Lucked up on this one last month.  Nothing was overlooked in the restoration.

And another

That is a Dandy , and in a very good cartridge . Lucky you .

Really nice. Great color case. How does it shoot ?

Slow Lazy Dog wrote on Jun 17^th, 2022 at 7:05pm:

Haven't shot it yet.  Still recovering from the skyrocketing price of .32-20 ammunition.  Not only is loaded ammo price getting out of hand, cartridges for reloading are virtually impossible to find.  I'm still in the stage of holding, looking, drooling, and loving the rifle~!

Mdfarmer wrote on Jun 25^th, 2022 at 11:22pm:

The older gentleman I bought it from couldn't remember much of anything about it other than the fact that he had owned it for 17 years.  Getting old really sucks.  He was really a nice old gentleman and wasn't looking to create a retirement fund with the sales proceeds.  I'm still waiting to hear from him about his Model '92 in .32WCF.

calledflyer wrote on Jun 26^th, 2022 at 1:49pm:

I've already asked him several times, but I get no response.  I know that he was having some pretty serious heart issues when I bought the '85.  I understand what you're up against looking for ammo because I've just gone through all that myself.  I've been able to scrounge up 400 rounds of fresh factory ammo, 100 virgin Remington cartridges, and 27 virgin Starline cartridges As you know by now it cost me a bunch of money.  Hopefully I don't destroy any of the spent cartridges attempting to reload them.
Just keep up the search and even when the price sounds unreasonable spend the money.  I'm afraid we've seen the last of the .32-20.  It's a shame because it's a nice little cartridge.

purdy!

I'm thinking that there aren't too many "fat cats" on this forum, and wondering how many of you earn or earned $150,000 a year.  I've been looking around for somebody who can do some restoration work on my '85 Winchester and I'm seeing numbers like $90 an hour for labor.  Now if a guy is in some high rent facility I can understand maybe $20 to cover the rent.  And if he chooses to pay that kind of rent, God bless him, but I'm not God.  Where's my guy whose been around since Moses, has been doing this work forever, and works out of his own modest building.  I'm not looking for a "safe queen", but I do want the work done right so I have a decent shooter and an accurate rifle when all is said and done.
A guy like Turnbull does gorgeous work, but I would be afraid to take one of his end products out to shoot or even take it out of the safe for fear or getting a scratch or a ding in it.

Heck, I can't even get someone to pull weeds for $20 an hour. And with current inflation ...........