You could set up at Gun shows and charge people $5 to just hold it for a minuteA- How absolutely ephing cool would it be to own this relic? Way ephing cool!
B- Would you actually shoot it if you bought it? Man, I dunno.... It's described as functional but rough condition. At $40-60k I don't know if I could bring myself to actually pull the trigger.
I don't see how that won't reach double that amount at an auction. That is a huge piece of American history.Christie auctions to $40K to $60k....
Even your forefathers spoke in asterisks, the ****** nut didn't fall far from the ******* tree.What an amazing piece of history that would be to hold.
I have an ancestor that survived one of Sitting Bull's most famous battles; Battle of The Little Big Horn. He was within earshot of Custer when Custer stated his last known words...."Holy ****, look at all them Indians!"
Even your forefathers spoke in asterisks, the ****** nut didn't fall far from the ******* tree.
My maternal grandfather was born toward the end of Geronimo's most active period (born in 1879). He passed in 1972 and I often wish I'd have had the forethought to talk to him more and ask him questions. But he was stone deaf, and was a big fan of professional wrestling so I don't know what kind of stories he'd have had to tell. Mom's side of the family were kind of from the "wrong side of the tracks" compared to Dad's side.Fun fact (at least to me):
When I was a kid, my grandfather talked from time to time about Geronimo and the stories he would read about him in the news (along with other historical events). When I did the math, I figured out that the last years of Geronimo's life overlapped the early years of my grandfather's life by several years.
History always seemed pretty "close" when I realized my grandfather lived during the same time as Geronimo. That epiphany gave me a much different perspective on the world when I was growing up.
What an amazing piece of history that would be to hold.
I have an ancestor that survived one of Sitting Bull's most famous battles; Battle of The Little Big Horn. He was within earshot of Custer when Custer stated his last known words...."Holy ****, look at all them Indians!"
Yeah....but he wasn't a soldier.
I have it on good authority that your ancestor had the beer and brat concession at the battle.
An 1886 owned by the soldier who captured Geronimo sold for over a million.
That rifle was serial number 1 of the 1886's.An 1886 owned by the soldier who captured Geronimo sold for over a million.
That rifle was serial number 1 of the 1886's.