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My buddy who has asked me for my help, wants to sell this rifle but I have no idea what it is or the value.
Any advice is appricated. One barrel is modern and is chambered for 357 mag and has a hi-viz fron site, the original barrel is marked 32 WCF. Sorry for the poor pictures, let me know what you know about this or its current value with both barrels.
I believe it to be a refinished gennie 1885 Low Wall, rebarreled in .357 while retaining the original (also refinished) .32-20 bbl) and not a modern Miroku-made (Japan) clone.
I believe it to be a refinished gennie 1885 Low Wall, rebarreled in .357 while retaining the original (also refinished) .32-20 bbl) and not a modern Miroku-made (Japan) clone.
Yea, 1885 Lo-Wall made in 1909. I got one only a couple of thousand numbers higher.
Price? Well, I tell it like it is and the gun has been buffed, reblued and barrels changed. Looks tastefully done as I see it has the original wood with excellent wood to metal fit and no major pits or dings in the metal. I would price it as a semi-fancy shooter at about 6-7. If the barrel of the 32-20 has a smooth bore with sharp rifling, that's worth another 2 to 3 so I guess that adds up to what Don says, "about a g".
Under the barrel, just ahead of the forend, (on the original 32-20 barrel) there will be a single digit number stamped. Looks like a #1 to me, which was standard for Lo-Walls. Could be a #2 which would add a little $$.---------------Sixgun