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Loggah.... That rifle is what we all dream to own!!! Nice Find !
Great Rifle in your already Great collection!!!
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Rory, The barrel is 28" long , and the bore looks real nice!!!! but i will not shoot this rifle ,the wood grain ,which is beautiful,thru the wrist does not really have a lot of strength there,conventional wisdom has most all of the heavy, curl in the buttstock,and straighter grain in the wrist for strength. I would be real pissed to take this rifle out and shoot it and have a two piece stock in my hands. davidcondon.com is his webmail, his description of this rifle was not quite accurate ,word to the wise. Don Aha, had my 28" 1899B rat sitting here and thought they looked the same. Sweet!
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To tell you the truth, the dealer comes across as an a$$hole to me and others, and with that I dont do any business with him no matter what he is selling.
Easy decision. Over the years I have found a lot of these guys are like a garlic milkshake  and many times I have bitten my tongue (when it is something really fabulous). Keeping the eye on the prize....
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I changed out the rear sight,i knew the other one wasn't right, i also added the Tang sight, the wood behind the tang had been chipped once ,so i put the tang sight on to make sure the chip would never fall out !!! The seller neglected to tell me about the chip !!!  , He said he would give me my money back , after i reamed him out!!!!! i said i would rather keep it and badmouth him for not being up front !!!!!!! the rifle was to rare a version to send back over a chip. Don
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Funny story about this guy. He likes to wear a Marine Corps hat. I asked him if her served and he told me that he did a 4 year stint and then long lectured me on the ways of the Corps. About 90% of it was BS, but I listened quietly. When he was done, I mentioned that I have been serving in the Corps for 15 years, and in two combat zones. Then he got that look on his face that is kind of hard to describe, but lets say made him a little uncomfortable. Wasnt lecturing me too much after that.
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Still a treasure to have and hold. Thanks for sharing the pictures and the details of the rifle and transaction.
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I wanted that rifle myself but the timing was all wrong for me. I have way too much on my plate right now.
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Roger, This one and your Birdseye rifle would have made a awesome pair !!  Don
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I'm a sucker for nice wood. Great find Don
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Roger, This one and your Birdseye rifle would have made a awesome pair !! Don su-PERB rifle there Don , with all those degrees of rarerity,what does that make it RRRRRaaaRREEEEE??rare on steroids,,just love that wood norm
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Thanks for sharing Don! really a nice addition to the "vault". You can't help but love the rifle.
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