"I've bought more than few guns, recently, at auction that failed to make their minimum estimate."
If you bid below the estimates, and never above them, then the only gun you will ever get are those who sell below the estimates. What I am saying is that if you like bargains and only bid on what you think of as bargains then the only guns you will ever buy will be those bargains that others missed or thought of as less of a bargain.
Russ called me a bit of a "bottom feeder" when I did this. Not a bad name just a fact. I have bought many guns for a few hundred dollars. Some were worth that and some were worth many times that amount.
Chuck H
I agree that someone is going to buy this gun and maybe try to fix it. They had better have deep pockets of a heck of a lot of personal skill and talent.
For the money that would end up in this gun don't you agree Ken's desire to bring back a Lefever, in the white gun, for people to finish or upgrade has a real future. I would rather drop 10-20K into one of those than this gun. Modern steels, clean slate to work with, a real bespoke gun if desired.
