troy fairweather
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the gun shop by is letting me work some did 9 hrs today n some guns to get blued did a colt python ans a colt 357 adnd 3 sxs shotguns. but he has a mosin that will make any one cry ill try to get a pic tomorrow.
"Gunsmithing" gone wrong on gunbroker (Warning, eye burning, and hair pulling may occur when viewed)
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Gunbroker is kinda like the Island of Misfit Toys, more or less.
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Any luck on the picture of that mosin? My curiosity is peaked on this one.
troy fairweather
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im going in tomorrow hope to get a pic of it. and one of the colt i blued. i forgot to get one of the python but its gone now.
THAT is an insult to the 'Kyber Pass' guns. Most of those were quite well done. True they still use old MOVIE FILM instead of powder but hell, if it works, it works.
troy fairweather
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Sorry for the bad pic i was real bussy today. U cant really see in the pic but it has a peace of pipe for a flash hider
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Ouch!!! Looks like the bolt is the kind you find from the real sniper ones. Tact-cool to someone at one time. :-(
troy fairweather
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its like 4 inches long lol. its a izhevsk it my even shoot good wish the shop was of the road id try a few shots. and that colt 357 i finished today.
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There are always a ton of poorly fixed or customized guns available on GunBroker. Buy them and fix them or ignore them, it's not worth losing sleep over.
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Ran into one of the ongoing butcher jobs. These were more common some years back. You would find a WW2 98 Mauser. The rifle would be matching with good bore and much original finish. The laminated stock would be hacked back-"Sporterized and redid". Bubba had taken a bring back 98 and totally destroying any historical aspect of the rifle. I had salvaged a matching BYF43 action from one of these butcher jobs to have a custom rifle built. Wonder what kind of story some of these rifles could tell from their pre-Bubba military days?
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Well, if it works, it works. I have seen much worse.
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I'll put some pictures up if I can of a '72 (XX8) ASM Walker I rescued off of GB. The description said the cyclinder bolt was broke and that it was in good shape. I could see from the pictures that it had wear and improper use of screwdrivers on some of the heads but once I recieved it and took it apart....Holy Cow.... who ever owned it prior to the gun shop I got it from must have given it to their kids/grandkids to play with. I'm guessing after the bolt broke they must have used it for practice in fanning the hammer. The hammer is indented from striking the bare nipples. The nipples are all deformed and the safety pins are all mashed flat. Also several indications that when parts got jammed, someone went at it with a screwdriver as a pry bar. Oh well not dissappointed in the purchase just disgusted that someone would be so careless with a fine revolver. I have a '85 dated ASM Walker that is great to shoot and this one will be too in the near future.
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Jim Watson
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Been a while, but it would be interesting to see those blued guns, never mind the commie surplus.
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You need the auto collision guy from the movie “Doc Hollywood”. He could fix anything.
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That was actually on "Gunbroker"? What was the 'reserve'? And here I thought drilling & tapping was the way to go. I'm so embarrassed:
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