Posted 10 years ago
Chrisnp
(310 items)
I am taking a break from my own collection this week to post something different.
This is a limited edition Model 94 Winchester in .30-30, commemorating the 125th anniversary of Yellowstone National Park. The receiver etched with Yellowstone map, bear, bison and elk. The finish is silver nitrate with 24 karat gold accents, with other parts plated in 24 karat gold. The stock is checkered walnut. The rifle is unfired and has its original shipping case and paperwork. It was created by a company called America Remembers.
This rifle belonged to my uncle who left it in my care when he moved to Mexico where the gun laws are prohibitive. He passed away last month and I am grieving his loss. This last weekend his son came to pick his father’s guns up, and I decided to photograph them as I got them ready to go.
It’s not really my kind of collectable. I like well-handled items that were made to be used – but this is a valid area of firearm collecting and I think well worth posting.
Thanks for the love blunder, Trey, officialfuel, fortapache, Manikin, geo26e, tom61375, nutsabotas6, pw-collector and aghcollect.