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Civil War collectors! Starting tonight, Smith Carbine 50 Cal AUTHENTICATED with letter, 1865 Calvary
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Very nice.
Do you have the box that it came in from the factory, any small parts with it?😁
nice to say the least
I am sure it will do well , and beyond my budget 😪
Thats just cool there,,,
Budget plus guns no such thing.🤑
Especially when once in a lifetime opportunity knocks.
Civil War? Do you mean The War of Northern Aggression?
Or The War Between the States.....oh wait! That one aint over yet!
I must be getting old, I have shot this gun.
I believe the name “Smith” would be Horace Smith and built with his partner Daniel Wesson at what was the Massachusetts Arms Company.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_carbine
This is still at bargin pricing
It has around 40 watchers so far.....I'm betting a bunch are waiting until the last day to put in any bid and the few bids that have been placed are just token entries for the people that never learned how to "watch" an item and just bid to get the notices when its ending.
I jumped in with a good bid earlier. I won't win but with proxy Bidding I'll be high for awhile.
Pietta made a reproduction of the Smith Carbine.
I was looking for one of these a few years ago and learned the originals sell for around the same price as the reproductions. I'd rather have an original. I never pulled the trigger on either.
The NSSA shoot mostly originals in competition on the east side of the Mississippi. It's basically a black powder cartridge gun.
Looking at the prices on the originals there are a lot out there that run between $2000 to $3000, of course there are some duds out there that didn't do well, but their auctions aren't presented well at all. The authenticity and condition of this one should bring this one up over the average price (I would hope.) I don't know what it will do, but looking at the various websites I think this one should do as expected.
I threw out a $1000 bid just because it was a stupid low price, think $4xx something. I sat high bidder for a couple days and then got outbid. I didn't really care about winning it but now I kind of want it haha. I'm high again.
I do that all of the time. I "sort of" want something....and then someone else acts like they want it and I'll almost panic if I don't get it. This one is in great mechanical working order. The action is nice....it opens easily and closes tight....no big dings or chips on it. Wherever it was in the past all of the previous owners took great care of it. Its pretty much a museum piece.