Sunken treasure

[emmab]

My sister found this beauty at 150 feet down of the coast near Vancouver. After a good soaking in WD, I was able to move the bolt. The rifle is really light as the wood is hollow. It hangs proudly on the wall

 

[BRAMEL]

My sister found this beauty at 150 feet down of the coast near Vancouver. After a good soaking in WD, I was able to move the bolt. The rifle is really light as the wood is hollow. It hangs proudly on the wall

But is it registered....trigger lock????

 

[emmab]

yeah ...of course

 

[shortandlong]

makes you wonder how it got there

 

[Robobogner]

Thats an awesome find! Any markings visible?

 

[ollie]

nifty! murder weapon?

 

[slicknick]

Prol'y fell out of a boat or something

 

[emmab]

Thats an awesome find! Any markings visible?

The only marking I can see is on the band and that says england w/ a number and E stamped by it. I can just make out MK4. Yeah, who knows the story behind this. I hate to speculate, but the very least is somebody lost a rifle awhile ago. The stock is completely eaten away from torredos

 

[rollingrock]

Must have some history along with it...

 

[VanIsle]

Damn think looks good enough to shoot! Amazing how well its held up! I wonder how long its been down there?

 

[ancorp]

I dropped it there last Tuesday for a regular cleaning the old fashion way. Please give it back.

Cheers
Alex

 

[y2k]

Cool find

 

[ilovepotatos]

I dropped it there last Tuesday because I was being chased be the poli-
Just finished offing my ex wi-
Taking my anger out on my bosses new Merce-
Getting rid of evidence because a drug dea-
BOATING ACCIDENT!
lol

 

[Claven2]

LOL - believe t or not, if you can work that bolt it needs to be registered after the amnesty expires! Crazy world we live in...

 

[rideauwrangler]

Very cool find!

 

[emmab]

Well I guess if somebody knew how long it would take for sea termites to eat a greasy, hardwood stock-to the bone, we'd know!

 

[wheaty]

found rifle

It looks like one of the Golden State Arms "Commando Rifles" that they made in the mid 60's. Two models were made: one with a steel nosecap on the other with the band moved back about 1/2 inch. Barrel was shortened about 1/2 inch as well. These occassionaly get sold off as "Experimental Commando rifles" but are just a US dealers stab at a cheap jungle carbine in the 60's

 

[ShooterMcGavin]

It is not uncommon, for BC fishermen to carry guns on board, in fact it is very common. I bet it ended up in the drink by one of those guys for some reason or another, 150 ft of water is pretty far out to "throw" a full length heavy rifle. And i doubt any ciminal would get a boat and drive out to dump the gun when you can walk out to Point Grey or Stanley park and dump it all the same at the low tide mark.

 

[John Sukey]

Anyone notice the handguard appears too long?

 

[woodchopper]

Anyone notice the handguard appears too long?

yes, loooks like the upper handguard is longer then normal. The mid band appears to be in the correct location.

could it be a No5 upper handguard with a shortened No4 Stock

for handguard comparison

I just noticed that you are missing the mag as well.