Nice find. What type of shells... round ball or shot? A nice Winchester or Remington box w/ all rounds intact will bring $300-$500. A nice Robinhood Gamegetter ammo box will bring over $1000. I was lucky to pick up two boxes at Tulsa last month...not in as nice of shape though.

Mike...
thanks for the contact info...I'll email you tonight.
ben

Hi Ben...You name sounds very familiar, but I disremember from where. I used to work for National Supply Corp. (30 years ago)...it was an oilfield supply business. I was based in Anchorage but traveled throughout the oil belt (Louisiana, Texas & Oklahoma) repairing & assembling wellheads. I...

I am not interesded in having it re-blued....I know what that would do to the gun's value & character. I'm not a huge fan of the Turnbull restorations...that's just me. There's a sour taste in the Marble's Game Getter collector community regarding Turnbull's involvment & non-production of th...

Just to be clear...when I obtained the rifle it's barrel length was 23 3/8" (the cut was slanted)...the front sight was only 1/8" from the muzzle & poorly staked. The front underside barrel band cut had been filled with lead. The magazine tube was already cut. The magazine tube cap was...

If anyone is interested & in need, I've got parts available for both models of the Game Getter, the 1908 & 1921. But back to the 86... I've been told there are guys out there who can reproduce barrels w/ the markings & age them to look the same as the rest of the gun...anybody encounter ...

[quote="TedH"]Welcome! Very nice first post, and nice rifle. :mrgreen:[/quotep] thanks... I'm not a lever gun addict, I do come accross some nice pieces from time to time...my main addiction is the 1908 Model Marble Game Getter... http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll26/sharpinvestments/ga...

I'd always be willing to buy an original 40-70 barrel & magazine tube if anybody happened to have them just laying around...

Here are a few pics... http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll26/sharpinvestments/DSC06142Small.jpg http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll26/sharpinvestments/DSC06143Small.jpg http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll26/sharpinvestments/DSC06144Small.jpg http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll26/sharpinvestm...

Picked up an interesting Winchester 1886... Here's the good, it left the factory as follows: Mfg. in 1896. Cal. 40-70, octagon barrel, takedown, set trigger, factory installed Lyman side mount rear & Lyman front hunting sights. The bore is good and the stock is solid. The original blue & ori...