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coyotejoe:
I let this one get away from me because I was fixated on the Franz Kettner Stalking rifle. I was determined to get the Kettner rifle and so could not afford to bid on the Savage. I can't believe it went for $250. I try to console myself by telling myself that if I had bid the other guy would also have bid it up so it might not have been such a sweet deal by the time the bidding was over. But this is by far the nicest 219 I have seen in years, if ever.

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/583544892

Garnett:
Joe, I agree with you, it is a very nice rifle.  If I did not have one like it, I would have bid.  It is what I call a  "First Model Utica" with the steel trigger guard and slim trigger.  Did you notice the rear sight?  It looks different from the normal sights on these early guns.  You did not actually say, but did you get the stalking rifle?  Garnett

coyotejoe:
Yes I did, I paid about three times as much as the most expensive gun I've ever previously owned but I was determined to have it and that's where the guys reserve price took me. I'm now in the process of selling 6 guns to pay for it. I tell myself I'm "upgrading" by trading quantity for quality. Yeah, that's what I'm telling myself.

Garnett:
In the far distant past, I have traded/sold several guns to get one that I NEEDED RIGHT THEN!  :) :)  And, I might add.....i took a loss on them sometimes!   :(   My wife never objected to me buying a gun, but she really got upset with me if I sold one for less than I paid! :)  Good luck on paying for your new toy!

Mike Armstrong:
I was in Boise, ID a few days ago and there was a (I believe) "2nd Model Utica" .30-30 for sale at Boise Gun Company.  No serial number but "-219-" on the frame.  Nice steel guard, trigger and safety.   All original  except I think the buttstock had been refinished professionally, with some scuffing of the receiver bluing at the "carry" point (looked like it had spent some time in a truck gun rack on bumpy roads, but not bad).  Original sights and excellent but not mint bore.  They wanted $399 for it; not sure if they would dicker, but it's always worth a try.

I have a cherry Utica .30-30 (a little newer with the alloy guard) with a spectacular walnut stock or I would have tried to make a deal on this one.  It's their stock #40153, I think.  I've bought guns from them off GunsAmerica and always been treated very well.  Their website is www.boisegun.com.

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