Well, I've now participated in my very first online auction using Proxibid. Pretty seamless, but annoying as the pages jump around as you are trying to monitor more than one item.

Good news - I won the receiver and breechblock for 197404 (lot 40) for a VERY modest price, all things considered. Jack Lewis told me that the block was right but extractor is no good, however I've figured out how to make it function as it should.

Even better news, I did NOT win the bent swivel stuff (lot 37). It went for WAAY more than I was willing to pay for a trigger guard and upper band, since swivels - especially those intended for a faux 'five-footer' - can be bent, AND there was some question about whether the bands were even for an 1882, some looked like they might possibly be for the XC.

Would be interesting to know who bid so much on lot 37 - is someone else also constructing, or restoring, an M1882, perhaps with a number not yet recorded - could be, as they apparently did not need a receiver.