ORIGINAL: frontier gander
Need some help! Found a "new" cva mountain rifle that was built from a kit, never fired and is a flintlock in .54 cal. The rear butt of the rifle was carved way wrong and no butt plate. Asking price is $200 but i think thats a little to high for something that has a messed up stock. I offered $175 shipped, thats what i paid for a brand new mountain rifle some months back. If he says no, would you just bite the price he wants and take it for $200 or what?
FG, No. It is not worth that much in my opinion since he screw up the stock. $100 max you pay the ship. You essentially are buying a barrel and a lock for $175 and you can get a new Green Mountain for that that on sale right now, an L&R Lock is $110. I think it is way too much for a mess up stock, given that a new one is $200 and you can build it. If you want a new 54, just buyit from a kit and make it yourself,'cause you do beautiful work. Ifyou bought a replacement stock I think you will pay $100 for it so essentially you paid $275 for a $200 kit gun and you still had to do the work on the new stock. You did not say if you could recover the stock, I am assuming you can't, but I could be wrong. If you can recover the stock, then$175 is fair, since nobody is going to pay full price for a screwed up gun stock. Most guys like beauty and I recall the last one you build it was beautiful (if I remember correctly it was next to your hot tub). That is my $.02.Best wishes.Chap