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Winchester 23 value UPDATE

claysclays Member Posts: 1,928 ✭✭✭✭
edited January 2014 in Ask the Experts
Gun sold for $4700.00 + BP & 6% sales tax. I dropped out @ $4200
just a little more than I was willing to pay.

Every year on New Years day our local auction house has a special auction of unique & unusual items. This year one of those items is a Winchester Model 23classic, in 28 gauge. I have already inspected this gun & it is flawless, unfired and in the original case. My question to those more experienced with winchesters than myself is what would your maximum bid amount be? Keep in mind there is a 10% buyers premium, 6.5% state sales tax, & $15.00 transfer fee.


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  • CapnMidnightCapnMidnight Member Posts: 8,038 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I sold a model 23 classic 8 years ago, when I first started selling on GB, for $2500. The shotgun was just like what your looking at, new unfired, in the luggage, it was a 12 gauge. The 34th Blue Book says the 28 gauge, in the condition you describe, is worth $5400.
    I am not really well versed in current Winchester SXS market values, and I don't know how bad you want this shotgun. But, if it where me, I'd bid a little north of $4000 and se what happens.
    W.D.
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  • claysclays Member Posts: 1,928 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by clays
    Every year on New Years day our local auction house has a special auction of unique & unusual items. This year one of those items is a Winchester Model 23classic, in 28 gauge. I have already inspected this gun & it is flawless, unfired and in the original case. My question to those more experienced with winchesters than myself is what would your maximum bid amount be? Keep in mind there is a 10% buyers premium, 6.5% state sales tax, & $15.00 transfer fee.
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    Thanks for your reply, the 4K figure is about what I had in mind considering the add ons. I would very much like to have it as it
    would make an excellent quail gun. And yes, I would be purchasing
    it to shoot.
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  • charliemeyer007charliemeyer007 Member Posts: 6,572 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for the update. It went for more than I thought it would.
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  • CapnMidnightCapnMidnight Member Posts: 8,038 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes, thanks for letting us know. I'm with Charlie, I would have thought you could have bought it for your $4,200.
    They are a very nice double, I'm not sure they're a $5,000 double.
    W.D.
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  • toad67toad67 Member Posts: 13,008 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    check this one out:
    http://www.GunBroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=385105699
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  • perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hey Clays the one TOAD 67 points out looks like a great BIN price if close to the one that sold much higher . I like the wood much better on the one Toad gave item # on only thing Is If I was going to hunt with a gun I would want a 98% gun like the one shown as the trigger gold wash shows some wear. This can happen in just a few times being handled . I like 98% guns as a 100% nib you worry about putting one tiny scratch with this one you could hunt with it with care and keep well oiled ant it would still be 98 % years later down the road.[^] But and this is a BIG BUT it is 12Ga. not a lighter faster 28 Ga.
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  • tsr1965tsr1965 Member Posts: 8,682 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you want yourself a nice little quail gun, grab yourself a CZ Ringneck SxS. They are on a petite frame, and very nicely done. You can get into one for about a grand.

    Best
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  • claysclays Member Posts: 1,928 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thank you for those comments and the recommendation. Toad, that is a very nice gun and if I were in the market for a 12 gauge, I would use the buy now. I currently have several 12s an just cannot justify another. My current and most favorite quail gun is a Benelli Legacy 20 gauge. Just thought that model 23 in 28 gauge would have been a fun shooter.
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  • gearheaddadgearheaddad Member Posts: 15,091 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Pretty gun for sure, and a great gauge! 28 is by far my favorite!
    If you're in the $4000.0+- market, maybe keep your eyes open for a Parker Reproduction 28 double. Probably a little more than that 4K but maybe you could get lucky. They are fantastic little guns!
    If an O/U can satisfy your needs/desires, a Browning Superposed 28 will be just a little north of that $4000.00 figure.......Good luck, Ed
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