I just don't have the words....

woodchopper said:
not if it was done by an authorized barrel maker.

be awfully hard to prove that is wasn't, or was

I'de buy it for the right price, but not if it's going to be sold as an ultra rare example of SA workmanship :D
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Step 1. Check the serial and other marks on the breech of the barrel. This will indicate if the barrel is original to the receiver. SMLE barrels are well marked.
Step 2. Remove the handguard and see if there is a crosspin hole and screw recess in the original rear sight position.
If these 2 conditions exist, it is pretty obvious that the rifle's barrel has been altered, modified or shortened to less than 18", and the firearm becomes a prohib.

On another topic, look at the muzzle unit - the hex portion, and the tapered thread. That's a plumbing fitting that was used to cobble up the sight base.
 
Front sight base is made out of a pipe-fitting...

I believe the "pistol grip" is actually salvaged from a kitchen knife (note the tang is still present).

This is definitely a bubba creation.
 
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yeah, that auction is a little crazy. Takes hours to wait through them auctioning -- "and in lot #x we have yet another box of Guns and ammo mags from the 80s" or " lot #x is a box of half used unlabeled gunpowder"

Then when they get to something that is shiny, the bidding is more then new.

I looked at this in the preview on friday, and yes some of the parts are off the shelf, but that in itself may (only may) not prohibit it from being an armorer test of some type, but then again, it has to be a factory original to not be prohib.
 
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