Bert,Im supprised you didn't try and talk him down !!!! grin grin I think the least i ever paid for 1920's was $400 and they both had the peepsights on them, which were creeping up toward $400 on e-bay. My buddy at the scrapyard had a guy show up the last week wanting to sell a couple guns to be scrapped. He had been to the police and they wouldn't scrap them ,they sent him to the junkyard. The 2 rifles paid him $1.65!! crazy crazy A crazy gun scared liberal who inherreted them i believe. One was a marlin levermatic in 22 magnum in like new condition, My brother bought it for $500 and was happy to get it. strange times. You did really well on the 1920, Im betting it will shoot well. Don