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BROWNING 20 GA.

COONASSCOONASS Member Posts: 2,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited February 2002 in General Discussion
A CO-WORKER RECENTLY PASTED AWAY..HE LEFT A BROWNING LIGHT TWENTY , BELGIUM MADE, AUTO 5,2.75" CHAMBER. 26" BARREL, NO CHOKE STAMPED,WOOD HAS LOTS OF DINGS AND SCRATCHES,APX 85%.METAL HAS SURFACE RUST , I THINK WILL COME OFF, NO PITS...I'M INTERESTED IN IT FOR RABBIT HUNTING...........WHAT WOULD A FAIR PRICE BE FOR THIS GUN???????? PS,,VENTED RIB BARREL...THANKS....COONASS
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  • Rafter-SRafter-S Member Posts: 2,173 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would think $200-$250 would be fair to the family...and you would have one heck of a rabbit-hunting gun!If I recall, the choke is marked in code symbols on the barrel. You need to learn the code. Most likely, the Light-Twenty is either modified or improved cylinder choked.P.S. I sure would like to buy what you describe for $250. But I don't think I would go any higher.
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  • jdb123jdb123 Member Posts: 471 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    rafter-s probably knows more than i do but at approx. 85% i would belive this gun to be worth more than $250. i can say that there is no way you could go into a gun store and purchase any browning shotgun especially an AUTO 5 for any less than $350 in almost any condition, $250 is way too low in my opinion.
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  • Rafter-SRafter-S Member Posts: 2,173 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    jdb-- I'm glad you responded because it offers me a chance to elaborate. What a gun store marks a gun and what it is worth are two different things. The gun store that buys an 85% A5 without screw-in chokes will offer $150-$175...maybe $200 on a good day. Then they will mark it $300-$375 depending on the clientel they have. If Coonass offers the family $200-$250 for the gun he will be offering them more than any store will. His offer will also save them the hassle of trying to sell it on the open market, which is a whole different subject, filled with potential disasters.
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  • robsgunsrobsguns Member Posts: 4,581 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Why dont you just tell them about the auction site if you want to be fair, you could sell it for them. Unless, that is, you REALLY want it, then go ahead and buy it. I wouldnt get too worked up about it, being fair I mean, cause it seems odd someone would sell off their father's, husband's gun right after hes dies, guess I'm more sentimental than some. I wouldnt sell of my dad's guns right after he died, it'd be all I have left of him. If its money they're after make an offer, they can take it or leave it. I know, sounds kind of harsh, but thats just my opinion.
    SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
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  • COONASSCOONASS Member Posts: 2,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    TO ROBSGUNS..MY EX-CO-WORKER HAS NO KIDS OR FAMILY THAT WANTS THE GUN...HIS WIFE IS THE ONLY ONE LEFT AND IS UP IN AGE......SHE GAVE ME THE GUN THE OTHER DAY TO TRY AND CLEAN IT FOR HER.THE GUN WAS ACTUALLY GIVEN TO HIM FROM HIS SISTER IT WAS HER HUSBAND'S GUN THAT PASSED AWAY TOO ,MANY YEARS AGO.......I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE HER A FAIR PRICE......IF SHE WOULD SELL ON OPEN MARKET I KNOW SOMEONE WOULD TAKE HER FOR A RIDE........THANKS FOR THE INPUT.............
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  • Rafter-SRafter-S Member Posts: 2,173 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Coonass--I had an elderly friend who wanted me to buy his guns from him--he knew I would give a fair price. And I knew that someday, after he was gone, his family would look back and likely accuse me of taking advantage of him. (He had several nephews who wanted the guns as gifts.) So what he and I did was drive to 3 different gun stores one Saturday morning and took the guns in as if we were trying to sell them. In the end, his highest offer was $1200. I paid him $1500. He and I were both satisfied with the deal...and he mentioned it to several of his family members what a deal he had gotten.You might want to consider doing something similar with your friend's widow.
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  • agloreaglore Member Posts: 6,012
    edited November -1
    The Blue Book puts it at about $270 in 85% condition. But then again the Blue Book is giving a retail price and not what a dealer or pawn shop would give. Sounds like it is in worse than 85% to me.
    AlleninAlaska
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  • COONASSCOONASS Member Posts: 2,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    THIS IS MY FIRST DEALING WITH THIS TYPEOF FORUM..........BEEN GREAT THUSFAR.....................THANKS....................
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  • varmit huntervarmit hunter Member Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Living in a small town.I have ben in this situation several times.Rafte-s has very good advice.It is the same as I follow.Take someone from the family with you.Then offer more.If you get it there are several no cost things you can do to improve the apperence.A 26" barrel is normaly a imp-cylender.If you look under the barrel you should see one or two astrics.I think, But not sure one is imp-cyl,Two means modified.
    A unarmed man is a subject.A armed man is a citizen.[This message has been edited by varmit hunter (edited 02-19-2002).]
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