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Low Wall Price
Jul 29th, 2016 at 9:47pm
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A friend of mine has a Win. Low Wall in .25-20 SS in only good condition. No set trigger, just a plain Jane. What would be a ballpark figure to ask on the gunshow floor?
  
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Re: Low Wall Price
Reply #1 - Jul 30th, 2016 at 7:30pm
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Go to Gunbroker and do an advanced search for closed auctions and see what they are going for in the real world today.
  
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Reply #2 - Jul 31st, 2016 at 7:17am
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We cannot tell the value without looking into condition and we cannot tell condition without looking at some pics.  I know you said it was in good shape but everyone has their own definition of 'good'.  I know that is a useless answer but it is true. 
   

  
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Reply #3 - Jul 31st, 2016 at 9:20am
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For what it is worth, I bought a 25-20SS LoWall a year ago at a gunshow for $400 or $450.  It was missing one screw and the front sight.  Well used but not abused.   Early one (1890) marked 25 WCF but actually an unmodified 25-20 SS chamber.  Dark bore, but shoots very well.  You would want to make sure that it is still in the original chambering and has not been hogged out to use 25-20 WCF.

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Re: Low Wall Price
Reply #4 - Jul 31st, 2016 at 9:45am
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slumlord44 wrote on Jul 30th, 2016 at 7:30pm:
Go to Gunbroker and do an advanced search for closed auctions and see what they are going for in the real world today.


Good idea, although GB prices represent (with very rare exceptions, such as that scoped 44-1/2) the Mt. Everest of values. 
  
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Reply #5 - Jul 31st, 2016 at 11:18am
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Redsetter wrote on Jul 31st, 2016 at 9:45am:
slumlord44 wrote on Jul 30th, 2016 at 7:30pm:
Go to Gunbroker and do an advanced search for closed auctions and see what they are going for in the real world today.


Good idea, although GB prices represent (with very rare exceptions, such as that scoped 44-1/2) the Mt. Everest of values. 


I reckon that's why you look only at auctions where the gun actually sold.   Never ceases to amaze me what many GB sellers THINK their guns are worth. 
  

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Reply #6 - Jul 31st, 2016 at 11:58am
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uscra112 wrote on Jul 31st, 2016 at 11:18am:

Never ceases to amaze me what many GB sellers THINK their guns are worth. 


Never ceases to amaze me that many of them are SO greedy that, rather than sell at some half-way reasonable price, they'll keep the same gun listed at the same price for a YEAR, maybe longer.  Found this out during the three years I spent looking at Model 52 listings.

If GB made any pretense at being a site equally for buyers & sellers, the least it could do is indicate the duration of the same listing; they don't because they serve sellers, not buyers.
  
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Reply #7 - Jul 31st, 2016 at 12:11pm
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I personally hit one where the seller had set up to auto-relist, and then died.  A true zombie listing!
  

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