First Guns
Every gun owner has to start out with the first gun. For me, it was a shotgun: an Ithaca Model 66 20 gauge lever-action single shot. I bought it 42 years ago, still shoot it once in a while, and it’s still in fairly good shape. I did some restoration on the gun after it had been put away for several years.
I was surprised that after paying twenty dollars for it in 1966 (in new condition then) that it’s still worth anywhere from fifty to two hundred fifty depending on condition. I estimate mine to be in the 90 dollar range with a few scratches and some lightly tarnished metal patina - yeah that’s it - patina.
