For it's age, it looks to have weathered quite well.
Not long ago I sold my oldest 1897 Winchester (trading a piece I didn't use for one that I plan to). It was one of those that had been worked pretty hard. At the time I sold it, it was 104 years old.
The metal was pretty well...
I have a 100K word nightmare lurking on my computer, plus too many smaller projects to count - some contemporary, one western, and a few set in the '30s.
It's a delightful side effect of having no social life. :D
I've always found that one to be pretty dramatic. Hard to believe the ship under that explosion was actually put back in service and finished out the war.
Airstreams are something else. I've been living in one the past few years while attending college - hey, it's cheaper than an apartment. It's pretty nice, though gives the occasional maintenance nightmare. :eek:
Not the whole collection, sadly. Just the stuff I keep on hand.
Top of the picture is a Remington 11-48, which was one of their first (if not the first) to make the transition from the early century 'humpback' configuration to the cleaner reciever lines we know today. I bought that...
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