What is up with this????

PsychoSword · February 10, 2005, 12:04 AM

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...?Item=28214349

My dad's 25 or so year old 870 Wingmaster looks hella better than this thing. Why do people pay that much for a gun that doesn't even look that good!!!

How can anybody be that impressed with a baked on finish on the mag tube and pressed wood stock. The ingraving is nice, but not THAT nice.

johnbt · February 10, 2005, 08:18 AM

"This is a Beautiful Winchester Model 42, Special Edition HIGH GRADE, one of only 850 manufactured in 1993. Special Serial Number [color=#FF0000]█[/color][color=#FF0000]█[/color][color=#FF0000]█[/color] 156..... 410 ga., 26" barrel, Full choke. This gun has NEVER been assembled."

Looks like a good deal to me. Nothing like a beautiful Model 42. To each their own.

I don't think that's a 'pressed wood' stock either.

John

kudu · February 10, 2005, 04:29 PM

I haven't seen too many guns with that nice of figured walnut on them, short of a custom shop. I did not see any baked on finish either, the seller describes the gun as still having original packing grease on the metal parts though. That was a very good price for the gun, as many older more worn M42's go for the same money if not more.

Romulus · February 10, 2005, 05:15 PM

That checkering is CUT and cut very nicely at that.

PsychoSword · February 10, 2005, 05:24 PM

But the stock doesn't look finished. It just looks flat. The mag tube doesn't look blued from the picture, it looks like some cheap finish. I was looking at some pricey shotguns at Scheels the other day and just was NOT impressed.

Romulus · February 10, 2005, 06:33 PM

I'm not sure what you mean by not finished...it looks like a well sealed, beautiful low-sheen hand rubbed finish to me. Do you mean it doesn't look like high-gloss urethane?

K80Geoff · February 10, 2005, 07:51 PM

Not to mention that Model 42 Winchesters are very desirable guns. This gun is Winchester made and not a Japanese copy. Stock is high grade wood and looks like oil finished. Gold trim and apparent NIB shape add to the value.

Nice gun, model has cult value.

PsychoSword · February 10, 2005, 09:00 PM

Hmm, interesting. Thanks for all the info.

gburner · February 10, 2005, 10:22 PM

If the choices or either trash or treasure here, that shotty goes in the treasure pile. I don't think that the photos do it justice.

February 10, 2005, 12:04 AM	#1
PsychoSword Junior member Join Date: August 11, 2002 Location: North Dakota Posts: 1,486	What is up with this???? http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...?Item=28214349 My dad's 25 or so year old 870 Wingmaster looks hella better than this thing. Why do people pay that much for a gun that doesn't even look that good!!! How can anybody be that impressed with a baked on finish on the mag tube and pressed wood stock. The ingraving is nice, but not THAT nice.

February 10, 2005, 04:29 PM	#3
kudu Senior Member Join Date: May 18, 2004 Location: Northern Indiana Posts: 273	I haven't seen too many guns with that nice of figured walnut on them, short of a custom shop. I did not see any baked on finish either, the seller describes the gun as still having original packing grease on the metal parts though. That was a very good price for the gun, as many older more worn M42's go for the same money if not more. __________________ "a shootin' we will go"

February 10, 2005, 05:15 PM	#4
Romulus Senior Member Join Date: January 18, 2001 Location: Kettle Moraine country Posts: 897	That checkering is CUT and cut very nicely at that. __________________ I knew Thomas Jefferson, he was a friend of mine...Governor Clinton, you're no Thomas Jefferson Ti faccio vedere come muore un italiano

February 10, 2005, 06:33 PM	#6
Romulus Senior Member Join Date: January 18, 2001 Location: Kettle Moraine country Posts: 897	I'm not sure what you mean by not finished...it looks like a well sealed, beautiful low-sheen hand rubbed finish to me. Do you mean it doesn't look like high-gloss urethane? __________________ I knew Thomas Jefferson, he was a friend of mine...Governor Clinton, you're no Thomas Jefferson Ti faccio vedere come muore un italiano

February 10, 2005, 07:51 PM	#7
K80Geoff Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 1998 Location: NE Pennsylvania Posts: 3,639	Not to mention that Model 42 Winchesters are very desirable guns. This gun is Winchester made and not a Japanese copy. Stock is high grade wood and looks like oil finished. Gold trim and apparent NIB shape add to the value. Nice gun, model has cult value. __________________ I am no longer a member of this forum. Bye!

February 10, 2005, 08:18 AM	#2
johnbt Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 1999 Location: Richmond, Virginia USA Posts: 6,004	"This is a Beautiful Winchester Model 42, Special Edition HIGH GRADE, one of only 850 manufactured in 1993. Special Serial Number [color=#FF0000]█[/color][color=#FF0000]█[/color][color=#FF0000]█[/color] 156..... 410 ga., 26" barrel, Full choke. This gun has NEVER been assembled." Looks like a good deal to me. Nothing like a beautiful Model 42. To each their own. I don't think that's a 'pressed wood' stock either. John

February 10, 2005, 05:24 PM	#5
PsychoSword Junior member Join Date: August 11, 2002 Location: North Dakota Posts: 1,486	But the stock doesn't look finished. It just looks flat. The mag tube doesn't look blued from the picture, it looks like some cheap finish. I was looking at some pricey shotguns at Scheels the other day and just was NOT impressed.

February 10, 2005, 09:00 PM	#8
PsychoSword Junior member Join Date: August 11, 2002 Location: North Dakota Posts: 1,486	Hmm, interesting. Thanks for all the info.

February 10, 2005, 10:22 PM	#9
gburner Senior Member Join Date: September 23, 2001 Location: at the intersection of naivete and cynicism Posts: 1,365	Shweet... If the choices or either trash or treasure here, that shotty goes in the treasure pile. I don't think that the photos do it justice. __________________ 'You don't like guns? What other common household tools do you have an irrational loathing for?'