I already knew that, but I don't say it enough, so I'm just going to say it again.
My wife is awesome.
I wasn't in the market for another scattergun, but my wife was looking through the classified ads and said there was a shotgun on there if I wanted to see it.
(Pfft, IF I wanted to see it, yeah, that's funny LOL)
Anyway, she read me the specs and told me what it was and I immediately told her I'd take it. She asked do you even want to see it? I said no, and she called the phone number and talked to the guy selling it and I met him this evening to look it over.
Long story short, it was worth the $200 he was asking for it. I didn't even try to talk him down. And he even gave me a box of shells to go with it.
Oh, it's a Winchester 1300 Ranger Deluxe in gloss walnut, 28 inch winchoke vent rib barrel with a Carlson Undertaker choke in it. A few handling rubs on the stock, but otherwise, really good shape.
For giggles, I looked around online and the few that I saw for sale similar to this had a starting price of around $450, and typically not in as good of shape as this one.
Here's what Winchesters website had listed about it: http://www.winchesterguns.com/products/catalog/historic-detail.asp?family=012C&mid=512211
I am going to get a standard (non-vent rib) barrel for it to cut down to 18 or 20 inches, tap a hole to put a new bead on it, a +2 mag extension and may get a light and heatshield for the HD barrel setup. That way I'll have both the standard shorter riot barrel, and the hunting barrel that I could swap out too.
I know, pics or it didn't happen
My wife is awesome.
I wasn't in the market for another scattergun, but my wife was looking through the classified ads and said there was a shotgun on there if I wanted to see it.
(Pfft, IF I wanted to see it, yeah, that's funny LOL)
Anyway, she read me the specs and told me what it was and I immediately told her I'd take it. She asked do you even want to see it? I said no, and she called the phone number and talked to the guy selling it and I met him this evening to look it over.
Long story short, it was worth the $200 he was asking for it. I didn't even try to talk him down. And he even gave me a box of shells to go with it.
Oh, it's a Winchester 1300 Ranger Deluxe in gloss walnut, 28 inch winchoke vent rib barrel with a Carlson Undertaker choke in it. A few handling rubs on the stock, but otherwise, really good shape.
For giggles, I looked around online and the few that I saw for sale similar to this had a starting price of around $450, and typically not in as good of shape as this one.
Here's what Winchesters website had listed about it: http://www.winchesterguns.com/products/catalog/historic-detail.asp?family=012C&mid=512211
I am going to get a standard (non-vent rib) barrel for it to cut down to 18 or 20 inches, tap a hole to put a new bead on it, a +2 mag extension and may get a light and heatshield for the HD barrel setup. That way I'll have both the standard shorter riot barrel, and the hunting barrel that I could swap out too.
I know, pics or it didn't happen
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