504PIR, the word “Bannerman” comes to mind.
As you may not have heard of this company, a word of explanation is on order. From what I have read, it seems that Bannerman became notorious in the...
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504PIR, the word “Bannerman” comes to mind.
As you may not have heard of this company, a word of explanation is on order. From what I have read, it seems that Bannerman became notorious in the...
I have been informed that the text which I described as a seller's puff originated with someone whom one would expect to have known better.
I am not a Trapdoor expert - although I do have one...
... Look at the wood around the lockplate. Note the chips in the wood along the bottom edge and at the rear. A lock (not necessarily the one we see now) was at one time incompetently levered out....
The more I study this seller's puff, the less I think of it!
This carbine was produced at Springfield in 1883...
- that has already been demonstrated to be implausible on the basis of known...
I think the backsight may have been retrofitted. It seems to be a bit "fresher" than the barrel on which it is mounted. Take a good look at the way it sits on the barrel.
To understand better what...