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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2016 19:39:56 GMT -5
A friend has an old (1888?) Winchester '73 that we're fixin' to put on GunBroker in the next week or so. It appears to be all original, but does have a fair amount of surface rust, I mean "patina". It's not badly pitted, and we're trying to decide if the surface rust should be removed before listing. Many people don't want 19th century guns "whizzed", but there seems to be an equal sized group that want to see the bare metal. We know it needs an action link, but appears complete and operable except for that. He won't be making any repairs on the gun before selling, and I'm in the camp of "sell it as-is". What are your thoughts?
I'm just looking for advice on how to present the gun on an auction site, this isn't an offer to sell it here. I know that's not allowed by board rules.
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Post by cmh on Oct 16, 2016 19:43:01 GMT -5
Look forward to seeing it..... personally removing original patina will kill it. Clean it and oil it well and take good pics.....
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Post by BigBore44 on Oct 16, 2016 20:40:24 GMT -5
I wouldn't try to remove anything with real effort. I'd leave it as it is and let the next owner do what he wants with it. Clean lightly and oil. That's my vote Don't forget to post pics here before it hits the auction block BigBore44
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Post by bradshaw on Oct 28, 2016 9:33:28 GMT -5
A friend has an old (1888?) Winchester '73 that we're fixin' to put on GunBroker in the next week or so. It appears to be all original, but does have a fair amount of surface rust, I mean "patina". It's not badly pitted, and we're trying to decide if the surface rust should be removed before listing. Many people don't want 19th century guns "whizzed", but there seems to be an equal sized group that want to see the bare metal. We know it needs an action link, but appears complete and operable except for that. He won't be making any repairs on the gun before selling, and I'm in the camp of "sell it as-is". What are your thoughts? I'm just looking for advice on how to present the gun on an auction site, this isn't an offer to sell it here. I know that's not allowed by board rules. *** Restoration, whether art or firearms, requires serious discipline. From a Colt Walker at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford to the Winchester Model 1866 President Ulysses S. Grant presented to Chief Sitting Bull in the Indian museum on the Mall in Washington, these guns bear the patina of age. Casual "improvement" would desecrate their historical place, and deface their aesthetic. Let that be a guide to not mutilate an antique. As for the "equal sized group that want to see the bare metal," why join that tasteless ignorance? David Bradshaw
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2016 21:23:59 GMT -5
I oiled the gun, then wiped it down enthusiastically with a soft lint free cloth. I tried posting pics, but they are all too big.
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