Have Krag prices been going up again?

The bidding on this is somewhat surprising. Seller started at a low price and was not too revealing in item description of problems. I don't agree with condition of bore. Rifling looks strong but it is pitted pretty bad and not what I would call "bright and shiny". Front stacking swivel wrong also. Is that a crack in the stock underneath near the rear trigger guard? Hand guard looks better than some but wrong as Dick pointed out.

Otherwise, I would place a value around $700 for this. Don't see any other features that excite me. Nice cartouche.

I wouldn't have bid on it. There are many better examples out there!

Thanks for sharing, though. Always interesting to review a Krag for sale.