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    Default Need help on buying a gun

    I could use some help on pricing an 0.38 Pennsylvania Long Rifle.

    I know of one that was made from a Dunop kit in the early 1980's. The person who built it had a professional quality wood shop. This wasn't a show piece rifle but was used for hunting and shooting matches. It has an octogonel barrel with deep grove riflings. There's not a lot of artistic carving on inlays or stuff like that but the quality of the Dunop kit and the workman ship are top rate. It's a fine rifle.

    So my question. What do you think would be a fair offer for such a rifle? It's in good working condition, no rust, etc.
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    Oh you have to ask the nuts, STY is busy talking about killing Democrats - can you wait till Billy gets on?
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    Actually this seems like a hunting rifle and not something used for throbbing erections and/or murdering Democrats.

    I bet Leaningright can help. He seems to use guns for non-crazy stuff.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Derp Derp View Post
    I could use some help on pricing an 0.38 Pennsylvania Long Rifle.

    I know of one that was made from a Dunop kit in the early 1980's. The person who built it had a professional quality wood shop. This wasn't a show piece rifle but was used for hunting and shooting matches. It has an octogonel barrel with deep grove riflings. There's not a lot of artistic carving on inlays or stuff like that but the quality of the Dunop kit and the workman ship are top rate. It's a fine rifle.

    So my question. What do you think would be a fair offer for such a rifle? It's in good working condition, no rust, etc.
    I could help you with accessories for your outfit, but buying a gun is foreign territory for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darla View Post
    Oh you have to ask the nuts, STY is busy talking about killing Democrats - can you wait till Billy gets on?
    let's set the record straight. I don't care if you're democrat, republican, liberal, or conservative. anyone that attempts to enforce an unconstitutional law upon me will be shot.
    A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.

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    The most I would pay is $400 if I were you. If it were ME i'd say $250, because I don't care for black powder guns. Unlike buying a car, beng 'used' doesn't necessarily affect price. Make sure to check for pitting in the rifling and a good crown (the last half-inch or so of rifling at the end of the barrel).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Darla View Post
    Oh you have to ask the nuts, STY is busy talking about killing Democrats - can you wait till Billy gets on?
    I was going to send a PM to Billy but I dont' know what ID he's using at the moment! LOL
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thomas Jefferson View Post
    The most I would pay is $400 if I were you. If it were ME i'd say $250, because I don't care for black powder guns. Unlike buying a car, beng 'used' doesn't necessarily affect price. Make sure to check for pitting in the rifling and a good crown (the last half-inch or so of rifling at the end of the barrel).
    I was thinking $300, including the possibles kit, so I was in the ball park, eh?

    Actually in a case like this with the wood having aged properly for 30 years it looks great. No problems with the barrel. No pitting and the riflings are in great shape.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Derp Derp View Post
    I was thinking $300, including the possibles kit, so I was in the ball park, eh?

    Actually in a case like this with the wood having aged properly for 30 years it looks great. No problems with the barrel. No pitting and the riflings are in great shape.
    You should pay $600 for making the poor guy deal with a dumbass from Ohio.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Derp Derp View Post
    I was thinking $300, including the possibles kit, so I was in the ball park, eh?

    Actually in a case like this with the wood having aged properly for 30 years it looks great. No problems with the barrel. No pitting and the riflings are in great shape.
    I wouldn't buy a muzzle loader under .50 caliber unless it is just a wallhanger.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Derp Derp View Post
    I was thinking $300, including the possibles kit, so I was in the ball park, eh?

    Actually in a case like this with the wood having aged properly for 30 years it looks great. No problems with the barrel. No pitting and the riflings are in great shape.
    30 years is nothing. I have guns that have been around for nearly 100 years and the wood on them is near flawless. If $300 is your max then that's your max. Like I said $400 is the most I would advise given the description you gave, but I'd have to see it in person. You can get even cheaper reproductions but the Dunop is one of the better ones.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Superfreak View Post
    You should pay $600 for making the poor guy deal with a dumbass from Ohio.
    He's from Ohio too......dumbass.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Derp Derp View Post
    He's from Ohio too......dumbass.
    Then I'd give him a old sock and half a rotten sandwich. That's pretty much a dowry to you people.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rune View Post
    I wouldn't buy a muzzle loader under .50 caliber unless it is just a wallhanger.
    That's a silly comment. If you know how to load a 0.38 muzzle loader it has the same affective killing range as a 0.50 cal and is probably more accurate.
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