Michael,
Feel free to do both. I really started this thread because I don't know anything about selling these things. I have never been much of a trader, just an accumulator. This particular rifle has been sitting in my safe since 2002. My recent selling efforts have been a voyage of discovery, unfortunately not happy discovery.
When I first left the rifle with Cabela's, I thought that if it didn't sell there I would just send it off to one of the auction firms. When I tried to do that I was shocked by their suggested reserve. I see people asking similar prices to mine for 1878 reproductions. I believe the current Borchardt Rifle company asking price for just one of their actions is $2,100, with lengthy delivery. So I don't know if the issue is just the style of my particular rifle or the market as a whole. If that is the way it is I am willing to take my medicine, but I thought I might just be doing it wrong, or in the wrong place.
