1880 dated carbine

[Tom Trevor]

An 1880 cartouched carbine just closed on Gun Broker for 7,575.50. Item 987907910. As nice a carbine as you will ever see but? More than I thought it would bring.

[Dick Hosmer]

Beautiful, beautiful - but a "closet queen" for sure. Never saw a horse (or a carbine sling) let alone a hostile. That's about twice the $$$$ that I'd have guessed - is the market coming back or did a couple of people just get crazy?

[Fred Gaarde]

It IS a beautiful carbine.
Thanks for posting that.

[Tom Trevor]

Dick, Both prices for good stuff is there and two guys went nuts. We figured 35-45 and one of our guys was in for the first half of the bidding.

[johngross]

Very nice carbine! And not just the $7575 high bid but gunbroker has to collect sales tax too. In my state that would be over $600 additional added to the price. And if you buy from one of the auction houses (RIA, etc,) you get sales tax added to the price plus a 20% +/- buyer's premium. On some of the more expensive Trapdoor model's, the taxes and fees really hurt.

[Tom Trevor]

John, The LSB auctions that carbine was in have no buyers premium. But sock the seller for 20%