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Old 02-17-2012, 01:27 PM
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At 39, and collecting for 15 years, you ain't seen nuthin! Wait til you're nearly seventy, and have been collecting for over fifty years. Winchester 1886's that weren't nice enough to spend fifty dollars on are now upwards of two grand; Smith 1950 Targets for sixty-five bucks, K38's and K22's for fifty dollars.

Of course, wages were a lot lower, but you didn't have the tax man picking your pocket quite as enthusiastically. The sad thing was, at the time I was looking at twenty year old American Rifleman, and seeing where brand new Colt New Services were being sold for just over twenty-five bucks, and Winchester 1892's and 86's were thirty bucks; wishing I could have taken advantage of those prices.
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