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mickey
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Guns I should have bought
      #44870 - 26/12/05 05:55 AM

I was looking through a bunch of Sotheby's Catalogs this morning, searching for a picture of a Jeffery's Farquharson. I didn't realize how many very nice rifles I could have purchased if I would have more money.

Some spectacular rifles and shotguns have been sold I have little to show for it.

I'm depressed.

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Mick

A Man of Pleasure, Enterprise, Wit and Spirit Rare Books, Big Game Hunting, English Rifles, Fishing, Explosives, Chauvinism, Insensitivity, Public Drunkenness and Sloth, Champion of Lost and Unpopular Causes.

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500grains
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Re: Guns I should have bought [Re: mickey]
      #44882 - 26/12/05 11:01 AM

W.R. .577 BPE hammer gun, almost mint, $8K, 6 years ago.

Win M88 .284 mint $275 in 1982.

H&H .500 BPE hammer gun 85% overall for $3500 4 years ago.

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500Nitro
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Re: Guns I should have bought [Re: 500grains]
      #44894 - 26/12/05 01:51 PM


All few years (3) ago in the UK - then all were good buys at the time
and I should have had a better go at them.

Rigby Bissell Rising Third Bite Sidelock Ejector in 470 Nitro

Holland & Holland 12 Gauge Single Trigger Pidgeon Gun

Purdey 12 Gauge Pidgeon Gun

+ a few more which I will try to remember - after all, I try
to forget the ones I should have bought and didn't !!!

500 Nitro

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470evans
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Re: Guns I should have bought [Re: mickey]
      #44896 - 26/12/05 02:03 PM

I let a nice 450/400 Evans go. It's on Champlin's museum site, great gun. Some guys that have become good friends were advising me to buy it. If I had only known then what I know now!

Oh well, it's fun to be looking

Edited by 470evans (26/12/05 02:06 PM)

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nopride2
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Re: Guns I should have bought [Re: 470evans]
      #44898 - 26/12/05 02:15 PM

I waited too long on that Evans, big mistake.

Dave

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Marrakai
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Re: Guns I should have bought [Re: nopride2]
      #44902 - 26/12/05 02:47 PM

Never had enough cash in the past, so too many missed opportunities to list. Just thankfull to have been able to examine a great many, shoot a few, and own a couple!

The moral of this story, though, is:

DON'T MISS THE NEXT ONE!!!

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bonanza
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Re: Guns I should have bought [Re: Marrakai]
      #44924 - 27/12/05 12:56 AM

I did not miss this one.

http://www.gunsamerica.com/guns/976669231.htm

Now if I can only get that H&H dominion at Champlins!

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new_guy
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Re: Guns I should have bought [Re: bonanza]
      #44929 - 27/12/05 01:09 AM

They're not rifles, but they were sxs shotguns...

a 99% J&L Wilkins 20ga for 6500

a new 20 piotti monte carlo sidelock for 7K



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mickey
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Re: Guns I should have bought [Re: new_guy]
      #44938 - 27/12/05 03:30 AM

Two that come immediately to mind was the first 600NE ever made and an 8 Bore Jeffery (Westley?) with Fluid Steel barrels engraved to look like Damascus.

Some Aussie posters will know both rifles.

A much more Heart Wrenching list would be guns I should have kept and not sold.

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Mick

A Man of Pleasure, Enterprise, Wit and Spirit Rare Books, Big Game Hunting, English Rifles, Fishing, Explosives, Chauvinism, Insensitivity, Public Drunkenness and Sloth, Champion of Lost and Unpopular Causes.

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cowboy
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Re: Guns I should have bought [Re: mickey]
      #44977 - 27/12/05 03:25 PM

"H & H" Royal in 500/465, cased in excellent condition,
asking price $25,000 but negotiable. (About 2 years ago)

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