Thanks to all of you for your responses. What I'm getting from this is "If I like it well enough to pay $1000 for it, buy it, but don't expect to have it appreciate or even to get my money out of it when it comes time to sell it." Am I reading you all correctly?
I am a sucker for fine woodwork, which is what drew me to this Model 61. I hardly can see iron sights anymore, so unless I can find a good peep sight, I'd probably not get much use out of it, but it would give me pleasure to own just for the quality of the stock work. I know I'd have a very hard time duplicating the work for several times what the rifle is priced. The blank would probably cover half the asking price.
Anyway, thanks again.
