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I can imagine you trying to get the bank to loan you the 3 grand:
"So, this money is for a car?" "Yup" "And not for a bunch of old guns?" "Well..." "I thought so. Loan denied!" |
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Let's face it...this is the kind of sale that's targeted at museums more than private collectors (despite what the ad says).
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And yes, I imagine I'd get some really strange looks if I asked for a loan to purchase firearms. Especially $30K worth of weapons. I once read a message board post by somebody who got a lot of shit from his bank just because he was borrowing money to start a business as a gunsmith.
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Why are they calling them muskets?
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Oh, I actually suspect they will end up going to a private collector. They typically have alot more money to spend than museums. I would happily pay $3000 for any one of those rifles, the going rate is about $5000. I actually do have $30000, but that would be a pretty significant chunk of my house down payment and even I'm not that financially irresponsible.
The term musket survived quite long in the States, generally used to refer to a rifle manufactured in military configuration to distinguish it from a sporting version. Winchester actually did market a sporting version of the Winchester-Lee, in fact I know where there's one for sale for under $1000, but it wasn't much more successful as a deer rifle than it was as a military weapon. |
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