Michael, a very short time before the Emil McConnell auction, I "did not buy" a wonderful G&H numbered Model 52 heavy sporter, about the nicest .22 rifle I'd ever seen that didn't live at my house. It was tagged at $2995.00 and could have been bought for less. Imagine my shock and horror when Emil's Model 52 sold for nearly $15,000. I wonder where "my" $2995.00 Model 52 is today?
Murphy, looking in the rear view mirror can be painful but I think with time the prices will stabilize a little bit, I hope, if not I'm about out of the game. Emil called me one time after he turned down what seems to be an outrages offer on his Kornbrath-Shelhamer Model 52. If he had been alive at the auction when it sold for 58K he would have dropped on the spot.
Would that be a record for a 52 sporter?
$58,000 .22 Do you remember the barrel number of the one that got away?
