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Fellas, this one kinda hurt.
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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 2532262" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>Recently I was on Gun Broker and came across an 1895 Marlin (1976 vintage) in 45-70. One of the guys who I bear hunt with was looking for a vintage one and I told him about it. The starting bid was $1100, there was only 6 hours left on the auction, and....there we not any bidders. I suspect that there are some 1895 Marlin lovers on aficionados on here, $1100 is a bit pricey, however today at $1100 really is not that bad of a price tag, and....with the exception of some dings and scratches in the stock the bluing was in excellent condition with only a few blemishes on the receiver. We both kept watching the auction right up to the last hour, and still not bidders, so I told the guy to put the $1100 starting bid in. It went right to the wire and no one bid on the gun so he got the rifle for $1100. I've seen these rifles go for as high at $1600-1800. As for this rifle it is going to be a shooter/hunter, he's going to put a recoil pad on the rifle and I like refinishing the wood so it was a great bargain. As one of the members who replied stated, he's seen auctions run right up to the end and then the bidding goes out of sight, which in my opinion is stupid bidding because the testosterone kicks in, one-up-man-ship takes over common sense and a $600 rifle ends up selling for $900 or more.</p><p></p><p>Sorry to read that this one slipped by you. For me when something like this happens I write it off as, <em><u>"Things happen for a reason and this one was not meant to be!!!" </u></em> This philosophy has helped me through more that one missed deal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 2532262, member: 69192"] Recently I was on Gun Broker and came across an 1895 Marlin (1976 vintage) in 45-70. One of the guys who I bear hunt with was looking for a vintage one and I told him about it. The starting bid was $1100, there was only 6 hours left on the auction, and....there we not any bidders. I suspect that there are some 1895 Marlin lovers on aficionados on here, $1100 is a bit pricey, however today at $1100 really is not that bad of a price tag, and....with the exception of some dings and scratches in the stock the bluing was in excellent condition with only a few blemishes on the receiver. We both kept watching the auction right up to the last hour, and still not bidders, so I told the guy to put the $1100 starting bid in. It went right to the wire and no one bid on the gun so he got the rifle for $1100. I've seen these rifles go for as high at $1600-1800. As for this rifle it is going to be a shooter/hunter, he's going to put a recoil pad on the rifle and I like refinishing the wood so it was a great bargain. As one of the members who replied stated, he's seen auctions run right up to the end and then the bidding goes out of sight, which in my opinion is stupid bidding because the testosterone kicks in, one-up-man-ship takes over common sense and a $600 rifle ends up selling for $900 or more. Sorry to read that this one slipped by you. For me when something like this happens I write it off as, [I][U]"Things happen for a reason and this one was not meant to be!!!" [/U][/I] This philosophy has helped me through more that one missed deal. [/QUOTE]
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