Lowell,
The way the collector's world is going, judging from a few recent gun shows, condition is going to be the hole card, trump, or ace in the sleeve for bragging rights. I used to have a little chuckle at the fellows standing in a cluster ooh'ing and aah'ing over a single barrel Montgomery Ward shotgun in pristine condition.
No longer!!! Nossir! A pristine Remington hammer gun in field grade is just as brag-worthy as any other steel and wood concoction. The competitiveness for who can lift their leg the highest on the brag-pole has never been keener. As the field of 'new' old products thins for 'gotta-have' mentalities, the one-uppers are sliding right down the scale of 'names', in grease of their own making.
Pretty soon some of those mint plowshares oughta be showing up in those Pah-kuh und Yhenglish [yawn....]gunrooms.
In the meantime? ....Condition, man!! Think condition. ;~`)
Last edited by JohnM; 04/15/07 11:34 AM.
