tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938438889241366279.post6540497683246380534..comments2023-12-31T00:17:31.718-08:00Comments on From the Caer: Murphy's Law Needs to Buy ThisProudHillbillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14305205710265854978noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938438889241366279.post-28597880332446100592014-01-13T09:40:16.345-08:002014-01-13T09:40:16.345-08:00I'm thinking that with verifiable documentatio...I'm thinking that with verifiable documentation for a primo rifle carried by TR's guys that $4000 sounds more reasonable. On the other hand, I've been left slack jawed by some appraisal prices assigned to guns on "Antiques Roadshow".ProudHillbillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14305205710265854978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938438889241366279.post-9832909165654086882014-01-13T09:22:23.805-08:002014-01-13T09:22:23.805-08:00OH, ok. I wondered who'd let you set an "...OH, ok. I wondered who'd let you set an "$8500 rifle" on the floor for pics. But as Old NFO says...without documentation, it's just another rifle. Now if you happen to run across an un-cut rifle or real carbine at a serious price, lemme know, k?Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938438889241366279.post-15364730056584638602014-01-13T08:55:14.528-08:002014-01-13T08:55:14.528-08:00Nice piece, but without documentation/provenance, ...Nice piece, but without documentation/provenance, it's just another rifle...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938438889241366279.post-8070084977249398162014-01-13T08:05:40.671-08:002014-01-13T08:05:40.671-08:00@Rev and Keads - Particularly since you can get a ...@Rev and Keads - Particularly since you can get a Krag of those years of issue for less than $1000. <br /><br />@ML - That pic isn't the one at the shop. It's just one I stole off the web. <br /><br />And yeah, serious need of paperwork. I once was in an autograph shop that had lots of plaques with the autographs set with pics and biographies in engraved brass and wood. Lovely. And the one they had as John Adam's autograph was actually John Quincy Adams. I told the staff that it was wrong but I betcha some collector with more money than knowledge bought it at some point.ProudHillbillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14305205710265854978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938438889241366279.post-3940555619220282802014-01-13T08:00:38.362-08:002014-01-13T08:00:38.362-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.ProudHillbillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14305205710265854978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938438889241366279.post-89061051086998933992014-01-13T07:44:44.456-08:002014-01-13T07:44:44.456-08:00NIce. I am missing a Krag from my collection. But ...NIce. I am missing a Krag from my collection. But $8500? Seller can KMA for a couple of reasons, the first being that ridiculous price. His story of where it's been is just that--a story--unless he has actual documentation, which I doubt. Most of us learned the hard way to "buy the gun, not the story" and I've been nipped a few times back in the day before I got the message.<br /><br />But more importantly, that one's a fake anyway. It's not a real Krag carbine. It's a Krag rifle that was cut down at some time in it's life. Hard to pick out the clues from that one picture but the front sight gives it away. That's a 1903 Springfield front sight post which tags this rifle as a cut-down, possibly done back in the day by Bannermans or the DCM. It's worth a few hundred bucks but that's it.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938438889241366279.post-79947606027184204972014-01-13T07:06:26.787-08:002014-01-13T07:06:26.787-08:00Ouch indeed!Ouch indeed!Keadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982258812373127063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1938438889241366279.post-26211075958865123302014-01-13T06:49:20.280-08:002014-01-13T06:49:20.280-08:00$8,500? Ouch!$8,500? Ouch!Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.com