My Words Have Left Me...
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sauer1911
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The close up pics show a HUGE CRACK on the right side just behind the bolt handle!
Just took another look, and it has another vertical break in the stock, so maybe its 2 piece? But on the left side i spy a horizontal crack also!
After looking it over again, it has a garish museum quality to it.
I bet the person who bid $100 is pretty worried right now.
be safe
Just took another look, and it has another vertical break in the stock, so maybe its 2 piece? But on the left side i spy a horizontal crack also!
After looking it over again, it has a garish museum quality to it.
I bet the person who bid $100 is pretty worried right now.
be safe
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SleazyRider
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Would Cabela's sell it?
The stock looks vaguely familiar---perhaps a re-purposed brace of some sort that somebody went after with a rasp and a large dose of inspiration, possibly alcohol induced.
To some extent, it is a reflection upon the seller, I think. Is it worth compromising ones reputation to make a few bucks?
The stock looks vaguely familiar---perhaps a re-purposed brace of some sort that somebody went after with a rasp and a large dose of inspiration, possibly alcohol induced.
To some extent, it is a reflection upon the seller, I think. Is it worth compromising ones reputation to make a few bucks?
Voodoochile
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What's up with the second handle on the bolt?
must be some kind of take down because it looks to have a notch & block in the front just in front of the chamber.
must be some kind of take down because it looks to have a notch & block in the front just in front of the chamber.
osprey176
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That's kinda like a moped,or a fat chick....might be a fun ride,but don't let my buddies see me with it.
Elkins45
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The fact that someone has bid on that thing is an absolute amazement to me.
Frosty Dave
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The only problem I see is that it's not finished. Once the alligator leather is glued on, I'd take it.
BCRider
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Colour me a little odd I guess but I actually like it. In some sort of steam punk steel way it succeeds. Or even as a modern metal sculpture piece. And best of all it's FUNCTIONAL art.
Clearly it steps out of a lot of comfort zones. And we humans have always had a hard time with that. Hell, if you were a WWII soldier that had carried his Garrand through thick and thin and if someone showed you a modern M16 your first impression would be "WTH IS THAT!". Yet now we all lust and fuss after that sort of shape and all the minor variations. It's often all about familiarity.
Clearly it steps out of a lot of comfort zones. And we humans have always had a hard time with that. Hell, if you were a WWII soldier that had carried his Garrand through thick and thin and if someone showed you a modern M16 your first impression would be "WTH IS THAT!". Yet now we all lust and fuss after that sort of shape and all the minor variations. It's often all about familiarity.
NOMI WASP
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Keep'em com'n I love seeing type of listings..LOL
I'd be scared to fire that thing.
I'd be scared to fire that thing.
gpb
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From the ad
"Not sure about functionality - should be looked over by a gunsmith."
I'd say that's a bit of an understatement.
"Not sure about functionality - should be looked over by a gunsmith."
I'd say that's a bit of an understatement.
MachIVshooter
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Oh my.
Looks like the work of a very amateur sculptor with advanced cerebral palsy who got hold of a rifle and a die grinder.
Looks like the work of a very amateur sculptor with advanced cerebral palsy who got hold of a rifle and a die grinder.
Gladius
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Looks like a prop for a sci-fi/post-apocalyptic/dystopian future movie (a dystopian future littered with ugly guns...)....
GBExpat
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I laughed out loud for 15 seconds straight.
I have seen a stock like that designed for someone who was right handed but blind in the right eye. Thing is on this one the curve has been removed by adding the wooden spacer/cheek pad. There was a famous shooter that wrote for gun digest that had rifles made for him to shoot right handed using his left eye. These rifles were all hand made and crazy expensive. This MIGHT have been an attempt at that.
It's crude, but the barreled action looks alright. There is some discoloring on the left rear of the receiver that looks like a re-weld that would give me pause.
It's crude, but the barreled action looks alright. There is some discoloring on the left rear of the receiver that looks like a re-weld that would give me pause.
Panzerschwein
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PU.
And I'm not talking about the soviet rifle scope!
And I'm not talking about the soviet rifle scope!
Field Tester
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Some of these replies are better than the link!
armoredman
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Guys - it's a steampunk prop. The stock needs to be reworked with brass, a couple of brass tubes fitted with pressure gauges, and a narrow tank under the barrel, and voila! You have a steampunk weapon for next ComiCon!
WestKentucky
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That's a new kind of bad. It's badder
Kingknives
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One of my customers used to buy old broken guns to sell at the local gun show. He had one old beat to **** 10/22 that was on his table for about six months, no one was interested whatsoever. So as a goof, he got a can of silver krylon and painted it from head to toe. It sold the very next show. Go figure?
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