Mike, still interested in tearing it apart? Sold for $13,500 plus 15% buyer's premium. I was right. This forum is coming back to life.
"Tearing" is not what I was suggesting.
"Pulling apart" as in disassembling and looking for clues such as makers marks or other details that may help identify the maker.
Would I still be interested in doing so? Absolutely, but at the selling price the bidder either knows, or is convinced it is a Kennedy rifle.
No benefit to the bidder to have such an evaluation done.
As an aside, if it is a Kennedy rifle, the price is still surprisingly high. Within the past 5-7 years I have seen a couple of "documented" Kennedy rifles sell for significantly less.
Unless the buyer added value for the story.
Cannot comment about the forum, I know I don't participate enough to bring any life.
