They do deal in high end guns and the "grease" on them is Old West Snake Oil, a fine protector for both wood and metal. I bought a bottle of that from a dealer out of Denver. Can't remember his name now. Nice guy. I think his shop is on the 1500 block of Broadway. (I'm bad with names, but...

What a nice find...congrats. Thank you... That condition in that caliber, I'd expect MikeD is prety close these days, although two or three years ago it may have gone north of $10,000. According to the 2008 Blue Book a .45-70 in similar configuration and condition was bit higher than that. Dependin...

Don Grove is a highway robber with his guns prices about 40% more than what they are worth. When I see him at the better shows, his guns have 2 pounds of shiney grease slopped all over 'em. Thanks for the info. I will ignore him and his website. Any comments on Goodman's Guns in Bozeman, MT? He car...

First off, I would like to thank everyone for the comments. I had a computer "issue" (ahem) and after the rebuild I lost track of this website. (backups, backups, backups!) Anyway... Original .38-70 WCF 1886s bring at least $7500 in any decent condition(60%+). Oh, it is far better than 60%...

Come, come to the Dark Side... Unless you absolutely can't stand the idea of woring in Wyoming... http://doc.state.wy.us/careers/correctionalsecurity.html (Please, I need the help...) I'd LOVE to move to Wyoming! Not sure about that kind of work though... Any computer jobs (*nix sysadmin) out there...

At a recent gunshow a pretty Winchester 1886 walked in the door. Case hardened receiver, with pretty good colors, octagon barrel with exactly 2 dings that you need to run your fingernail along the rib to find, 2 small dings in the butt-stock. Overall, pretty close to a museum piece. What made it rar...