Need to find out the value of a rifle. I know that you can't really say much without seeing the gun, but a ballpark figure would really be appreciated. At work this morning we went to an old (85) widow's house to work on some water damage and had to move a bunch of furniture. Under the bed was a rifle case. I picked it up and took it to the lady and asked her where she wanted it put. She went into the story about how it was her husband's old deer rifle, and how heavy it was and probably nobody would use something like that now. She unzipped the case and pulled it out. I agreed that nobody uses anything like that anymore. I recognized the pot-bellied rifle immediatly even though I have never seen one except on tv. It was a Johnson .30-06. I let her know that I would be interested in it (while trying hard not to let her know how interested) just for target shooting. She is going to talk to her daughter and see what she wants to do with it, but I think there is a pretty good chance I can pick it up for a reasonable price. It is in pretty good shape, it has been scoped, and there is some light surface rust (no pitting that I could see) on part of the barrel but I think it would clean up to very good condition. What would it be worth, and what would you offer a very nice, old widow for it without feeling too bad? (She is "quite well off" so it's not like I would be taking food off her table)
HELP!!!
bergie
HELP!!!
bergie