[M2HB]

The price wasn't bad if it was really clean.

 

[pump .22s]

I think the grooved receiver had me thinking it might have been worth the price. I don't see many of the original 63s with the grooved receiver.

 

[M2HB]

Those late model receivers are worth more, but the condition is everything when it comes to the value.

 

[pump .22s]

Those late model receivers are worth more, but the condition is everything when it comes to the value.

Thanks for the info....sounds like it may not have been as good a buy as I originally thought.....so I don't have to worry that I missed a good one. :bthumb:

 

[XLIV]

Put it this way..I passed a really clean grooved 63 (90%+) in Redding 3 years ago for 700 and I've been kicking myself still to this day. At least we both got to hold them for free.

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[winman1550]

I'm not a automatic guy but I had a grooved 63 that was about 90% that I took to our biggest gun show in the state about 4 yrs. ago. 3 guys darn near fought to pay me the $850 I was asking for it. Could'nt believe it. But the fact that you Never see them for sale tells me I could of asked more.

Greg

 

[63Chuck]

Win. 63

pump. 22's,
You screwed up!
Chuck

 

[pump .22s]

Ah well, it wasn't a total loss. I did bring home a very nice little Winchester 62 made in 1937. Runs like a new watch. :bthumb:

 

[Muzzlehatch]

There's at least 20 63's available on GunBroker at high prices, but none have bids on them. What is it that's so great about it anyway? I could probably put mine on for $198 and nobody'd bite.

 

[XLIV]

Dibs

I'll give 198 for yours

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[22AGS]

Dibs
I'll give 198 for yours
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Muzzlehatch, ignore this poster, he'll turn right around and flip that gun for 200 dollars!

44, I'll see your 198 and raise you $10!!!!

I took my 63 out last friday and was reminded of just how good it is. Quality? None better. Ever. Accurate? Dead on out to 50 yards where I was making shotgun shells disappear with it. Beautiful? Oh please. And I love the rear biased balance. The 63 is an example of what could be built when top drawer engineers, in this case Thomas C. Johnson, pull out all the stops, without the hindrance of the bean counters trying to shave corners. This gun ROCKS.

 

[pump .22s]

Muzzlehatch, ignore this poster, he'll turn right around and flip that gun for 200 dollars!

44, I'll see your 198 and raise you $10!!!!

I took my 63 out last friday and was reminded of just how good it is. Quality? None better. Ever. Accurate? Dead on out to 50 yards where I was making shotgun shells disappear with it. Beautiful? Oh please. And I love the rear biased balance. The 63 is an example of what could be built when top drawer engineers, in this case Thomas C. Johnson, pull out all the stops, without the hindrance of the bean counters trying to shave corners. This gun ROCKS.

I'm with you on this....saying these are nice guns is like saying water is wet....an understatement. From the generation that whipped the Germans in WWII, endured the cold war, and laid the foundation for putting a man on the moon. Those guys knew how to build good stuff! :bthumb:

My '42 model 63.....

 

[papalondog]

I think I would have grabbed it just because of the grooved receiver. I was at a gunshow last year and picked up a drop dead MINT 63 with a grooved receiver. The guy had $1200 and I offered $1000. He came down to $1100 and I walked off...............for about 5 minutes. Went back and bought it. While walking around the show with it later, a dealer just had to have it. I ended up taking a 1 oz graded, first strike, buffalo gold coin for it. I still have mixed feelings on the deal. The gun didn't have a single mark on it that I could see.

 

[Muzzlehatch]

Just kidding, guys.

 

[XLIV]

Just kidding, guys.

Oh great..I already broke the kid's piggy bank. Where'd I put that gorilla glue?

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