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continued 1873 Winchest part 4
338weatherby
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Well, I got the rifle today for a 7 day inspection period. I opened up the box and was very happy with what I saw. I could not see any signs of refinishing. I ran it to my gunsmith who is 1-1/2 hours away to have him verify this thing as either original finish or refinished. He told me that it is the best looking 1873 he has seen and the finishes are all original. He showed me where to look for build-up from old oil and had other examples to compare the different bluing techniques to. The light rusting/pitting is in the original bluing. I was also very happy to see all of the case colors left in the hammer, lever, and buttplate that were not quite as easy to see with the pics that were sent to me. Here are some pics that I took. Let me know your thoughts. Again, the price for this one is $3000 and I have 7 days to return it.
Rookie mistake. I didn't upload these after previewing them
Rookie mistake. I didn't upload these after previewing them
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Don't mean to rain on your parade but your photos aren't visible.
EDIT #1, If these are the same photos you posted previously? Provide links to your previous posts on the 1873, so that folks can see what they looked like. As I recall they were visible in the earlier topics.
EDIT #2, Super condition 73, for it's age! Flayderman grades it out as Excellent on his condition standards for antique firearms. You did good, IMHO.
Not sure what I would be doing wrong posting pics?
These are new pics that I took
AFter seeing pic. SWEET!!!!
How about a pic of entire gun? We want to see it!
Here is a link to the original thread
http://forums.GunBroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=593746
more pics
Consensus is? I guess I'm going with it's a keeper...
If you are going to return it, you can send it to me!