Im wildly sorry that I resurrected an old topic from the dead, just have a few interesting observations from personal experience, maybe someone will need this information in the future. Just my opinion, and worth exactly what you paid for it, but I would avoid using any internal gun pockets, or purc...

The 40-82 will porbably bring a little less money than a 45-70 or 45-90 but even then, I would not be surprised to have it go over $2000, maybe even more. From the pictures, it looks like an honest rifle with maybe a little varnish added to the stock. Stock varnish does not seem to hurt value as muc...