1896 carbine...o the irony
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 6:38 pm
Another gunbroker purchase (https://www.gunbroker.com/item/902853830) hit my door today, and upon opening the bolt I felt a little like Doc Holliday looking at his toes in Tombstone..."I'll be d***ed, this is funny." (Well, only funny if you've seen my recent 1899 thread.)
Yup, '98 bolt handle. But! At least the extractor looks correct...
...for a gun of this vintage:
I think the safety is the later embiggened version too.
Everyone's waiting to see it, right?
The stock has been updated and has the oiler cut.
I have not scrubbed out, nor even looked in the bore yet, but the muzzle gauges right at 2...!
There is a ghost of a cartouche. The bright flashlight I use died while I was trying to decipher it, so that'll have to wait for the batteries to recharge.
Looks like there's an older proof...I imagine overstamped when a re-arsenal occurred, and the later bits got added, and was somehow never touched again until sold to me. Hey, it's *my* imagination.
Anyhow, I spied it on GB and saw all sorts of carbine hits around it in the SRS. I was a little surprised to win it, I'll admit...I was prepared for a bit of a bidding war right up at the end, with all those interminable additional quarter-hours whilst trading bids.
Yup, '98 bolt handle. But! At least the extractor looks correct...
...for a gun of this vintage:
I think the safety is the later embiggened version too.
Everyone's waiting to see it, right?
The stock has been updated and has the oiler cut.
I have not scrubbed out, nor even looked in the bore yet, but the muzzle gauges right at 2...!
There is a ghost of a cartouche. The bright flashlight I use died while I was trying to decipher it, so that'll have to wait for the batteries to recharge.
Looks like there's an older proof...I imagine overstamped when a re-arsenal occurred, and the later bits got added, and was somehow never touched again until sold to me. Hey, it's *my* imagination.
Anyhow, I spied it on GB and saw all sorts of carbine hits around it in the SRS. I was a little surprised to win it, I'll admit...I was prepared for a bit of a bidding war right up at the end, with all those interminable additional quarter-hours whilst trading bids.