How Much $ 4 a Winchester Model 61??

GoCart · October 19, 2008, 06:20 PM

Title is self explanatory. Looking at buying a Win pump 22 for three hundred this week. Any thoughts?

zinj · October 19, 2008, 06:38 PM

$300 for a working M61 is an very good price, provided the finish hasn't been completely destroyed.

GoCart · October 19, 2008, 07:10 PM

It has some marks down the barrel. Its tag says "good" and I am told it shoots straight.

Looking at the gun you can tell it has been "loved" but the barrel looks great and the action slides just right.

I am sure the smith at the shop did some work on it.

Thanks for the input.

B. Lahey · October 19, 2008, 07:15 PM

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Title is self explanatory

No, it's not.

How much four dollars?

Probably quite a few four dollars, although I've never heard of anyone pricing guns in four dollar increments before...

300/4=75 so seventy-five four dollars?

GoCart · October 19, 2008, 07:18 PM

well put Lahey and I apologize for the miscommunication. Got a laugh out of your response.

MemphisJim · October 20, 2008, 03:10 PM

I bought mine last month for $300. It's clearly been around the back 40 a few times and, judging by some minor exterior rust spots, hung up wet a time or two. Mechanicals are all sound and shoots LRs just fine (haven't tried shorts or longs yet). As a kid in the late '40s - early '50s, it was one of my two favorite plinkers (Model 63 was the other). I've seen others in better shape than the one I bought -- but the cheapest of those was $500. I'm happy, especially since it has a grooved receiver so I can scope it to give these 65-year-old eyes a better than even chance to at least hit the paper.

News Shooter · October 20, 2008, 03:37 PM

I had mine appraised at $1300.

GoCart · October 21, 2008, 08:35 AM

1,300!!??

Was that right out of the box!?

My grandfather has a Winchester pump 22 and I LOVE that little gun but I am not about to drop over a thousand on one.

News Shooter · October 21, 2008, 12:30 PM

Nope. It's in 98% condition. Made in 1955. It's amazing because it was my first gun and I carried it all over hell and gone as a kid and I never took care of anything. There isn't a scratch on it.

October 19, 2008, 06:20 PM	#1
GoCart Member Join Date: September 26, 2008 Posts: 47	How Much $ 4 a Winchester Model 61?? Title is self explanatory. Looking at buying a Win pump 22 for three hundred this week. Any thoughts?

October 19, 2008, 06:38 PM	#2
zinj Member Join Date: September 25, 2008 Location: Chicagoish - Love the museums, hate the rest Posts: 66	$300 for a working M61 is an very good price, provided the finish hasn't been completely destroyed.

October 19, 2008, 07:10 PM	#3
GoCart Member Join Date: September 26, 2008 Posts: 47	It has some marks down the barrel. Its tag says "good" and I am told it shoots straight. Looking at the gun you can tell it has been "loved" but the barrel looks great and the action slides just right. I am sure the smith at the shop did some work on it. Thanks for the input.

October 19, 2008, 07:18 PM	#5
GoCart Member Join Date: September 26, 2008 Posts: 47	well put Lahey and I apologize for the miscommunication. Got a laugh out of your response.

October 20, 2008, 03:10 PM	#6
MemphisJim Senior Member Join Date: April 9, 2007 Location: Suburban Memphis, TN (Mississippi side) Posts: 116	I bought mine last month for $300. It's clearly been around the back 40 a few times and, judging by some minor exterior rust spots, hung up wet a time or two. Mechanicals are all sound and shoots LRs just fine (haven't tried shorts or longs yet). As a kid in the late '40s - early '50s, it was one of my two favorite plinkers (Model 63 was the other). I've seen others in better shape than the one I bought -- but the cheapest of those was $500. I'm happy, especially since it has a grooved receiver so I can scope it to give these 65-year-old eyes a better than even chance to at least hit the paper.

October 20, 2008, 03:37 PM	#7
News Shooter Senior Member Join Date: May 29, 2005 Posts: 332	I had mine appraised at $1300.

October 21, 2008, 08:35 AM	#8
GoCart Member Join Date: September 26, 2008 Posts: 47	1,300!!?? Was that right out of the box!? My grandfather has a Winchester pump 22 and I LOVE that little gun but I am not about to drop over a thousand on one.

October 21, 2008, 12:30 PM	#9
News Shooter Senior Member Join Date: May 29, 2005 Posts: 332	Nope. It's in 98% condition. Made in 1955. It's amazing because it was my first gun and I carried it all over hell and gone as a kid and I never took care of anything. There isn't a scratch on it.