What would I ask for this?

[Boatncamp]

First, when selling, take better pictures and be aware of shadowing and background contrast. Your current pictures have the rifle in a shadow which makes is more difficult to see the details. Take pictures of the details such as the patch box, lock, frizzen etc.
Second, remember that you can come down in price but cannot go up in price unless you have it posted as an auction. You can start at what you might think is unreasonable and if there are no takers, come down in price. Or simple include or best offer.
Write the best description that you can. It is a ONE piece stock. This is important selling point as many of the inexpensive long guns sold in the seventies and eighties had two piece stocks.

Good luck

Woody

 

[Crow-Feather]

Buying for looks and buying for use are two different things. I see the single trigger, the flint far from secure in the lock, the wrong screws holding the lock plate, the gap tween the barrel and the tang, and all the sanding marks not smoothed out. I am not trying to be mean. You asked for an honest appraisal and that is what I see. Since I can't see how it shoots, I can't speak for it's shooting ability but I have seen that these rifles had a very good barrel in terms of accuracy. $250.00

 

[kje54]

First, when selling, take better pictures and be aware of shadowing and background contrast. Your current pictures have the rifle in a shadow which makes is more difficult to see the details. Take pictures of the details such as the patch box, lock, frizzen etc.
Second, remember that you can come down in price but cannot go up in price unless you have it posted as an auction. You can start at what you might think is unreasonable and if there are no takers, come down in price. Or simple include or best offer.
Write the best description that you can. It is a ONE piece stock. This is important selling point as many of the inexpensive long guns sold in the seventies and eighties had two piece stocks.

Good luck

Woody

If I really get serious about selling it then I might take your advice. That said I'm not a professional retailer looking to max out my potential profit by hiring a professional photographer (something I'm not) to take awesome pictures....... Besides I have to take pictures where I have room to take those pictures and I don't have a studio or the setup for one. With the pictures available most people can see for themselves it's not a two piece stock and I could add a few more if and when people ask for them. Part of leaving some pictures un-posted is for potential buyers to request confirmation images to determine I'm not a scammer. Thanks again for your advice.

 

[kje54]

Buying for looks and buying for use are two different things. I see the single trigger, the flint far from secure in the lock, the wrong screws holding the lock plate, the gap tween the barrel and the tang, and all the sanding marks not smoothed out. I am not trying to be mean. You asked for an honest appraisal and that is what I see. Since I can't see how it shoots, I can't speak for it's shooting ability but I have seen that these rifles had a very good barrel in terms of accuracy. $250.00

Fair enough. My goal in refinishing it wasn't to make it pristine but to make it more of a "barn" gun, old and well used. The lock plate screws were the ones that originally came with it.

 

[Joemolf]

I'm no expert but you've rehabilitated an excellent entry-level long gun. In the current market $350-400 asking price is acceptable so long as the lock is in good shape and the bore is good. I think you should easily be able to get $350, lesser guns have brought that recently.

Concur don’t sell your self short 3 -400 doesn’t buy much of anything today provided it is in working order I personally would not sell it for less. Maybe take a short close up video and post it . I like pictures but a good video I find presents better. Good luck

 

[Joemolf]

Geez! That's ridiculous. Local sale? Heck even person to person within an hour or two drive of you would be preferable to that shipping price.

Unfortunately unless you have a ups FedEx or usps account the cost to ship a long rifle for me has been neer 100 every time. Kibler apparently ships all there rifles USPS. That being said in the future I am going to try USPS I think they are easy to deal with. I have found FedEx and UPS at times reluctant to ship well you know because it’s a rifle.

 

[sawyer04]

Just looking for an honest assessment

I feel embarrassed to quote anyone a value on their merchandise. It just depends on what part of the country it is. In my neck of the woods it would be a stretch to get $200., but I have seen specimens like this bring as much as $400 in the right place. Looks like a nice entry rifle for someone and clean job of refurbishing it.