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Check out this 1890 in LR caliber!

kimikimi Member Posts: 44,723 ✭✭✭
edited August 2013 in General Discussion
Hard to come by gun in this caliber with such a nice bore.
http://www.GunBroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=361818515
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    fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    Anyone who looks at those photos and doesn't feel something,in the pit of their gut,has no love for American craftsmanship and ingenuity...
    Truly a gem..
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    wundudneewundudnee Member Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Pretty nice rifle, it's to bad the stock has the typical crack and repair. I think I waited to long to get a .22LR. That seller didn't try to hide anything. Nice pictures. I love the 1890s.

    A friend of mine called me a couple of years ago and said, "I think I found a stock for those guns you collect at a garage sale". He gave a dollar for it and it was unbroken and near pristine.[:0] He wouldn't even take a dollar for it, just gave it to me.[^]
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    ChrisInTempeChrisInTempe Member Posts: 15,562 ✭
    edited November -1
    A solid design and beautiful workmanship. Love guns from the late 19th century.
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    mango tangomango tango Member Posts: 3,833 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Now, is the Model 90 and Model 1890 the same?
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    kimikimi Member Posts: 44,723 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by mango tango
    Now, is the Model 90 and Model 1890 the same?


    Yes, they are.
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    MFIMFI Member Posts: 7,899 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Stock refinished or no ?
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    tomh.tomh. Member Posts: 3,823 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have one of those that (I believe) came from my grandfathers farm.
    But it looks like it was outside the barn most of its life.
    There is really nothing nice about it. A shame.
    I don't think I could give it away.
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    cpermdcpermd Member Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I can't believe it
    We used to sell those for $75-$175 for a really nice one in the 70s at the LGS my parents had.
    I gave my step sister about 20 of them to settle part of the estate
    I am sure she sold them for crack
    She is still a *[:(!]
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    kimikimi Member Posts: 44,723 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by MFI
    Stock refinished or no ?


    The finish on the forearm looks original, and I'm "thinking" the butt stock is original as well, although the metal appears to be a bit higher than the wood in the one picture showing the upper tang. The wood to metal fit on the 1890/90 ordinarily did not show very proud. Take for example the buttplate to wood fit. It shows most proud with a bit here and there that might be even, and some might a hair lower, which is very typical even in 98 & 99 percent guns. IMO, that gun is an excellent buy at the current bid!
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    cpermdcpermd Member Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Remember these were cheapassed farm guns 100 yrs ago
    They were not made for todays connoisseurs
    That word took me a while to spell dammit
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    Sav99Sav99 Member Posts: 16,037 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That is a beauty.
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    kimikimi Member Posts: 44,723 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by cpermd
    Remember these were cheapassed farm guns 100 yrs ago
    They were not made for todays connoisseurs
    That word took me a while to spell dammit



    [:)] Actually, this model was very expensive back in its day, due to the great deal of craftsmanship involved in its production including material.
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    TRAP55TRAP55 Member Posts: 8,270 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Both the stock and forearm have been refinished, but it was done a long time ago.
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    kimikimi Member Posts: 44,723 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by TRAP55
    Both the stock and forearm have been refinished, but it was done a long time ago.


    That was another thought that I had, and seeing that if that's the case, it's so old, the change to the value would be minimal.
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    JasonVJasonV Member Posts: 2,480 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That is a beautiful rifle.
    formerly known as warpig883
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    kimikimi Member Posts: 44,723 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The winner got a screaming deal.
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    kimikimi Member Posts: 44,723 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Here's another old nice one in roughly the same condition in a caliber that does not bring near the premium of the LR, and it's priced about right:
    http://www.GunBroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=362309774
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