I am on the verge of buying one as a plinker and I expect it to show much use and not be a collector piece but the CMP description of these rifles is positively scary. They are stated to be rebuilt and mismatched and pitted with dark, pitted bores and bad wood and they don't seem to have anything good to say about them. In fact, it seems that whomever wrote the text was trying real hard to warn you off from buying one at all.
Are they as bad as all that? The Underwood is $419 and the Saginaw is $479. Anything to choose between them? Why is the latter $60 more? Scarcity or quality?
Are they as bad as all that? The Underwood is $419 and the Saginaw is $479. Anything to choose between them? Why is the latter $60 more? Scarcity or quality?