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Message started by Kerz on Jan 17th, 2018 at 11:29am

Title: Re: Krag Value on American Pickers
Post by Fred G. on Jan 17th, 2018 at 2:59pm
Way long ago, some wanna be Civil War collector who didn't know his subject at all commissioned them to find and procure a Civil War gun. A guy with a lot of Civil War collectibles in his shop sold them an old 1816 type flintlock musket that had been converted to percussion. They paid $1,200.00 for it with his money that he'd given them. Upon presenting it to him, the new owner was pleased. What nobody including the seller knew was that the musket had been converted to percussion in a Confederate arsenal. It had a unique type of what I call a Snail type bolster that was only produced at a Confederate arsenal during the War Of Northern Agression. Unmistakable. Had they been aware of that fact, they and the buyer would've been tickled pink. Nobody knew of course.

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