In 2013 or 14 I paid $400.00 for a like new ported 1895, a JM gun in 45-70 and the owner threw in two boxes of Winchester shells and the rifle had a new 3-9 scope on it as well, only a few shots fired out of it. He was asking $450.00. I saw it advertised on a sportsman's message board and called the guy and met with him. Seems he had creeped up on the rifle and when he fired it the scope hit him on the eyebrow and laid him open, he didn't want t fire it again. A couple of years later I was seeing them advertised used for 8 or 9 hundred dollars. I love the gun, I have taken a Bison and a bunch of wild boars and several deer with it with it. I will never sell it as long as I am able to hunt, I don't care how much the price increases. The hole in the Bison is the exit hole. [Linked Image from i.postimg.cc] [Linked Image from i.postimg.cc] [Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]

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