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I've been in contact with him..via e-mail in regards to purchasing one of the repro tins. If by some miracle my French is good enough ( 18 years in Canada should get me by..) and it comes in, I will post some good pics and include dimensions if anyone wants.
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Here are a few pics of the tin I got from AAS Sniper 98.
I have had it for well over a year.
My MK2 and MK3 fit perfectaly, and my repro tool fits in and the lid closes without touching the scope.
I will get one of the MK2 square tins next.
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I confess I'm tempted as they're so bleedin' impossible to find - I as yet haven't seen a genuine one for sale at all in the uk in spite of a good deal of hunting around (was offered a repro one once at a lot more than aasinper's. (feel free to pm me if you've got one)Quote:
Originally Posted by Roger Payne
Oh and Roger they're the metal mk2s - they take a bit of finding on the site:
AAS-SNIPER 98 - Pièces détachées d'armes, sabres, épées
Thanks PrinzEugen,
Actually I'm taking a genuine tin to the Motorcycle Museum next weekend. A regular customer of mine bought a T off me a year or so ago & has been trying to find a tin ever since, to no avail. I don't really have any spares but he's a good customer..... so I weakened!
Technically both the round & square ended tins are all No8 Mk1's; the Mk2 really is the stiffened canvas case.
ATB
Actually I'm planning to go next Sunday Roger - you ok with a first come first served on the tin? :)
Ooh! Now you've put me on the spot! He did actually spend a substantial amount of money with me, buying (IIRC) a No7 & a 4T with Mk3(?) scope, so I feel somewhat a debt of duty to him.
Dave & I will have a nice selection of rifles there though. I know this isn't the right forum for it so I won't labour the point, but there seems to be quite a bit of interest in M1903's at the moment, so we'll be taking a couple of those as well as the usual 303's.
See you next week.
ATB
Have any of you guys seen the square-cornered repros? I thought that's what I bought at a gun show in PA a while back, but now I'm not so sure.
The one I have has some surface rust and paint bubbling on the back around the hinges, the front has "102" stencilled in 1-inch high white letters, "RIFLE F33724" in 3/8-inch high white letters with the "F33724" stamped into the metal and outlined in white, and "OS.906A", "CASE STG. TEL. No8" and "B&Co." stamped in 1/8-inch high letters. All these markings are on the lid. the only markings on the inside are on a 2-3/16 by 1-3/4-inch piece of paper that is stuck to the underside of the lid with some sort of reddish goop. The paper reads:
"Rifle No.
F33724
Telescopic No.
14881
51-4510"
What had me thinking it was a repro was the price, but from listening to all this now I'm not so sure. Any ideas?
Cheers!
Sounds genuine to me, though I'm not an expert. Post a couple photos and the folks who know can probably say for sure.
I tried posting these last night but bloody Internet Explorer packed up on me... probably another Vista issue...
Anyway, here are the pictures.
Case Stg Tel No 8 Mk I pictures by Longshaor - Photobucket
Sorry for the link, but the files are too large for the site and I don't know how to shrink them.
So, if it is the real deal, what do they usually go for?
Cheers!
It looks original to me. The stencilling is pretty typical, and the patina on the varnished label is hard to replicate. Originals will usually fetch between $500 to as high as $800 back in the heyday two or three years ago. I suspect between the economy and perhaps the replicas filling some of the void, prices may settle down somewhat.