One of these years I'd like to obtain an original Kentucky/Pennsylvania flintlock rifle. I imagine this show is the best way to go about it.
Got there at 130. No lines. Wow. Overwhelmed with the displays and the goodies. Three very nice people looked at my 1898 krag carbine and pronounced it real and at different values. Saw dennis russell who wrote the book on 2nd generation colts ( highly recommended his book if you like these BP revolvers). Such a nice gentleman. And then when my feet couldn’t take it any more,
( hurt the big tow kicking a heavy bag yesterday) i left. 3 hrs or so. Very worthwhile.
Had a great time at the show today. Got a bunch of oddball ammo for a good price. Went there looking for one item in particular and managed to find it, an Austro-Hungarian M1870/74 Gasser revolver. Even managed to get a good deal on it too. Saw a few other milsurp rifles that I wanted but I blew my cash on the revolver.
Went with my oldest son and dad. Picked up a pietta 1851 naval repro for $200 like this:
https://www.emf-company.com/store/pc/1851-Navy-Dlx-US-Marshal-44-5-1-2-110p1808.htm
Son picked up a brass and blued 1851 Naval repro with an 8" barrel for $200.
Dad picked up a Egypt contract rolling block that needs some love for $250.
Had a really good time and plan on making this a family tradition. Amazing amount of history at this show. Way better than anything modern.
Yes ( with do you want to sell it? Answer, no. And that’s as far as it went. ) but the rear sight is a rifle sight, updated, and the stock also updated, by the arsenal. Someone found a Proof mark i missed. Another thought it had gone to the phillipines for constabulary. No import mark. But thought it had seen jeep duty. Not a bannerman and not original and not worth 4k. But it has bones. But noone spent much time as i wasn’t selling. I have $290 in it.Did any of them offer to buy it from you? A real '98 carbine is worth north of $4000. I'm going to assume they matched it to a SRS direct hit for a '98 carbine if they confirmed it was real.
I fondled your Krag at several shows (before you bought it) and I would have sworn it was a Bannerman Carbine.
Congrats!!!
I looked at several Krags as I still had $ in my reserves, but did not buy cause the rifling at the muzzles were trash. I think next year I will just concentrate on Krags
I was looking at the Spingfields and some were selling for less than the Pedersolli repro's.