Winchester 1892 25-20 selling vs. trading
Well I'm going to freely admit I very new to the online gun enthusiast world, so please bear with me if I send ignorant at times.
After visiting 3 local gun stores looking for an appraisal on an inherited Winchester Model 1892 .25-20 I am kind of lost on how to proceed. My end goal is to get the Winchester a good home and for myself to end up with a AR15 (preferably in a M4 style carbine version.) My stumbling block seems to be is whether I should try first locally for a trade to the firearm I'm looking for versus going straight to an onlince auction. Does a trade sound highly improbable? Am I being a big sissy by not just starting up an auction and seeing where the chips fall? What would a knowledgeable gun enthusiast do if he or she was walking that proverbial mile in my shoes?
After visiting 3 local gun stores looking for an appraisal on an inherited Winchester Model 1892 .25-20 I am kind of lost on how to proceed. My end goal is to get the Winchester a good home and for myself to end up with a AR15 (preferably in a M4 style carbine version.) My stumbling block seems to be is whether I should try first locally for a trade to the firearm I'm looking for versus going straight to an onlince auction. Does a trade sound highly improbable? Am I being a big sissy by not just starting up an auction and seeing where the chips fall? What would a knowledgeable gun enthusiast do if he or she was walking that proverbial mile in my shoes?
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A few words of advise:
Selling your fathers/grandfathers/etc firearm will cause you to kick yourself for the rest of your life.
You currently have a classic rifle, keep it. If you truly want todays "fad" rifle (and personaly I wouldn't give you $50 for a AR/AR clone/M4-gery) than buy it outright0 -
IMHO you will never get as high value on a trade as an auction. Dealers need to make money to stay in business . AS we do need dealers for our needs in shooting we do need to support them but I support them by not shopping at BIG BOX STORES . If you sell at auction Winchesters do have many collectors and shooter. Thus many people will bid on your auction IF you start with low starting bid and No reserve. Most of the big time bidders don't look at reserve bid items because these are blue bird dream reserve prices with no chance of selling and have been relisted for months if not years at a time because you can relist for free. star with $1.00 and you will be amazed at how many and how high the bidding will go BUT remember you need good quality close-up in focus pictures of all parts of your rifle DONT take a full screen picture from 4 foot away it will not show details but rather from about 6 inches away of each section of your rifle.
EDIT come back here and give us the auction number if you list it here you might even preview the pictures here if you can post on the forum side of gunbroker it is very easy to post pictures on the sale side but a real PITA on this forum side.0 -
If it felt like a family firearm I would totally keep it. However after my Grandfather passed away, in the mid 1980's I found this weapon in a bedroom closet...most surprised was my grandmaother who had never even seen it in all their years of marriage. Which was unlike the other two firearms I did also inherit and which were known to the family. (A Marlin 35 remington and a Winchester 12Gauge), so other than finding the date of manufacture as 1903 on the Model 1892 I know squat about it and don't consider it an heirloom. Hence my desire to have it go to someone who might appreciate more and yet leave me in a position to get a weapon I knew from my younger years in the service. 0 -
Thanks Perry shooter.....just got pics done from a friend with a good camera. Thanks for the advice. I am defintley leaning towards an auction now. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by svxr8dr
Thanks Perry shooter.....just got pics done from a friend with a good camera. Thanks for the advice. I am defintley leaning towards an auction now.
Auction it. You will get top dollar.0 -
Having trouble getting the pics up for the auction..not sure why yet 
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I may give up for tonight on getting Auction pics up.
Auction number 1285428580 -
bumped the price for ya a little. If you don't sell it on GB you can always take it to a gun show and you would probably find someone there who would buy it--stick a dowel down the barrel with a placard on the end with the guns info and what you want and someone will most likely buy it. I bumped the auction up a little for ya but definately you will have to post more pics on your auction if you want serious winchester bidders -especially with a reserve. as was said by perry you will have many bidders with $$ just pass reserve auctions by. 0 -
svxr8dr,
I agree with Tailgunner1954, selling a family gun is usually regretted sometime down the road, and IMO selling this rifle for a modern shooter is a poor trade-off.
That being said and as a Winchester collector, you have a very nice rifle there. There's considerable surface rust or frosting as some would call it, but that could clean up pretty good. It doesn't appear to have been used too much, the roll stampings look very sharp and the octagon barrel has sharp edges, the wood looks proud and I could see no cracks, chips dents or missing pieces. Generally speaking, and what can be seen from your pics, that aside from poor storage this is a very nice gun that should get a decent price on auction, my guess would be something like $1,500.00 to $2,000.00, possibly much more if described and shown with very good pics and it is what it potentially looks to be...better photo's could tell a differant tale.
No offense to who took these pics but they are too small, only about 1 meg and not too sharp when enlarged to see any close details. Guns properly presented on auction with well lighted, sharp detailed and close-up pics of all the sections will get the most bang for the buck, pun intended! Take a look at any auction catolog, items presented in that fashion get high dollars on auctions. Take the time and effort to fully describe and photograph it, including the flaws if present.
Please post the link here if you do offer it up on auction.
Respectively,
Marty0 -
i bumped ya some too,
pm me i do have several questions0
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