February 10, 2008
The mother of all gun auctions
WINCHESTER MODEL 1897 WW11 TRENCH GUN (THIRD VARIATION) WITH US AND STANDARD ORDNANCE BOMB ACCOMPANIED BY KERR SLING AND BAYONET. SN 956113. Cal. 12 gauge. 20 3/4" cylinder choked bbl. Fine example of a WWII trench gun in fine original condition with the exception of a replaced buttplate. CONDITION: Receiver retains better than 90% of the original Winchester military blue with very minor scratches. Inspectors marks are present. Bayonet is in excellent condition with some very minor blood spotting throughout. Scabbard is also excellent. Mechanically sound. This would be a fine asset to any WWII or Winchester collection. 4-34042 BK2 (2,500-3,500)
When attorney Bruce Stern died last summer, he left behind perhaps the finest privately-held collection of military weapons -- including pristine machine-guns and sub-machine guns dating back to World War I -- in the U.S., if not the world.
The entire lot of 360 rifles, pistols, shotguns and automatic weapons -- representing the best of the more than 5,000 weapons amassed by the avid collector during his lifetime -- is to be auctioned off next month, the proceeds donated by Stern's estate to benefit the NRA's endowment.
The on-line catalog is astonishing; many of the guns are said to be nearly new, some are even unfired.
What I wouldn't give for a bottomless line of credit ... and to live in a state where the legislature hasn't banned damn near every one of the most desirable of these firearms.
Hmmm, Tennessee doesn't require that I take the bar exam ....
Posted by Mike Lief at February 10, 2008 09:06 PM
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If you wanted to buy me the perfect Navy 1911 for $5K, I would let you. Or the unfired Civil War rifle. You can have all the machine guns.
Posted by: The Little Coach at February 11, 2008 08:29 AM