Silly Things Said on Auction Sites

[Gunnut]

A little steel wool is all you need

 

[Abulg1972]

This is a good one.

Listing title: "RARE ARGENTINE MAUSER"

Description: "Your bidding on a 1891 Argentine Mauser in 7.65x53(7.65x54). This rifle is rare in that it appears to have never fired live ammunition, cleaned out barrel only to fined black power from blanks[.]"

$650 for a sporter?!?!?! I didn't pay that much for my "rare" crested 1891.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=454477443


Andy

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[Abulg1972]

Oh, he's also selling this. Anyone feeling lucky? http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=454479828


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[sig63]

"it appears to have never fired live ammunition, cleaned out barrel only to fined black power from blanks[.]"

The white gloves certainly lend some credibility to this very scientific conclusion. I am very tempted to email and ask him if he did his analysis with a field swab or back in the lab with the mass spectrometer.

 

[Abulg1972]

The white gloves certainly lend some credibility to this very scientific conclusion. I am very tempted to email and ask him if he did his analysis with a field swab or back in the lab with the mass spectrometer.

I totally missed the gloves. Now I'm dying.

 

[Abulg1972]

"Description: Scarcely seen Type 53 from the Chinese Communist."

With that said, it is nice and appears to be all matching.

 

[Machodoc]

This whole auction is silly. Don't sellers ever do research?

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=463991369

 

[Machodoc]

$650 for a sporter?!?!?! I didn't pay that much for my "rare" crested 1891.

Ridiculous ... but you stole that crested 1891 at the price that you paid. Mine arrived yesterday. It's not in nearly as "unused" condition as yours appears to be, but it's very nice, give that it was apparently issued. Nothing serious wrong with it, and what's on it is "honest wear" from handling and storage.

It did have an import mark (not hard to see ... not sure why seller claimed he wasn't sure if one was there, or not). Ironically, it's another early mark from New Helvetia Mercantile--the same people who brought in my Armada Sistema. It seems that they were among the first to get into the Argentine surplus, and were able to hand-pick the guns that they sold. They apparently had a partner in Argentina in the '80s.

 

[Abulg1972]

Ridiculous ... but you stole that crested 1891 at the price that you paid. Mine arrived yesterday. It's not in nearly as "unused" condition as yours appears to be, but it's very nice, give that it was apparently issued. Nothing serious wrong with it, and what's on it is "honest wear" from handling and storage.

It did have an import mark (not hard to see ... not sure why seller claimed he wasn't sure if one was there, or not). Ironically, it's another early mark from New Helvetia Mercantile--the same people who brought in my Armada Sistema. It seems that they were among the first to get into the Argentine surplus, and were able to hand-pick the guns that they sold. They apparently had a partner in Argentina in the '80s.

I've found that most of these carry a simple "7.53" mark. Most people have no idea that's the import mark.

 

[Abulg1972]

Ridiculous ... but you stole that crested 1891 at the price that you paid. Mine arrived yesterday. It's not in nearly as "unused" condition as yours appears to be, but it's very nice, give that it was apparently issued. Nothing serious wrong with it, and what's on it is "honest wear" from handling and storage.

It did have an import mark (not hard to see ... not sure why seller claimed he wasn't sure if one was there, or not). Ironically, it's another early mark from New Helvetia Mercantile--the same people who brought in my Armada Sistema. It seems that they were among the first to get into the Argentine surplus, and were able to hand-pick the guns that they sold. They apparently had a partner in Argentina in the '80s.

Post good pics!

 

[Machodoc]

Post good pics!

Yeah ... when I get time and nice weather to go outside and take some, I'll post pics of that and my scrubbed 1891.

This one does have the locking box mag ... and I thought that was interesting.

 

[Abulg1972]

Yeah ... when I get time and nice weather to go outside and take some, I'll post pics of that and my scrubbed 1891.

This one does have the locking box mag ... and I thought that was interesting.

Does it have the updated rear sight leaf? When was it made?

 

[Machodoc]

Does it have the updated rear sight leaf? When was it made?

Rear sight goes up to 2,000 meters. Original, I think. Haven't verified the date of manufacture yet, but it's a Lowe, so it ought to be 1891. It has a box mag with the lock on it, also. (Date of Mfg. 1894.)

 

[Abulg1972]

Rear sight goes up to 2,000 meters. Original, I think. Haven't verified the date of manufacture yet, but it's a Lowe, so it ought to be 1891. It has a box mag with the lock on it, also. (Date of Mfg. 1894.)

Both the pre- and post-updated rear sight leaves went to 2,000 meters. My guess is that the sight has been updated given the locking box mag, but who knows.

 

[Alphabrew]

"No ugly import mark!"

The rifle has an import mark, seller is just letting us know its not ugly. I found that misleading comment rather off-putting despite the rifle being quite nice.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=464148581

 

[somd_mustangs]

FN 1922 Rare German Mountain Unit

Here's a good one for a stretch of the imagination.
It has home-made grips "with the unit insignia of the German Alpine Unit ".
There's quite a lot of misinformation here, even from the "correction" by another collector.

The irony - this actually is a pretty rare late-war, commercial-marked pistol.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=464242841

 

[Abulg1972]

This isn't an auction, but it's still silly. Here's a guy that bought a box of the Greek stuff from CTD and is flipping it for ONE HUNDRED DOLLLARS more than he paid. What a jerk. I hate when people do this to fellow collectors.

http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?387532-WTS-Greek-HXP-3006

 

[Abulg1972]

This is pretty funny/clever.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=468774583

 

[Bertfish]

This is pretty funny/clever.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=468774583

I like it when the seller puts in just a little more effort with the ad. Like the people on Craigslist who write a multi-page ad for a couch or something

 

[Machodoc]

This is pretty funny/clever.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=468774583

I'm tempted to bid on it, even though I have no need for it ... now.