Retirement gift for me!

LC Smith said:
Goose, do you know what grade it is? Got any pictures? I have a 1905 12b and a 1944 16b. Both are lower grade guns, but I love shooting pheasants and ducks with them. the 16 is on the left and the 12 is on the right.
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The LC Smith I have was my great great grandmothers I think and was made around 1890 and it's a 16 gauge 30-in full no 28 in full modified side by side. It has Damascus barrels. I think it's kind of a mid-grain field model mid-grade field model. It was definitely used a lot for a lot of years. I got it from my grandpa when he moved out of his cabin.
 
Goosemaster said:
If I see a guy with a Savage, or a gun made by Sears, or JCPenney or whatever you know I just say you know. Come on dude.
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It's funny you mention those brands. I have an old Crescent 16ga SxS that I shot for years. My guess is it is a late 1890's gun. The stock head was not tight, it was not tight on face without a lit love tab here and there... As kid growing up though it was a great grouse gun in Michigan woods and even shot a few Kansas pheasants.
 
I know this is an old thread. But if a person watches the various online auctions and classifieds and Cabelas used gun pages, some steals can be had.

I absolutely love my Rizzini Aurum Light 20. 5# 8oz. Purchased at less than half of new.

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I bought this (bottom) German 5#15 oz 16 guage, unmarked, for the cost of a few tanks of fuel in my truck. It has a few warts, but it’s awesome to carry, and I should carry it more. Top one is a Simson 12 for well under $1k.

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cheesy said:
I know this is an old thread. But if a person watches the various online auctions and classifieds and Cabelas used gun pages, some steals can be had.

I absolutely love my Rizzini Aurum Light 20. 5# 8oz. Purchased at less than half of new.

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I bought this (bottom) German 5#15 oz 16 guage, unmarked, for the cost of a few tanks of fuel in my truck. It has a few warts, but it’s awesome to carry, and I should carry it more. Top one is a Simson 12 for well under $1k.

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Cheesy, it sounds like you and I have had the same experiences with buy guns from them. I think they don’t always know what they really have and may not price it accordingly.
 
LC Smith said:
Cheesy, it sounds like you and I have had the same experiences with buy guns from them. I think they don’t always know what they really have and may not price it accordingly.
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Right. The Rizzini was my only Cabelas purchase. Kinda kicking myself for not buying the 12 guage they also had at the sane time. Could have had both for less than 1 new. Saw somebody the other day had bought a clean Pre64 Model 70 for like $500. I might have sold a kid for that one.
 
I have purchased two from BPS/Cabela's that I did really well on. The first was my 90%+ condition 1905 LC Smith that they had just sitting out on the old used rack on the floor. I walked off with it for $475! The second one was my London made SxS. I had been watching it for a couple years in the gun library in Springfield. One Sunday morning I saw it online for sale and I drove 2hrs to go pick it up. The Library manager told me the Cabela's in Denver had purchased it for $3600 as part of an estate sale about nine years prior. I paid $1249 for it!
 
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