Wolverine Sale Pictures Thread
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greyman441
CGN Regular
- Location
- Wasaga Beach, ON
2 Colt .38 special revolvers
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Rasheed found a new home
My Rashhed arrived today, thankyou Mr Wolverine
Here's fews pics:
Sand everywhere,magazine and trigger group included
1967 manufacture
Egyptians didn't bother much with finish...
The bore is excellent
As stated, sand in every corners, very "gritty" feeling working the action and trigger. Doesn't look like the previous owner fired it and cleaned it. The wood is nice, only minors handling mark. The rifle will clean up to very good without problems. I'm very happy to have it Next step it to disassemble it completly,including gas regulator and tube, flushing the trigger group with solvent to remove the sand and crap out of it.
Jocelyn
My Rashhed arrived today, thankyou Mr Wolverine
Here's fews pics:
Sand everywhere,magazine and trigger group included
1967 manufacture
Egyptians didn't bother much with finish...
The bore is excellent
As stated, sand in every corners, very "gritty" feeling working the action and trigger. Doesn't look like the previous owner fired it and cleaned it. The wood is nice, only minors handling mark. The rifle will clean up to very good without problems. I'm very happy to have it
Next step it to disassemble it completly,including gas regulator and tube, flushing the trigger group with solvent to remove the sand and crap out of it. Jocelyn
I wonder too.... Was a dry place because my Rasheed have no trace of any oil and no rust either.
Jocelyn
Browning 1900 .32 ACP
Bought the 1900 Browning. This is the first production handgun with a slide. Browing was a genius, oh yes he was.
Very impressed by the handgun. It feels solid. Was in better than good condition, and it cleaned up real nice with no rust or other issues.
What makes this a REAL beauty is the 3-digit serial number. Yep you heard right....over 700,000 of these were made and I have my hands on one of the first runs, it is definately a 1900 -1900! That's a 112yr old handgun. Thanks Mr. Wolverine!
Bought the 1900 Browning. This is the first production handgun with a slide. Browing was a genius, oh yes he was.
Very impressed by the handgun. It feels solid. Was in better than good condition, and it cleaned up real nice with no rust or other issues.
What makes this a REAL beauty is the 3-digit serial number. Yep you heard right....over 700,000 of these were made and I have my hands on one of the first runs, it is definately a 1900 -1900! That's a 112yr old handgun. Thanks Mr. Wolverine!
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My VZ-52 and 52/57 arrived today, thank you Mr Wolverine!!!
Both in excellent condition and some cosmoline left.
Probably never fired since arrived in Canada.
They look very good
Jocelyn
Ok. I got my Mosin and FN49 (FN49 pics to come later, but I can tell you it is next to MINT and I am not sure it has been fired since importation as there is a lot of cosmoline all over inside still!!)
I Haven't had time to do a cleaning yet so I will do a few before pictures now that the wife is out and my 3yr. old daughter is down for the count. Only enough time to do the Mosin right now.
Anyway, first off it is an unmolested 1917 Tula M81, not a New England Westinghouse as advertised, but still a nice bit of history and has definately been around!
It was either bought by the Fins or captured and altered to their standards. The stock has been converted to a two piece one, the sling swivels have been altered to the hanger version, and the receiver has the boxed SA stamped on it. Most of the metal has maybe 80% finish remaining except for near the muzzle which looks like it was scrapped in the direction of the barrel.
The bore looks good and has been counterbored. The bottom magazine latch doesn't match the serial on the barrel shank and the bolt serial has been x'ed out and the last four numbers on the barrel shank are stamped on the round bolt knob.
The rear sight retains the original arshini range numbers and the Fins added the metric version on the right side.
The original stock looks like it will clean up very nicely. The main portion has what will be some amazing tiger stripe in it. The butt stock has been sliced and a large section of the toe has been replaced way back when and it is stamped with AV3/22642 all inside of a box(on the main section). The slashed line is actually vertical but there isn't one available on my keyboard.
