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Message started by mavt on Apr 7th, 2020 at 5:08pm

Title: Any Birth Year Firearms?
Post by mavt on Apr 7th, 2020 at 5:08pm
Seeking out a firearm "born" the same year as the owner can turn even the most common of models into something a bit more special.

When Winchester ceased production of the Model 1894 in 2006 many of the millions out there suddenly became more collectable and prices skyrocketed even for the junk. As a teen, my first centerfire was a used M94 30-30. Back then I wasn't interested in when it was made but by the overall condition I know it had to have been a pre-64 that now would be worth many times more than I paid for it - had I kept it.

So now that these are no longer being made I too wanted to obtain a clean pre-64. But I wasn't in a hurry and while waiting for the initial demand to abate I casually began looking for an affordable one and decided to make the search more interesting by targeting one from my birth year.

In 2009 I saw one in a NH gun shop that met my condition and price criteria and happened to be at the middle of my birth year serial# range, likely test fired close to the time I took my first breath. It had normal usage wear to the bluing with a few areas that looked like blood may have removed some bluing. The stock was in original condition except for a couple barely visible notches on the buttstock bottom. The chambering was 32 Win Special which made it more interesting than the mundane 30-30. My search was over.

Anyone have a birth year firearm story or pictures to post?   
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