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[QUOTE=Kurt V;3494620]

1. I want a good one that she will keep forever.


2.One that holds its value. [QUOTE]

U violated your own principles.

I would have suggested buying the Winchester 94/22. Which is a lever action and discontinued. Current price range $600 to $750 and going to go higher. I would get the deluxe XRT model with checkering. It is good quality and something she could keep forever A second choich would be the Browning 52 Sporter or the new Winchester version. It is a bolt action rifle in the same $700 range. The Browning version is discontinued and will go up in value allbeit slowly The quality is superlative. Orginal pre 64 Winchester 52 Sporters are in the $2500 to $3500 range. Get the idea, it is a very popular rifle? A third choich is a Kimber model 82 which is another bolt action. If you buy an orginal Oregon made Kimber for around $800 to $1000 you have another superlative quality, certain to appreciate rifle.

These are guns she can grow into and will be $$$ well placed and not thrown away. Also buying used is the only way to go. Every new gun depreciates like a new car will, the minute U step outa the gun shop door. However a gun has a residual value, which is right below the wholesale price of the gun.