The Panshin (Picked it up earlier) fits on it perfectly and is in excellent condition making this one long assed, heavy, very ominous rifle!
I can't wait to get it all cleaned up and out to the range. I will try to post a range report when I get her out there.
Enjoy.
Ian
I Haven't had time to do a cleaning yet so I will do a few before pictures now that the wife is out and my 3yr. old daughter is down for the count. Only enough time to do the Mosin right now.
Anyway, first off it is an unmolested 1917 Tula M81, not a New England Westinghouse as advertised, but still a nice bit of history and has definately been around!
It was either bought by the Fins or captured and altered to their standards. The stock has been converted to a two piece one, the sling swivels have been altered to the hanger version, and the receiver has the boxed SA stamped on it. Most of the metal has maybe 80% finish remaining except for near the muzzle which looks like it was scrapped in the direction of the barrel.
The bore looks good and has been counterbored. The bottom magazine latch doesn't match the serial on the barrel shank and the bolt serial has been x'ed out and the last four numbers on the barrel shank are stamped on the round bolt knob.
The rear sight retains the original arshini range numbers and the Fins added the metric version on the right side.
The original stock looks like it will clean up very nicely. The main portion has what will be some amazing tiger stripe in it. The butt stock has been sliced and a large section of the toe has been replaced way back when and it is stamped with AV3/22642 all inside of a box(on the main section). The slashed line is actually vertical but there isn't one available on my keyboard.
The Panshin (Picked it up earlier) fits on it perfectly and is in excellent condition making this one long assed, heavy, very ominous rifle!
I can't wait to get it all cleaned up and out to the range. I will try to post a range report when I get her out there.
Enjoy.
Ian
A rifle from the Tul'ski (Tula) Imperial Peter the Great Ordnance Factory. Rifles were only marked that way for a few months.
The AV3###xx marking is Finnish and should be sourceable with a little work. There is no "V" in the Cyrillic (Russian) alphabet: they use "B" for that sound.
Likely one of the rifles which actually was in the Grand Duchy of Finland at the time of the Revolution, elsewise one captured from the Reds when they tried to force Finland into their execrable rule.
It would look just FINE on my rack!
A fascinating piece of history..... and YOU're the lucky guy who gets to clean her up and show her off!
Some people just get ALL the luck, eh?
Very Fine Old Toy!
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The AV3###xx marking is Finnish and should be sourceable with a little work. There is no "V" in the Cyrillic (Russian) alphabet: they use "B" for that sound.
Likely one of the rifles which actually was in the Grand Duchy of Finland at the time of the Revolution, elsewise one captured from the Reds when they tried to force Finland into their execrable rule.
It would look just FINE on my rack!
A fascinating piece of history..... and YOU're the lucky guy who gets to clean her up and show her off!
Some people just get ALL the luck, eh?
Very Fine Old Toy!
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Smellie,
Great info. I didn't know about the rarity of the Peter The Great Crest. Very interesting indeed. Thanks!
I found a bit of info. about the stock markings on Mosinnagant.net. It says:
What are AV2 and AV3?
AV2 is the Finnish arms depot at Viipuri and AV3 is the Finnish arms depot at Kupio.
Maybe it was converted into Fin standards at Kupio, or that is where it was kept?
Cheers,
Ian
Great info. I didn't know about the rarity of the Peter The Great Crest. Very interesting indeed. Thanks!
I found a bit of info. about the stock markings on Mosinnagant.net. It says:
What are AV2 and AV3?
AV2 is the Finnish arms depot at Viipuri and AV3 is the Finnish arms depot at Kupio.
Maybe it was converted into Fin standards at Kupio, or that is where it was kept?
Cheers,
Ian
- Location
- Beaverlodge, Alberta
A rifle my dad bought in the mid 70's and stored in a wood gun cabinet had a similar type of sandy substance all over it. Makes me wonder if it isn't an accumulation of dead dust mites or maybe even dust from dead skin that's airborne in the house?
