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Elmer's guns up for auction...

http://jamesdjulia.com/373_shs/

And here I am, just missed the damn lottery...

WOW. I would love to shoot the triple lock 44.

droooooooollllll

... and the Custer and Little Bighorn items plus the Henrys, '66's and '73's caught my eye. Something for everybody.
What an auction.

Call me a philistine if you will, but I didn't drool.

Sure, some nice works of art there, and I can appreciate the work that went into creating them, I also appreciate their history. To me, a rifle or handgun is a tool to be used, not something to display for its beauty. I would have no business owning any of these fine pieces, because I couldn't bring myself to use them in the field.




But, it's nice to know they are out there

I used to shoot hogs with a 1962 Model 70 Winchester .458 Mag.
It was a work of art, and belonged to a Jacksonville Doctor who took it on several African trips.
Still, it was a great North Florida hog rifle.

That was really fun to look at. Thank you for posting! (But hardly a useful gun in the lot.)

Quite a collection. I can admire the workmanship but have absolutely no use for an engraved firearm.

All I can say is WOW!!! Ole Elmer did pretty well for a rancher/guide!

Blasphemy I say!

Like all things, they are useful when used. Didn't see one in the lot that I'd not take to the field.

You're a philistine.

You're welcome.

Beautiful pieces of art. I can see me now strolling through my local Walmart with Elmer's triple lock on my hip.

Ya, that's right, I'm bad! And 99% of them would not have a clue, but I'd be stylin!

Buying another lotto ticket...

I can think of several uses for the original Sharps 1874, the 1877, any number of the double rifles AND that gorgeous Wesley Richards 12 gauge SxS. Oh, and the .338WM.

Ed

Yes this one!

Thanks for the link.

Lots of MAGNIFICENT stuff in this auction.

I had to look that up.

" a person who is indifferent to culture and the arts"

I reckon that fits me pretty well. I don't hold nuthin against those afflicted or nuthin though.

Those single shots are something special. Especially the original 1877 Sharps. There were only a few dozen made and I bet few survived.

That early Ruger #1 would be awful sweet to hold...

The 5" early S&W .44 mag is also a rare, but useful bird.

Wait, you ax'd me to call you something w/o knowing what it meant? I gotta try that...logorrhea thing.

Let us walk into the abattoir of intellectual critique, hey?
The phrontistery is an unknown world to most, but don't let my habromania bother you.

Digi D

You been eatin' alphabet soup??

Cause you just vomited up some vocabulary.

Go lay down, Ill call the Principal for you...

...Victoria Principal.


(I had to look those up)

Will, give me a time machine and sign my azz up.



She's turned into a classic non-collectable, but I remember the good ol' daze.

DD

That's kind of the way I am. I hunt big game with a Savage. It's a tool and a very effective and accurate one. I don't care what it looks like as long as it gets the job done well. I'll be buying a new rifle this spring and it'll likely be a RAR. Inexpensive but very accurate and reliable.

That's OK. Really.

I go both ways.







Or is that 3 ways? Who knows?

Amazing stuff!

UHH-OH!

Shock and Ossum.

Don't be jealous.

I could sure use Corbetts 450/400.....

Dang!

Did Elmer have a side gig or did scribing guns pay 'that' well?

Me too. I was in line first. Put me in your will and I'll let you move to the head of the line. My great grandkids will have Julia advertise it as the Corbett's Awesome Ingwe when they sell it.

Life is too short to hunt/shoot with tools...

DAMN!!!!!, beautiful guns, Thanks for the link DD, a man could trash several retirement portfolios at that auction, as well as put himself back to work till he's 100.

I wonder how Elmer could afford all those expensive guns. Some were no doubt given to him by firearms companies, but not the expensive English doubles.

Also I wonder why his family waited thirty years after his death to sell them.

Very interesting questions there Indy, would be nice to know.

I am officially cracked up. -laffin'-

Well, put on yer' dick hat, and start snoopin' around, Sherlock.

GTC

Gunner, rumor I heard from back in the '80s-'90s was that skilled players in collectable arms outdid the S&P by several orders of magnitude. No need to be poor if you do your homework. To a minor degree I've found my own plays in the stock market embarrassing, particularly in comparison to the bank of wood and metal.

OTOH, I'd rather be armed and poor than rich and defenseless. Particularly when it comes to tigers. We have a bunch of them here in Florida ya know. For now they are caged, but hurricanes lurk and as Andrew showed us down Miami way, they can open the cages, and will.

We also have buffalo and other immigrants running amok in high fence operations.

I need that Sharps....

Yup, that's the one I could own!

10-4 on weaponry out performing the SM, I just last week held up a rifle to Wifey and said, guess what we will never loose money on? She grinned real big.

Also, if SHTF, weapons and ammo will become the most valued possessions on this planet along with salt and potable water, you can get what you need with them and hold on to what ya got.

And yes, You DO need that Sharps.

I need a million dollars. Now. That is amazing.

I"m with ya. I keep looking at nice wood on guns, and thinking... and then realize, it'll never leave the safe so forget it, another McMillan on the way...

They are not works of art for me. Heck I don't even get woudn up if i find a tad of exterior dirt/rust on em.

As long as they work and are accurate I"m good with em.

But that was a good link and nice to see stuff like that around.

FWIW I have one of the bazillion collectable 30-30s made thats not worth more than I paid for it in the 70s.... legendary lawman I think mine is. Its never been fired. Scared to shoot or use it... loose value and all we were told...
I really have been trying to make myself take it out and shoot the hell out of it. Probably will succeed one day too.

They always say the first scratch hurts worst....

And being that I have a civil war musket with a bite mark from a javelina on the stock, I guess I"m ok with scratches...

What a collection. When everyday firearms were works of art as well as tools. Makes me sad to see the cheap, plastic crap that embodies todays firearms. I guess that's why I drag a cooper through the woods these days.

Will they list what they sold for? I'd be interested to see how much they bring.

I'd rather have Corbett's 450/400.

times change and the use of arms has changed in a way. one could argue that pickup trucks are now the status symbol to some that elaborate firearms were long ago. I'm curious as to what they would bring as well, just because.

I have zero interest in guns like that myself. my old 30-30 is a record of miles in a scabbard, gun rack on a ranch pickup and countless scratches from many a hunt. same for my .243. worth little by bluebook standards I guess, but I could care less. I'll never sell em. fancy guns are nice to look at, but why have something expensive that requires maintenance that I don't/ wouldn't use. JMO

There's just something very romantic about a Winchester 94 with honest wear. It's what they were created for, its what everyone should use them for, and it's just right.

mine is a marlin 336. first gun i bought when I turned 18. shot my first elk with it too!


guess I should trade it for an old 94 J/K

Actually, those Diamond brand adjustable wrenches are quite collectable. But I agree with your point.

All wenches are adjustable. Wait, you said wrenches...my bad, sorry.

did you guys go 3/4 of the way down that page and look at those 1909-1910 winchester motorcycles? i didn't know they made them.

This is more what I expected the thread to be about, given the title and OP. Except with less clothing and more T&A. Alas, it's only about some old guy's guns. Meh.

What's the proper procedure for adjusting a Warn?

I consider myself a practical person and my guns reflect that. My only collectible is an English double muzzle loader shotgun that hangs over the fireplace.

However I can easily imagine holding the Corbett rifle and feeling its history in my hands. I really enjoy Shrapnel's posts of hunting with his vintage rifles and understand the attraction at a visceral level.

mike r

USE???? This an original Sharps





It gets USED!!! Like having a gorgeous girlfriend or wife-YA SCREW THEM!!! I'd use every single boomer Elmer had.