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saw a rare sight at a gunshow yesterday...
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rocky branch
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I have a HSc my father, 506 PIR brought home.
It actually had the paperwork-one of the 5 out of a hundred I mentioned.
The Officer detailed to sign the papers that day got lazy and wrote the magazine number instead of the pistol's actual number.
It was lost when gram sold the farm.
I have early Jap pieces, well made and finished and very late ones that I would not fire.
The safety knob held by a glob of weld would make a funny dent in one's gourd if it let go.
Late Mausers were just as bad.
It actually had the paperwork-one of the 5 out of a hundred I mentioned.
The Officer detailed to sign the papers that day got lazy and wrote the magazine number instead of the pistol's actual number.
It was lost when gram sold the farm.
I have early Jap pieces, well made and finished and very late ones that I would not fire.
The safety knob held by a glob of weld would make a funny dent in one's gourd if it let go.
Late Mausers were just as bad.
Wow is this a painful discussion of gunshow myth.
Mummed rifles are very common, and the condition of the rifle and the number of assembly-matching parts are of far greater import than a stamping. A rarer manufacturer or better condition example also commands a premium.
At best a chrysanthemum would command maybe a $50 increase in value over a comparable scrubbed example.
Further, a twenty of 7.7 Japanese Arisaka cartridges runs about $22, and the 6.5 about the same. If you're overpaying for Lapua or something, at Gander Mountain, yes, I suppose you might get roped into $30-40 a box, but that's just for lack of comparison shopping.
And the idiot on Sons Of Guns should assuredly not be taken as gospel. Hell, they couldn't figure out the safety.
Mummed rifles are very common, and the condition of the rifle and the number of assembly-matching parts are of far greater import than a stamping. A rarer manufacturer or better condition example also commands a premium.
At best a chrysanthemum would command maybe a $50 increase in value over a comparable scrubbed example.
Further, a twenty of 7.7 Japanese Arisaka cartridges runs about $22, and the 6.5 about the same. If you're overpaying for Lapua or something, at Gander Mountain, yes, I suppose you might get roped into $30-40 a box, but that's just for lack of comparison shopping.
And the idiot on Sons Of Guns should assuredly not be taken as gospel. Hell, they couldn't figure out the safety.
USAF_Vet
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And the idiot on Sons Of Guns should assuredly not be taken as gospel. Hell, they couldn't figure out the safety.
I had forgotten about that, they said there was no safety on the Arisaka. there is, it's on the back of the bolt, similar to a Mosin Nagant, but actually easier to use.
BigDaddyNEB
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When I saw the tag " Rare sight", I thought maybe it was for a dealer who would actually come down on his/her price.
VT Deer Hunter
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Very cool find.
Gunnerboy
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To find one with the mum intact all day long try some gun shows on the west coast, i live in washington and it seems like 1 out of 10 has the mum intact
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