Thanks desdem, doing my best to represent the western part of the state!desdem12 wrote:Nice Rifle Lotema. And a great price. Piling up the good stuff over there.
I'll have to grab some better pictures of the sling itself for you to look at. I'm not too familiar with the Finn slings yet, this being my first. It definitely has age to it.gurn wrote:She is a nice one. If you think the wood is getting worse or lose you could squirt a little crazy glue in the crack. Also that looks like a scares M27 or M28 sling.
I listed a nasty looking pair of antique phone handsets, the old style from the candlestick phones. Mold, cracks, filth of 60+ years of sitting on a basement shelf, and the smell.... all I wanted was $35 because they were in such nasty condition, they were bid up to $650 I think it was, and they knew exactly what they were getting. I even got glowing feedback once they had them in hand. I knew they were rare, but when I say they were nasty I mean it, I just couldn't see anyone wanting to pay the sorts of money I saw similar items trading for, but they were rare enough to start a bidding war anyway. They even paid me within five minutes of the auction ending. I insured the hell out of that package! Now it's Carburetors, I am trying to clean the 1960's and 70's out of the shops back room, I have had a sudden run on one and two barrel carburetors, the ones nobody wanted 20 years back, all going out west. Slant six Holley's, GM Dueljets, AMC carters, VW Bug Solex, Motorcraft and autolite two holers. Junk around here, I was about to scrap them before trying to sell them.Sgt. Rob wrote:I hear ya Jim. I do the same thing, and have to take breaks from ebay because it gets to be too much. One example is some chinese tea sets I sold for the wife. It paid off for me to learn the marks and how to date them, etc. Detailed descriptions with accurate information always draws better bids. And ebay is a wild west show sometimes if you can list an item appropriately, and a serious bust for items that get miss listed. I have bought militaria and antique knives and fishing lures at steals there because they were listed incorrectly, and turned around and tripled my money with a proper listing less then 2 weeks later. However I see ebay differently then I do face to face transactions with folks not into the whole mass selling thing. I have to be fair in many situations, cause thats how the good Lord made me. Makes me a good cop too. Just as I would not try to rip any members here either.
Semper Fi, Rob
Thanks bunkysdad. I'm happy that screw finally came out too, especially that I didn't have to resort to drilling it out. I'm positively giddy about having found this one. Heading to the range in 10 minutes to see how she shoots. She's a classic for sure and don't know that I'll use her heavily at the range, I don't want to do anything to hurt her value.bunkysdad wrote:I am really happy to hear that you got that stubborn screw out. This rifle is just gonna always be one of those that when you take it out to clean it, or shoot it, or just admire it you'll be proud that you found it and got a good deal. You even upped his price to 150.00. You didn't have to do that neither. I think this was good of you. The seller asked his price, and we don't know what he paid or how long he has had it. I haved heard many times "I just want to get my money back out of it". Others may be very happy to make more than they paid, or even double what they paid. And man do those pot-belly stocks look great or what? I used to wonder what the heck a pot-belly stock was when I would hear that term. It's easier to understand when you hold one in your hands, but your picture of the stock splice shows the bigger beefier stock area, or pot belly, very well.
He told me after I paid for it and put it in the trunk. He hasn't had it very long, a couple months. He is a machinist and did some work for a friend of his and in return he got the rifle in trade. What he puts his hourly rate at, that I don't know.. But yeah, other than time and some muscle, he wasn't out of pocket for this one.
Great time to be in the right place. Great find ! did you have a date on the tang ? Judi and her Mosin's 
Thanks Judi. Unfortunately no, I didn't find a date on the tang, just a small Tula hammer. It's Imperial but that's about all that I'm gonna be able to know at this point. On the plus side, this rifle shoots VERY nicely. I took it to the range this morning. Here's a pic of the first five shots (@50 yards).. Shoots a bit high but the groupings are fantastic!Judi and her Mosins wrote:
Super !
