[Keith True]

Somebody knew something,it brought $900. I wouldn't have a clue.I know some things are dated by the design.I would look for a date on a coin myself.I have an old Winchester rifle,picked it up somewhere when I was a kid.Just an old lever action rifle to me.My uncle,who is a gun dealer,told me years ago to hang onto it.He knew it had some value but not how much.He said a specialized collector of them would know.He sent a couple of guys over one day that dealt in them,there was no date,but they knew almost to the day when it was made.Screw heads in a certain shape,script in a certain way,placed in a special way,they showed me a dozen things on it to date it.I didn't take the $3500.or so they offered me,either my uncle or grandfather had gotten me the gun for something like 15 bucks around 69-70.I shot my first deer with it,it has ridden around behind my seats,under my seats,in the back of the trucks,for years it laid across the top of my backrest in my 30 pickup.It could have been stolen a thousand times but the thought here is if a fellow has a gun,has another one.It is now at least kept in the house.My ex's father was an antique dealer,the value of old beat,broken,worn-out,junk can be sky-high.That quarter,to me,is worth a quarter.