Quote Originally Posted by Mike in Wis. View Post

About 12 years ago, about the time Gettysburg came out, a guy stopped by my house with a rifle he bought at an estate sale. At the time I was a municipal Police Chief and he wanted to make sure he didn't need to "register it". The guy wasn't a collector and was a non-hunter.... didn't own any other firearms so he was totally ignorant on rifles in general. He bought it 'cause he saw rifles something like it in the movie, which he liked. It was an original Berdan's special order M1859 Sharps Rifle in excellent condition.... with a diary and letters from the original owner who served in 1st USSS in Company G raised here in Wisconsin. I stood there speechless.... and nearly passed out when he advised he paid $300 for it.
jeebus I almost just fell over... lucky sob