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<blockquote data-quote="rla442" data-source="post: 1130871" data-attributes="member: 13688"><p>I almost forgot about the best and once in a lifetime buy that I got at an estate auction about 10 years ago. It was a large estate sale and the reason I went was due to some civil war firearms. A large enough estate sale that they had security over the civil war guns. In the back of the house was a couple hay wagon with a lot of miscellaneous household items. In one 5-gallon bucket was a couple of long spring leg hold traps and one of those older shotgun reloaders that put the rolled crimp on the shotgun shell. While digging to the bottom of the bucket I come upon a Harpers Ferry 1811 complete lock assembly...flint, screw and all for an early US Harpers Ferry flintlock pistol. I waited and paced for hours waiting for the auctioneer to get to this haywagon, all the while watching to make sure it didnt "disappear". long story short--I eventually bought the bucket for $5, while walking to the truck a guy offers me $5 for the shotgun roll crimper and I sold it to him and took my lock and traps home. </p><p>I took this Harper Ferry flintlock up to the Springfield Armory Museum on one of my trips and had them look it over to ensure it was legit because the lock is perfect with the carbon still intact from when it was carbon blued. That's where I found out my deal was even better and that not only was the lock a legit 1811 Harpers Ferry but it was also for a pistol which very few were made. The lock will eventually be donated to either Harpers Ferry or Springfield.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rla442, post: 1130871, member: 13688"] I almost forgot about the best and once in a lifetime buy that I got at an estate auction about 10 years ago. It was a large estate sale and the reason I went was due to some civil war firearms. A large enough estate sale that they had security over the civil war guns. In the back of the house was a couple hay wagon with a lot of miscellaneous household items. In one 5-gallon bucket was a couple of long spring leg hold traps and one of those older shotgun reloaders that put the rolled crimp on the shotgun shell. While digging to the bottom of the bucket I come upon a Harpers Ferry 1811 complete lock assembly...flint, screw and all for an early US Harpers Ferry flintlock pistol. I waited and paced for hours waiting for the auctioneer to get to this haywagon, all the while watching to make sure it didnt "disappear". long story short--I eventually bought the bucket for $5, while walking to the truck a guy offers me $5 for the shotgun roll crimper and I sold it to him and took my lock and traps home. I took this Harper Ferry flintlock up to the Springfield Armory Museum on one of my trips and had them look it over to ensure it was legit because the lock is perfect with the carbon still intact from when it was carbon blued. That's where I found out my deal was even better and that not only was the lock a legit 1811 Harpers Ferry but it was also for a pistol which very few were made. The lock will eventually be donated to either Harpers Ferry or Springfield. [/QUOTE]
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