I know one of y'all were into the
Sid R
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Monday, March 23, 2020, 12:04 (2341 days ago)
Winchester WSL. I happened upon one in VERY good shape. .351 and was wondering what a fair price is on one these days.
Look real close for forend cracks. Probably some
WB
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Monday, March 23, 2020, 12:15 (2341 days ago) @ Sid R
Usually are and they generally don’t hurt. But good to talk price down. I fixed my .401, they usually are worse. $350 is a good deal if it’s original and no extra holes drilled in it. Factory usually came with two for a tang site. Also retraction got altered butt pads. $300 is cool for a shooter.
Collector specimens can fetch $1000-1500 depending on unique factors. Out of my wheelhouse. I sold mine for $425. The .401 usually fetches $150-200 more than the .351. They made .351 rifles up to 1957!
I think this one is a 1909 and it is in fine condition.
Sid R
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Monday, March 23, 2020, 12:20 (2341 days ago) @ WB
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In that case, pre-war and fine cond. around $500 would be
WB
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Monday, March 23, 2020, 13:47 (2341 days ago) @ Sid R
safe territory for an investment. The ammo can be easily made and I can tell you how. I just used .38 Special dies. You can shoot cast .355 bullets just fine. One can make brass from .357 Max. (semi-rimless perfect replicas) or .223 (true rimless but it works) and is easier.
Basically I cut the shoulder off .223 and trimmed to length, expanded and loaded a 9mm cast bullet. I used military 5.56 too but the brass is harder and splits much faster. First firing blows out the sidewalls to correct fit. Second load looks really close to factory .351 SL. It of course has to fit the mag. but I shot .357 pistol bullets resized to .355 and 180/200 gr. too. I do have a .352" Lyman sizer for the 450 machine.
Thanks
Sid R
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Monday, March 23, 2020, 16:58 (2341 days ago) @ WB
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