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Booshway |
Well boys, just got to tell ya’ll this little story... It seems a very good friend of mine work out a deal with a co-worker of his involving modern hunting rifles, and through this deal came a .50 Johnathan Browning Mountain Rifle, unfired. It seems the history of this gun is that the co-workers father owned it as a mantle piece until he passed several years ago, and it has been sitting since. Now my good friend has asked me if I would like it as he is not interested. I have pictures and my friend is going to check the bore to ensure it truly is in great shape, and if so I will become the proud owner for the sum of $400 Canadian (likely about $56 American, lol). If someone can tell me how to post pictures I will do so, but not interested in a subscription service. Walk | ||
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Factor |
Walkingeagle, you're getting a seriously awesome rifle. Never owned one but did drool a bit way back. I have trouble posting photos just like you do; so I can't be much help. But congratulations on a fine acquisition. *Young guys should hang out with old guys; old guys know stuff.* | |||
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Booshway |
Hiya Walkingeagle! Ifen ya don't want thet deal, send it my way!! That is a very GOOD price for a Browning as most that are being sold (by those that know what they have) for around $1000 TO 1200us used. Occasionally, I've seen them offered for as little as $125 at suppository gun shows by folks that didn't know what they had! "Oh, it's just an old front stuffer I got in trade somewheres. Don't know much about it." I have a 54 that I picked up at a garage sale price of $150 back in 1986. One of the best buys I ever made. Regards, xfox The forest is a wilderness only to those that fear it, silent only to those that hear nothing. The forest is a friend to those that dwell within its' nature and it is filled with the sounds of life to those that listen. | |||
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Factor |
Way to go,Walk.Is that Johnathan Browning as in John Moses Brownings' Father? Beer is proof that God loves us,and wants us to be happy-B. Franklin | |||
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Booshway |
Not sure there ‘tooth, sorry. Anyhow I was visiting with a friend last night and we were talking guns and hunting (of course), when he mentioned that someday he is going to get a traditional ml and hunt with it. I told him about the mountain rifle and mentioned he should talk to our mutual friend about a price, and that he could have it instead of myself. Long story short, he texted instantly and they worked out a deal, and he will be taking this rifle. Sounds like he is pretty excited to do some shooting this summer and hunting this fall with it. Already planning a trip for us, lol. In the end, I would rather bring another into the fold than hoard for myself. Walk | |||
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Booshway |
Thats the way to do it, Walkingeagle. Now, teach him well. Know what you believe in. Fight for your beliefs. Never compromise away your rights. | |||
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Factor |
That's called setting a good example...Good on ya,mate. Beer is proof that God loves us,and wants us to be happy-B. Franklin | |||
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Factor |
'Eagle, I would like to commend you, as well. Kudos! El León pistuo deo lalo | |||
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Factor |
Boartooth, The Johnathan Browning Mountain Rifle was a half-stocked, plains style, caplock rifle sold by Browning Arms Company for a few years. They were very well made, and sported (iirc) a ram's horn shaped around the nipple bolster. An unfired one for $400 that hadn't rusted where it sat..., would be about 1/2 what it would go for at an auction house. LD It's not what you know, it's what you can prove | |||
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Factor |
Ahhh,I guess they must have named it after the Old Man. Beer is proof that God loves us,and wants us to be happy-B. Franklin | |||
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Hivernant |
John Moses Browning was born in 1855. By adulthood the cartridge era was well along so it’s a good guess it was Pa. | |||
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