I totally agree with Bassassassin 104, I have assisted several organizations doing fundraisers, mostly raffles and a few auctions. Those who chose to go with cheap or unknown firearms got very little action for a very simple reason as people think, "Why should I spend money for raffle tickets on these firearms when they are more than affordable. I would be better off simply going out and buying it rather than take a chance on a raffle ticket." The same thing applies to an auction. Seldom do any cheap firearms sell for much more than they can be bought for on the open market. Change that to a well known brand with good optics in a standard caliber that can be used for hunting anything up to and including Moose and with plentiful ammunition (forget about the current covid related issues) and that look pretty hanging on the wall. Good examples of this would be a Winchester Model 70 super grade with a AAA Maple stock, 30-06, 20 moa base, Vortex rings and a Vortex Viper HST 4 x 16 x 44 Entire package would cost around $2400.00 and would be something that would encourage someone to take a chance on since it is something that a lot of regular people (Not us Long Range types) would have their mouth watering. Another option might be a Browning BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle) again in 30-06 with the same optics setup shown above. That rifle/combination would probably cost somewhere in the vicinity of $2000.00. Keeping in mind that these are college students, some who may not hunt and others that do would have both visual as well as brand name appeal not to mention functionality and the ability to shoot anything from prairie dogs to moose.
