Hey Fellas, been a while. sometime life gets in the way of fun....
My best friends FIL is in pretty bad shape, and it's sad. We went to many gunshow's together, the three of us over the course of 25 years or so, and Ken was always ready to roll. He also had money, which me an my friend did not! Anyway, out at dinner last night and my buddy say's I am to look at his firearm inventory and select something: I was stunned: Ken had quite a collection. My buddy also told me they found another gun tucked away down the basement, and no one knew what it was, but seemed to be black powder. We went to my buddies for a night cap and he asked if I would take a look at it and see if I knew what it was. One look I knew it was a Pedersoli 45-70. Told him so, but didn't know what it's value was as I never owned one. He simply handed it to me and said "take it", no one else will want it.
So now, I'm the owner of a Pedersoli 45-70, CAT 3514. It has rust on the opposite side of the action, the Vernier site also has a bunch of surface rust on it, though not "welded" together. It will take some cleaning for sure, barrel a bit of frost but doesn't appear to be pitted, at least at first glance. I have a number of black powder rifles I cast for, but all flinters and one percussion double barrel. So, what have I gotten myself in to? Me thinks I will need a lot of stuff, but no idea what...…