From: nick royall, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I remember one dealer of classic arms having a large number of pistols with
"mint bores" which had been either recut or polished out so they looked
brilliant but were in excess of 5 thou oversize. Nearly all my classic guns
looked like a piece of junk but sh
From: "Richard Loweth", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You haven't seen "gun coping" at all until you have heard of, and seen some
of the "horrors" that used to be done with English double barrel shotguns
when the fetish for them was at its height in the late 1970's early 1980s'.
Actions squeezed in a vice
From: "roger gascoigne", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Steve's comments on US second hand guns versus UK. The ones you have to
watch our for here are the 'kitchen gun smiths' who do work on their guns
and then sell them. Most often a genuine gunsmith repair or re-fit will be
at least as good as and oft
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Here you have to be much more careful because I
> find that people only sell their guns off when they've worn
> them out, either that or it's an awful gun that they didn't like.
> Not always, you can find some jewels, but it happens quite a lot.
Can't say I agree wit
From: "Richard Loweth", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am sorry that Alex had such bad luck with his rifle. Nothing to do with me
by the way. But I have always found "classics" not that bad. However it is
very much a case of "suck it and see". I found the real "devils" were fixed
sight service revolvers.
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Beware of "factory rebuilds"!
Interest in historic service rifle shooting has created a demand for
these rifles in good shooting condition and the trade responded by
offering factory rebuilt and reconditioned examples of No. 4 Enfields,
Mosin-Nagants, S
