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"In todays market the old coots with the nice doubles want to sell and, for the most part, the next generation couldnt care."
The younger fellows prefer to shoot O/U's and semi-auto's -- both with choke tubes. They see no attraction in old SxS's, Browning A5's, or pump guns such as Winchester Model 12's or Ithaca 37's.
As mentioned earlier above, many/most of the millenium's have no interest is shooting or hunting. My grown kids fall into this category -- and want none of my guns. They said "sell them all Dad, and put the proceeds into the grandkids' college funds." And I'm doing so....
Most of us "GEEZERS" grew up coveting a Fox or Parker, an engraved Superposed, or A5, etc. Now we are retiring, dying off, going to the nursing home, etc. and are guns are being sold. The "Golden Age" of SxS's is now past. Sad, but true.
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gold40,
Very good observation. I too have sold off all most of mine to keep the funds. I have however kept a few of my cherished doubles, and I intend to take them with me so to speak. I truly believe that there are some heavenly coverts in the next life.
Karl
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Now we are retiring, dying off, going to the nursing home, etc. and are guns are being sold. The "Golden Age" of SxS's is now past. Sad, but true.
My plan is to go out shooting. They'll never take me alive.  Gil
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I have however kept a few of my cherished doubles, and I intend to take them with me so to speak. I truly believe that there are some heavenly coverts in the next life.
Karl He who dies with the most toys wins. If you make it to those 'heavenly coverts' but didn't die with some good guns to use, it just won't seem like Heaven at all...Geo
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Geo.,
I'm taking 5 of my favorites.
Karl
Last edited by Karl Graebner; 11/16/17 05:57 PM.
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A beautiful but very old 500 yo painting just sold for half a BILLION dollars. Who would have thought? Quality always has value just like this rare DaVinci. As time passes there will be less and less of these quality guns, many of which are artistry themselves. With a rising population, it will be about supply and demand, in my humble opinion. I guess I'm not as pessimistic as some of you other old guys ready for the skilled nursing and extended care facilities.
Socialism is almost the worst.
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A beautiful but very old 500 yo painting just sold for half a BILLION dollars. Who would have thought? Quality always has value just like this rare DaVinci. As time passes there will be less and less of these quality guns, many of which are artistry themselves. With a rising population, it will be about supply and demand, in my humble opinion. I guess I'm not as pessimistic as some of you other old guys ready for the skilled nursing and extended care facilities. +1 Buzz. This statement deserves to be framed and hung on the wall. Quality and craftsmanship never goes out of style. People who bought high and sell low will never get it.
Voting for anti-gun Democrats is dumber than giving treats to a dog that shits on a Persian Rug
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If you plan to end up in an old folks home at 80 that's where you'll be. Optimism coupled with eating properly and continuing to work into old age will keep you here much longer. There's always the possibility of cancer taking you out, but that can happen at any age. As for me, I plan on staying away from motorcycles, and shooting a limit of doves on my 100th birthday ............... Oct. 13, 2051, with a 135 year old Fox.. SRH
May God bless America and those who defend her.
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To you guys with expertise, permit me to make a dumb comment: Do you all remember the book "Dispatches" by Micheal Herr from the Vietnam era? A Leftist magazine sent a correspondent to interview Herr in a hospital in Saigon to show once and for all "The futility of the romance of war". (the corespondent was a Brit coming out of the Brit anti-military tradition from WWI - read "The Wasteland" and compare it to Kipling to see how WWI changed Britain). Herr raised himself up on an elbow and said, "Romance? Have you ever seen the effect of an armored brigade with full force going into an assault? And that's not romance?" (paraphrased).
Well you all know I'm not a collector or dealer and have a few sxs's to give as shooters. But I hope I have passed on to sons and their wives the romance of shooting a sxs. And that trumps black guns everywhere.
Last edited by Argo44; 11/16/17 06:44 PM.
Baluch are not Brahui, Brahui are Baluch
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Argo,
I enjoy the romance of SxS's by attending vintage shoots and hunting beautiful birds with them. If I really can't take my 5 favorites with me, my son will be sure to enjoy using them in memory of his dad. I'm 70 and in reasonable health because of my actice life style, but one never really knows his expiration date.
Karl
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