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Most expensive gun ever sold at auction happened 2 weeks ago.
Posted on 5/11/16 at 9:50 pm
Posted on 5/11/16 at 9:50 pm
Winchester Carbine Model 1886, Serial # 1.
$1.26 MILLION!
Nothjng super fancy about it. Just extremely historically significant.
$1.26 MILLION!
Nothjng super fancy about it. Just extremely historically significant.
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It’s the most expensive single firearm sold at auction, according to Rock Island Auction Company. Pairs of guns have gone for more, but this one’s connection to the surrender of Chiricahua Apache Chief Geronimo and impeccable condition added up to a new world-record on April 30, 2016.
Captain Henry Lawton and Lt. George E. Albee served together during the Civil War. The latter went on to work for Winchester, while the former stayed in uniform and later captured Geronimo.
The friendship they forged during the War Between the States ran deep, though, so when the legendary firearm maker was rolling out a brand new carbine—the Model 1886—Serial No. 1 went to Lawton. The engraving isn’t fancy. In fact, it’s so understated it carries a timeless eloquence. The wood, too, is good, but probably wouldn’t turn too many heads.
Albee obviously knew his friend well. Lawton led troops in a rugged time, when troopers relied on their tools and personal possessions to survive and thrive in the scorching sun and pouring rain. Fancy enough to attract longing stares wasn’t—and still isn’t—an asset in the Chiricahua Mountains of the desert Southwest.
At 130 years old, the carbine is in great shape and finally, perhaps for the first time since it rolled out of the factory, back in the news.
Posted on 5/11/16 at 9:53 pm to cdaniel76
Somebody REALLY wanted that gun.
Posted on 5/12/16 at 3:08 am to cdaniel76
Posted on 5/12/16 at 7:49 am to Tigerpaw123
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Should of bought a Tikka
Some guys on this board would have even swapped that for a tikka / meopta combo.
Posted on 5/12/16 at 8:42 am to cdaniel76
I know a serious Winchester rifle collector. Those guys don't blink to drop the price of a new car on a well preserved Special Order factory gun or one with historical significance. I love looking at his collection but it gets trying when he goes on for 30 minutes about the rarity of the octagon barrel, .32 WCF and a tang sight all being on a factory original rifle.
Posted on 5/12/16 at 11:53 am to cdaniel76
In before "shudda bought a judge."
Posted on 5/12/16 at 4:11 pm to cdaniel76
In before "shudda bought a judge."
Posted on 5/12/16 at 6:02 pm to cdaniel76
King Ranch has two guns to payoff now?
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