There are two or three for sale on GB now
Actually, there are four...., but alas the sellers live in
The Perfect World while we live in
The Real World.
Three are the "Bicentennial" special editions. Now they may be rare, but that doesn't make them collector's pieces. One is "in the box" with a lock marked "Stowe" which is quite rare, but again just an oddity. One is missing a chip from the lock mortise...
The name "Stowe" commemorates the death of a friend of the person who ordered the lock engraved that way as rememberance...I think maybe it was Turner Kirkland ordered a bunch of locks marked as such, but can't confirm....
Two appear to be in "unfired" condition (one of which is the one with the damaged lock mortise), which means they are just as good as brand new Pedersolis...well the frizzen springs may be better, but that means they are worth $1000 MAX unless you like having the previous owner's name engraved with modern letters on the comb of your buttplate.
The third
claims to be in unfired condition...but if that's so....why does it have the flash guard installed on the lock??? At the most, again, new, with warranty, they go for $1000 on sale, so can't be worth more than that.
The Bess "carbine" isn't
RARE...they still make it today, and the one up for sale was made around 1992 (if my info on Pedersoli serial numbers/proof marks is accurate). It's well used, dirty, and too bloody short for most people's applications, and they want $1000 :shocked2: for it, when again you can get a proper sized one brand new under warranty for $1000, when they go on sale....
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LD