Does Cabelas do free appraisals on firearms?

[Lurch]

If so are the pretty accurate or do they low ball you and try and buy it?

[spqrzilla]

They bid what they want to pay to enable them to sell at a profit.

[Lurch]

So they don't give you a true appraisal.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

If you want an appraisal pm Bert, the service is not free understandably.

[SuperiorDG]

Post it up here and you will get a close to true value.

[Great-Kazoo]

Gunchoker, guns america will give you an idea what CMV is. Appraisal for ins purposes get it done locally.

[Lurch]

Ok its a
Marlin 1893
Serial number 378xxx which is hard to date but somewhere around 1907-08.
30-30 Octagon barrel takedown model
wood in ok shape with dings but no deep scratches.
metal good shape with good rifling
I have shot the gun and all functions great

[flogger]

I'm thinking octagon barrel and takedown are a plus, Frontier Galleries on So Broadway can give you a good idea of it's value, if you haven't been there, check it out.

DONT forget the Colorado gun collectors show on May 17-18 at the Mart. You will get estimates from several big time Marlin collectors and other vendors, probably a few offers. Not that big of a deal to bring a gun in, crowded in the middle of the day, HUGE (tanner x 2) and it's the best traveling gun 'museum' around here.

It's a pain to go, parking sucks, you walk for hours bumping into people but I have never regretted going, always see something new (old).