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Trapdoor Springfield
Blckhrn
Member Posts: 5,136
What would an original trapdoor Springfield in the original crate and unfired be worth?
No, I don't have it, got a look with the top off the crate some 35 years ago at an acquaintance's home. As I recall it was in the white. He said the hammer had never fallen on the firing pin. That is about all I know about the rifle. It wasn't a carbine.
"You can build a man a fire and keep him warm for a couple hours or douse him with fuel oil and keep him warm the rest of his life"
No, I don't have it, got a look with the top off the crate some 35 years ago at an acquaintance's home. As I recall it was in the white. He said the hammer had never fallen on the firing pin. That is about all I know about the rifle. It wasn't a carbine.
"You can build a man a fire and keep him warm for a couple hours or douse him with fuel oil and keep him warm the rest of his life"
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He was asking $1000, thinking he may take less. What's it worth?
Also had an 1851 Remington conversion with Maynard (tape)lock. $1800. Bore looked bright at the muzzle.
Thank you for any info
Emmett
Blckhrn: IMHO, $800 tops; there is nothing about the rifle that makes it special. Check the sold auctions for comparisons and you'll get a better idea.
$800 was what I was thinking of offering him
These things are no longer cheap. but I picked up a cut down rifle last summer (done very nicely with the correct trrigger guard, stock/hardware and sights) for $600 that has a gorgeous barrel and shoots like a house afire! Look long and hard when purchasing these. A gun like this without the inspectors and firing proofs is scarcely worth bothering with in terms of collectability as far as I am concerned. Good luck...and boy are these guns fun to play with!