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cgt4570 KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 3 Location: TN Joined: Jun 4^th, 2011 Gender:	Was $400 too much to pay for a 1896 C rear sight? Jun 17^th, 2011 at 6:37pm	Print Post
	I just agreed to buy a complete correct 1896 C rear sight for $400 for my 1898 Carbine (shown in a previous discussion thread). Was that a fair price? My existing sight is a C base with a rifle ladder. Is the C base worth much without the correct ladder? Just wondering if I can recoup anything by selling the take-off sight.


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5MadFarmers Ex Member	Re: Was $400 too much to pay for a 1896 C rear sight? Reply #1 - Jun 18^th, 2011 at 1:30am	Print Post
	Only if you bump into one for $200. Even then only if you don't get $400 back out of it. The only one who was able to answer that question was you and you've done so. "It was worth $400 to me to complete my 1898 carbine" is what you thought and so it's what you did. Don't sweat it. It's not as if you'll only ever be able to get $20 for it. When the economy picks up you can dump it and likely make a profit. Then you'd have to pay $500 to replace it so you'd be back in the same boat. So, no.


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geezmo KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6 Location: NY Joined: Sep 16^th, 2004 Gender:	Re: Was $400 too much to pay for a 1896 C rear sight? Reply #2 - Jun 28^th, 2011 at 10:11pm	Print Post
	I saw one go for $600 once. Would I pay that, or even $400, probably not. One thing to consider is if you're into the carbine cheap enough (before the site) what does it matter? Compare your total investment, to what the retail value may be. The rest is irrelevant.


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