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Originally posted by devrep devrep wrote:

I get that but the gun in the auction is supposed to be like new and unmolested.  I'm going by the dozens of new 1950's versions I've seen on line and a few in person that are bright blonde.  his is in that same 1954-1955 batch and looks nothing like the others.  I don't think it's the lighting.
Being in like new and unmolested condition is not this rifle. It has been molested just by the simple act of it being handled. Handling the rifle also deposits oils from your skin onto the furniture disrupting the clarity of the wood. Unmolested would be defined as still being in wrap and in cosmoline...
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That is a very nice looking rifle. I wish I could say I am a collector, but I'm more of a rescue kind of guy. If I buy them, I will want to shoot them... thus instantly reducing the value.
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Shamu that’s a lovely example. 
I prefer the honey coloured wood 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote devrep Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2021 at 10:48am
Originally posted by Honkytonk Honkytonk wrote:

That is a very nice looking rifle. I wish I could say I am a collector, but I'm more of a rescue kind of guy. If I buy them, I will want to shoot them... thus instantly reducing the value.

guaranteed if I ever got one in wrap it would be unwrapped in a heartbeat.  I'm not running a museum.Angry
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Shamu Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2021 at 11:05am
Thanks, me too.
It takes a while though you have to build it up slowly.

Traditional oil finish applied  by the classic method of 

once a day for a week,

once a week for a month,

once a month for a year,

once a year for life.

That comes out to 28 coats over 5 years!

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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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