Longbranch Sniper listed for sale

[paulseamus]

I should have stated earlier that the seller of the Longbranch Rifle (and the wirecutter), Colin Green, is a specialist firearms dealer who has an excellent reputation.

Paul

[Lee Enfield]

I should have stated earlier that the seller of the Longbranch Rifle (and the wirecutter), Colin Green, is a specialist firearms dealer who has an excellent reputation.

Paul

Being a "specialist" is no guarantee that he wasn't "taken" at some point in the past.

Don't ask me how I know, it's embarassing...

numbers can also easily be transposed or miss-entered...

[boltaction]

I had a nice email conversation with the fellow advertising the rifle and the wirecutters. Seems like a nice fellow. I didn't ask him about the rifle as it doesn't interest me anyway, but I was curious about the cutters. He says that a number of exact copies were made a few years ago for a movie (I wonder if it might have been Gallipoli or The Light Horsemen) and they were even marked "Decimals". They were apparently excellent quality and made in limited numbers. So, the copies are out there I guess. Not sure how one would tell them from the original, except that probably the originals were unpopular so will look like they were chucked in the mud or the latrine, while the copies will be in nice shape

Ed