I think it's fair to say the sales pitch is creative!

[BushyFromOz]

BFO how do they trace the provenance of these things anyone can mod an '07 and age the marks there are some clever people out there not saying anything about that '07 just how does one tell the real mcCoy's.

i actually dont mind too much that it was modded (though about doing it myself several times, if i could find a stuffed 1907 as the right price). It irks me they did such a bad job of it. That sale to me is a targeted rip off for the unwary. There is no reason it cannot be identified. Even my google fu is not that weak.

Im considering buying a knockoff no5 somone is trying to pass of in a local gunshop.

I could use the action, mod the stock and sell it as a sporter stock, as well as the genuine no5 sight and the muzzle flash/bayonet lug ut has on it.

It shits me as it was a matching Fazakerly with the serialised magazine and a amazing wallnut stock before it got butchered.

I could get the spare action i need and prevent some other schmuck getting ripped off