StevePrice2
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Does anyone here own and shoot or purchase regularly original antique rifles? Obviously you get what you pay for and sometimes you don't. By that I mean an under-educated individual may purchase an "original Hawken" at a screaming deal and it turns out the "signed" Hawken is neither Jake, Sam or William but Clyde or Elmer. In other words a rip off.
But in the case of 'non-famous builder' guns in good condition at a fair market value of say $600-$1200 -which is what one could put in to a build or less expensive already built custom- is there a reason(s) to avoid buying originals?
The Civil War reenactors often will have original rifles; either Springfields or Enfields even an original Sharps or Trapdoor now and then. Does the same apply to Flinters and Cappers?
The guns are out there and I see them from time to time and to my less experienced eyes and hands, many of them look and feel very balanced, graceful, well built and in shootable condition hence my query...why not buy original anitque?
TIA-Steve
But in the case of 'non-famous builder' guns in good condition at a fair market value of say $600-$1200 -which is what one could put in to a build or less expensive already built custom- is there a reason(s) to avoid buying originals?
The Civil War reenactors often will have original rifles; either Springfields or Enfields even an original Sharps or Trapdoor now and then. Does the same apply to Flinters and Cappers?
The guns are out there and I see them from time to time and to my less experienced eyes and hands, many of them look and feel very balanced, graceful, well built and in shootable condition hence my query...why not buy original anitque?
TIA-Steve