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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Cabela's strikes again Mar 9^th, 2019 at 5:07pm	Print Post
	I was at Cabela's in Dundee MI today to pick up some powder and saw a very nice 1898 in the 410000 range. Well... nice until I took a closer look. The finish was very good and a nice sharp cartouche. Great bore and sharp rifling too. That's where the nice ends. The 1901 rear sight was buggered up. The knob to tighten the elevation bar was bent over and quite loose... almost to the point I thought it was going to break off. The windage lever was tightened as if someone had used pliers - so tight that no amount of force from me could loosen it! Now here's the really bad: The price was $1399.00. I told the guy working in the gun library about the rear sight, and also about the inflated price. He thanked me for pointing that out and said he was going to alert the manager.


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Kerz KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 307 Location: KY Joined: Jan 13^th, 2017 Gender:	Re: Cabela's strikes again Reply #1 - Mar 9^th, 2019 at 9:57pm	Print Post
	Some people can find a reasonable price occasionally at Cabela's but I've never seen any in the Library.

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Dick Hosmer KCA Official Member Offline Collector of Springfield Arms, 1865-1915 Posts: 1862 Location: Northern California Joined: Nov 20^th, 2005 Gender:	Re: Cabela's strikes again Reply #2 - Mar 10^th, 2019 at 1:54pm	Print Post
	My experience with Cabela's gun library (Reno NV) has been limited and BAD. Their attitude was "don't bother me with pointing out defects, just stand aside, so the guy behind you can buy it." When they FIRST started out with antiques they knew NOTHING about them, and some bargains, or at least fair deals, could be had. Now, they just overprice everything. As to mundane things, some of their Chinese junk sucks, and their return policy appears to be "tough beans". Don't like 'em at all.


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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: Cabela's strikes again Reply #3 - Mar 10^th, 2019 at 7:19pm	Print Post
	I agree with you Dick. In fact, the only reason I grace the place with my presence is to pick up powder or the occasional reloading component that I need. Normally I venture out to another place that is more mom & pop, but it's a bit of a drive for me, and if I'm pinched for time, it's too far to go.


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Local Boy KCA Forum Member KCA Official Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 462 Location: Mat-Su Valley, Alaska Joined: Sep 24^th, 2015 Gender:	Re: Cabela's strikes again Reply #4 - Mar 10^th, 2019 at 9:12pm	Print Post
	Yep, going the way of REI I'd walk into an REI and if I didn't fart granola then they wouldn't even bother with me! Or maybe it was because I hadn't had a bath in 2 weeks?


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