Yard Sale finds !

[Miller Tyme]

Went to the marina today to start getting the boats ready for winter and passed by a yard sale that looked interesting, so I turned around and found these to gems for sale. Gave $45.00 for the Firearms International wire frame .22 single shot varmint rifle,












and $180 for the 1935 Winchester Model 12 / 16 ga..











Life is good !

 

[rugertoter]

Damn, good finds! Wish I could stumble across a yard sale like that.

 

[iauffenberg]

picked up a old enfield today at a yard sale for $60 with ammo

 

[johntheplinker]

Cool! That 22 is, shall we say, different? The Winchester really looks good! Wish we had yard sales like that around here.

 

[BogWalker]

picked up a old enfield today at a yard sale for $60 with ammo

I wish I had that kind of luck!

 

[PGRChaplain]

Great Finds! I don't recall seeing a Mod12, 16Ga with a solid rib. My dad bought one new in 1940, that has been passed on to my son. It has the plain barrel.

 

[sassy lassy]

Want your money back? Nice finds!

 

[robh]

That wire frame is sweet, would be interesting with a partial wood stock to fill in the void in the butt stock

 

[JimH]

Garcia used to sell those in the 70's as Bronco's.

 

[sheltowee]

Great finds! I wish I could stumble across yard sales like that.

 

[sdragsdale]

nice! i saw a 22 like that when i was a little kid but i hadnt cut enough lawns yet that summer to be able to afford it.

 

[sgreen3]

Yard sales like that are always fun. Congrats on the finds!

 

[traderdan]

Those little Garcia Broncos are bringing good money these days!

 

[MCgrease08]

Boy those look like they are in excellent shape. I love that wire frame rifle.

 

[nightgaunt]

Those are both excellent scores. Never seen that .22 before. Now I need to keep an eye out for one.

Congrats!

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I really need to go yard saling with MillerTyme! Nice finds!

 

[indiucky]

Great Finds! I don't recall seeing a Mod12, 16Ga with a solid rib. My dad bought one new in 1940, that has been passed on to my son. It has the plain barrel.

I have a 20 gauge, nickel steel made in 1928 with the solid rib.....

Hey Millertyme, is your gps messed up? I ain't seen you in a spell....Love the guns but they are not really your "cup of cosmoline" so why don't you bring 'em to the shop to trade for something "smelly"?


I think they dropped the solid ribs mid 30's due to FDR being in power and milking the Depression for all it was worth....

 

[indiucky]

Those are both excellent scores. Never seen that .22 before. Now I need to keep an eye out for one.

Congrats!

I think it was called a "Bronco" and they were always advertised back in the 1970's in something we called "periodicals". They were "survival" guns and a less expensive alternative to the Savage 24's.

 

[Miller Tyme]

Hey Millertyme, is your gps messed up? I ain't seen you in a spell....Love the guns but they are not really your "cup of cosmoline" so why don't you bring 'em to the shop to trade for something "smelly"?

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Funny you should say that Rick, just got a service call to you area tomorrow, I'll be stopping by to see if you have any fuggly old rusky rifles.......

 

[Slawburger]

Nice finds. I would have been all over that shotgun. The old ones sometimes have better wood in the stock. I don't recall seeing any wire frame .22 but I would have bought it just for the novelty. Congrats.