Metcalf rifle sold

[mannparks]

https://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=3693&aid=99126&lid=26318522&title=U.S.-Springfield-Model-1873-Trapdoor-Rifle-Fitted-with-the-Experimental-Metcalfe-Device

[Tom Trevor]

Do you know if the price listed includes the 20.5 % buyers premium.

[mannparks]

Plus b/p
On sight is less than 20, I'm guessing 15

[Dick Hosmer]

It's fairly close to mine (61529) - can't read last digit - 6107X.

Nice rifle from a short distance. plate and device look good. But . . . . . . CW hammer screw, first type block and hammer, both WAY too early for SN, UNLESS they used "old stuff" on the experimentals, which would not come as a complete surprise.

For that price, SOMEBODY liked it, so, maybe prices have not gone totally in the toilet, after all.

[70ish]

Rock Island hammer prices that are posted right after the auction, or during the auction, do not include the BP. Later, when prices are posted they will show, at least on my auction source, "odd" numbers meaning ending in something other than 5 or 0. Depending on who you use for following the listings, you may not see the final, inclusive price. In fact, the source I use posts no price for several days after the auction and only shows "0" until then. In order to see a selling price right away, I have to follow the auction live and calculate the premium.