24hourcampfire.com
24hourcampfire.com
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Hop To
Page 5 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,211
G
Campfire 'Bwana
Offline
Campfire 'Bwana
G
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,211
You dont have a nice 1.5-5 Leupold and a set of QD Talley's ordered yet? laugh shocked

Firing that rifle IMO will not effect the value if you decide to sell later.

Gunner


Trump Won!
BP-B2

Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 3,168
R
Campfire Tracker
Offline
Campfire Tracker
R
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 3,168
One other thing. SOme of you guys are saying that the 50 year old ammo might not be safe to shoot. Why is that? I've shot literally thousands of 30/06 ammo that was made in the late 40's and early 50's and other than a very few mis-fires I've never had any issue with them. That said however if you do choose to shoot it I would be hesitant to use that old ammo only because you might be surprised by the collectors value of the ammo itself and the box. Anyone who has a nice P64 in 458 would love to have an original box of ammo to display with it. I wouldn't be surprised at all if you could get $100-$200 for the box of ammo!

Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,211
G
Campfire 'Bwana
Offline
Campfire 'Bwana
G
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,211
The very early 458 WM ammo was severely compressed, and I've read concerns the powder column may solidify.

Haven't experienced this first hand though.

Gunner


Trump Won!
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 3,168
R
Campfire Tracker
Offline
Campfire Tracker
R
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 3,168
Originally Posted by gunner500
The very early 458 WM ammo was severely compressed, and I've read concerns the powder column may solidify.

Haven't experienced this first hand though.

Gunner


I did not know that. SO it's an issue with this particular ammo and not just old ammo in general?

Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,211
G
Campfire 'Bwana
Offline
Campfire 'Bwana
G
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,211
Yessir, just this ammo AFAIK, older ammo kept in a nice controlled environment should be good to go.

Gunner


Trump Won!
IC B2

Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 10,991
pal Offline
Campfire Outfitter
Offline
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 10,991
We shot a lot of WW-II Howitzer ammo, in VN. No problem w/ powder and fuses.


"There's more to optics than meets the eye."--anon

"...most of us would be better off losing half a pound around the waist than half a pound on our rifle."--dhg

Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,211
G
Campfire 'Bwana
Offline
Campfire 'Bwana
G
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,211
Dang right Pal, I've been to a few ripper shoots, and that old WWII and Korean war era ammunition will talk LOL

Gunner


Trump Won!
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 6,467
B
Campfire Tracker
Offline
Campfire Tracker
B
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 6,467
Here's one for sale... but it's not unfired and it's not a pre-64 eek

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=279798230

That's a very rare and valuable rifle you have there, Cartod. I surely wouldn't shoot it.



Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 5,720
Campfire Tracker
Offline
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 5,720
Go ahead and pop a cap on it..I've got $5000 waiting?
You get your shot,you get the money,I get the gun...?


Come on America,
Athletes and actors are not heroes, only soldiers, airmen,marines and sailors get that respect�and let's add firemen and LEO's




Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 6,467
B
Campfire Tracker
Offline
Campfire Tracker
B
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 6,467
I was reflecting on how many all original pre-64 .458's I've seen for sale in recent years. Darn few I would say. And how many unfired? One, and from what I can see, it's not offered for sale yet wink



IC B3

Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,211
G
Campfire 'Bwana
Offline
Campfire 'Bwana
G
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,211
Originally Posted by boltman
Here's one for sale... but it's not unfired and it's not a pre-64 eek

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=279798230

That's a very rare and valuable rifle you have there, Cartod. I surely wouldn't shoot it.


This gunbroker dude's on some bad crack if he thinks this post pusher will bring that kind of green sick

Gunner


Trump Won!
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 3,168
R
Campfire Tracker
Offline
Campfire Tracker
R
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 3,168
Originally Posted by boltman
Here's one for sale... but it's not unfired and it's not a pre-64 eek

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=279798230

That's a very rare and valuable rifle you have there, Cartod. I surely wouldn't shoot it.


That's a nice gun for sure but I don't see $4195 or anything close to that for a post 64. I think when he looked it up in the Blue Book he was looking under the P64 section!

Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,211
G
Campfire 'Bwana
Offline
Campfire 'Bwana
G
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,211
+1

Gunner


Trump Won!
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 5,720
Campfire Tracker
Offline
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 5,720
I know where three of those are...all about $1200-1300 bucks


Come on America,
Athletes and actors are not heroes, only soldiers, airmen,marines and sailors get that respect�and let's add firemen and LEO's




Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,211
G
Campfire 'Bwana
Offline
Campfire 'Bwana
G
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,211
Originally Posted by rifle
I know where three of those are...all about $1200-1300 bucks



Yeah, and I'd take a $900 tang safety Ruger 458 WM over one of those in a heartbeat.wink

Gunner


Trump Won!
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 7,290
P
Campfire Tracker
Online Content
Campfire Tracker
P
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 7,290
Recent posts on this Topic have opined about the collectors market and prices in the future for rarer pre-64 Model 70 rifles....if GunBroker auction #278251380 (completed) is any indication, the market continues to be very strong at this time.

Last edited by Poconojack; 04/03/12.

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
Hunter S. Thompson
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 5,720
Campfire Tracker
Offline
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 5,720
Me too...but don't be telling it,the price will go up.


Come on America,
Athletes and actors are not heroes, only soldiers, airmen,marines and sailors get that respect�and let's add firemen and LEO's




Joined: May 2009
Posts: 5,628
Toddly Offline OP
Campfire Tracker
OP Offline
Campfire Tracker
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 5,628
Originally Posted by Poconojack
Recent posts on this Topic have opined about the collectors market and prices in the future for rarer pre-64 Model 70 rifles....if GunBroker auction #278251380 (completed) is any indication, the market continues to be very strong at this time.
Holy cow! $16,000. That is nuts! Way too easy to fake that gun to be paying that kind of money!

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=278251380

Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 5,720
Campfire Tracker
Offline
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 5,720
something is wrong there...I have owned three and seen about 20-30 of them and none brought more than $5000.....


Come on America,
Athletes and actors are not heroes, only soldiers, airmen,marines and sailors get that respect�and let's add firemen and LEO's




Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,211
G
Campfire 'Bwana
Offline
Campfire 'Bwana
G
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,211
Good gawd, wonder what that idiot would want to pay for my little SG Hornet shocked

Gunner

edit: spelling

Last edited by gunner500; 04/04/12.

Trump Won!
Page 5 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Moderated by  RickBin 

Link Copied to Clipboard
YB23

Who's Online Now
696 members (117LBS, 10gaugemag, 12344mag, 01Foreman400, 10Glocks, 72 invisible), 2,703 guests, and 1,309 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Forum Statistics
Forums81
Topics1,187,688
Posts18,399,775
Members73,820
Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023


 







Fish & Game Departments | Solunar Tables | Mission Statement | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | DMCA
Hunting | Fishing | Camping | Backpacking | Reloading | Campfire Forums | Gear Shop
Copyright © 2000-2024 24hourcampfire.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5
(Release build 20201027)
Responsive Width:

PHP: 7.3.33 Page Time: 0.151s Queries: 15 (0.004s) Memory: 0.8987 MB (Peak: 1.0492 MB) Data Comp: Zlib Server Time: 2024-03-28 22:34:00 UTC
Valid HTML 5 and Valid CSS