There's Jagermeister once again... predicting the decline and demise of sxs doubles on a double gun forum much as his anti-2nd Amendment pal King Brown frequently predicts the demise of hunting and shooting sports.
Winchester boys like Colt and Parker Bros. brethren have "deeper pockets".
For most part Ithaca boys have holes in their pockets. The wonderful field grade 37 pump in very good shape can be had for about $300 or $50 to $75 more than 30 years ago. Flagship transitional 'Supreme' from mid-50s with solid rib, nice wood and Ithaca Sunburst pad with aluminum backing in top shape (dry closet gun) went for only $500 at LGS. Equivalent gun from Winchester model 12 line would bring well over $1000.
Almost everyone has deeper pockets than a tire-kicker and gun counter drooler like you Jagermeister. Not much chance that a guy who actually rents a cheap Chinese .22 bolt action rifle will be buying any Parkers or Winchester 21's any time soon. Same goes for most of the other guns you post about, yet have no more personal knowledge of than slobbering over them at your local gun shop.
How many doubles do you personally own Jagermeister? Oh, yes... the answer is ZERO... not even one lousy cheap rattle-trap Crescent or Stevens 311 barn gun. You haven't even handled or shot the vast majority of guns you profess to know so much about. You simply regurgitate what you read elsewhere in a pathetic attempt to pretend to be a knowledgeable gun guy.
By the way, you are off the mark in your prices over the last 30 years for Model 37 pumps... just more of your totally off topic drivel. And you would be even more off if you could lay your hands on actual sales prices for vintage doubles over the same time period. Many investments have done better, but you will never be able to hunt and shoot skeet with your Beanie Baby collection.
Post # 451427 on 7/27/16
...I accumulate guns and stuffed toys same as they accumulate paintings, stamps, coins,....
We already know that you don't really accumulate or purchase many of the guns you claim to buy. You put them on layaway, and later back out of the deal. You lie to us in a sad attempt to impress us, but you look like a pathetic ass because you can't keep your lies straight. You probably do the same thing with your stuffed toys.
I had bunch of guns I put money on but found something different I liked down the road. There was a Perazzi O/U, Ithaca NID, Ithaca 37 Supreme solid rib, Remington 879 Police Magnum, Browning Citori. I have now cured that problem and no longer put stuff on layaway because it does not work for me. I now put stuff on 24 hour hold. If a man can't make their mind in 24 hours they never will.
