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Wow. That's a lot'o'guns. Many of them are very nice as well.
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Posts: 13003 | Location: Central Florida | Registered: November 02, 2008
Man, that's like rolling through one of my granddad's old copies of Gun Digest - fine old Colt after fine old Colt after fine old Colt that I never even knew existed.
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Posts: 24752 | Location: St. Louis, MO | Registered: April 03, 2009
Has a photo of it and the box, judging from the era it is more likely a nickel plated one.
Yeah, I saw the box, too. Couple of things, however. You only see the top of the box, not the side with the label, where the relevant info confirms or refutes the nickel finish. The gun itself looks way too polished to be a factory nickel gun. But, it also could be the lighting giving it that appearance.
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Posts: 27947 | Location: TEXAS | Registered: September 04, 2008
Originally posted by AZSigs: That is an impressive collection. This must have been his full time job. I wonder how much the collection will sell for?
Depends how old he was. I’m 45 and been buying since I was 18. Including inherited guns, I have a collection almost 1/2 this size. I sold about a dozen guns a few years ago to raise almost 1/2 the cash for my new Tacoma. So value can add up quick especially if you buy well. I typically buy several to a dozen guns per year so I could see my collection being this big if live to say 80.
