnut available. Dad heated the stock with a heat lamp and twisted it until it sorta fit him and he took a piece of heavy copper wire and soldered it onto the barrel rib - he said it helped him on flushing pheasants. Dad had a love/hate affair with that gun until he found a good Winchester '97 in the mid-1950's.
Thanks again for the help and the encouragement!
Johnny $
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I remember those old plastic stocks. The 311s of that vintage are better made than the later ones, plastic or no. I think you can find a walnut replacement forend for the plastic from Boyds or another wood merchant. Usually they take a little fitting, but nothing much if you go slow. Of course you need to mention that it's a .410 since those forends are very different in dimension from the larger guages. Getting rid of the copper wire without un-soldering the rib from the barrels might be a hassle; maybe you should leave it there for "auld lang syne."
(Most people have a love-hate relationship with .410s when it comes to pheasants: you LOVE to carry that featherweight peashooter all day, but you HATE the fact that it really ain't enough gun for phez, especially in the late season....).
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