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Post by Bill on Sept 21, 2005 12:53:24 GMT -5
Two things were giveme's on this gun KLSM54
As far as I can remember the 37A's didn't have this type of buttplate
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Hard to do if its stamped on the barrel.
What thru me on your info was the fact that they made the 37A in 28 gauge. I learned something too from your investigation. ;D
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Post by bounce on Sept 21, 2005 12:57:04 GMT -5
Model 37 mfg 1936-63 100% 12ga. $295, 16ga 250, 20ga 325,28ga $1650, ,410ga $375 a 28ga. in 60% condition is $350, If truly NIB add $125 to $175. add 20% for Red letters models, add 15% for 32" barrel. most 28 ga. have the "Red Letter". Price as I stated before for the 37A is the same for a 37A ,410ga you add 75%
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Post by jimh on Sept 21, 2005 13:51:48 GMT -5
bill, your description is the lever of which i speak, the one with the tear shaped hole. when i said forged i was refering to the fact that it looked like you took a piece of iron, heated it up and bent it over. that is the one i had, and payed 75.00 for and wished like hell i had back. that being said i somewhat ruined mine by having it turned into a meat shoot gun. heck i ran the forcing cone out, had the trigger pull tweaked and had it tapped for screw-in chokes. oh yea it had been tapped for a scope mount too. won it's share of meat and cash. got hooked up with a guy that did wood at the browning factory in arnold, MO and he redid the stock on it. it sure was a head turner at the meat shoots, back then everyone was shooting 97's.
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Post by Bill on Sept 21, 2005 13:59:23 GMT -5
I know who you mean if Art is who your talking about and he does some very nice work. Don Goins also used the Mod 37 for a meat gun. Differance was he would cut the barrels back and then thread the end and then take another barrel and cut it forward and then turn threads inside of it and thread it onto the existing barrel and then turn it down to match. He then would backbore it and open the forcing cones and also lengthen the forcing cone at the muzzle along with changing the angle. We use to talk for hrs about the merits of the mod 37 and what he was doing to them. I forget the # of pellets he could put on a card at 40?? some yards. He also mounted scopes on them. The 37's could have the triggers tweeked till they were awsome due to the design of the strikker.
Also Bounce, If you keep using that blue book to buy guns by you will get burnt someday. Badly too. Some of the guns you like to buy I have found the book to fall way short of or way over what it actually should be. :-)
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Post by bounce on Sept 21, 2005 16:50:02 GMT -5
Bill it's just a good standard guide, then you need to know your own area, then what's hot & cold else were and of course the same at Cabela's. Everywere is diferant it seems. Like you say way under or over??? all part of the game. but if someone asks and I answer it will be by the book. bounce
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Post by bounce on Sept 21, 2005 16:54:43 GMT -5
PS. Bill, listing to you can get one in trouble too!!!! ...smiles..
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Post by Bill on Sept 21, 2005 17:15:27 GMT -5
Hasn't gotten you into trouble yet.  By the way, I still need the FFL for the return of the colath to you. Tell Moons to send it. |
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Post by bounce on Sept 21, 2005 18:56:27 GMT -5
Did so, he said he was going out to you soon and bring it then??? When??? no good at guessing that??
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Post by Bill on Sept 22, 2005 9:03:22 GMT -5
D-D is comming out to drop off some dogs with a guy and staying the night this weekend. Have him bring it along and he can pick up the Colath and bring it back.
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Post by deputydon on Sept 22, 2005 17:22:31 GMT -5
Let's see the going rate on mileage just went up to $00.515 ~per mile. How far is it Bill?
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Post by Bill on Sept 22, 2005 22:34:12 GMT -5
Hmm lets see, one night lodging, milage at that 51.5 per mile and wow this gun got spendy |
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Post by jimh on Oct 4, 2005 8:43:59 GMT -5
  got a guy wanting to sell this one, it is a little rough and while it is an early issue as you can see it is not a pigtail but does have the small hammer. i would say this one came out the second year or so. comments on price/worth? |
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Post by Bill on Oct 4, 2005 20:23:36 GMT -5
I would say in the condition its in its probably about a $150 gun. Buy it for $100 and sell for $150
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Post by jimh on Oct 5, 2005 7:16:34 GMT -5
bill we think alike, he would let me have it for 120.00 but i gotta get a ffl to handle the out of state transfer so i'd be into it for 150.00 and it is in too used of a state for what i'm looking for. not to mention i'm looking for another pigtail redletter.
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Post by Bill on Oct 5, 2005 7:23:26 GMT -5
Smart thinking jimh.
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By the way, I still need the FFL for the return of the colath to you. Tell Moons to send it. 
