.....FANTASTIC job...
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| Author: | Herr Mario [ Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:57 pm ] |
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.....FANTASTIC job...
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| Author: | Et2ss [ Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:31 pm ] |
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Wow! |
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| Author: | Gun Nut [ Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:23 am ] |
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Beautiful work. I have a business associate who has made a few professional films on a small scale including a WW2 drama in which he used two Chinese built copies of WW2 Russian reconaisence planes and the fuselage of another to represent a crash site. He'd mentioned the difficulty in finding accurate reproductions of WW2 equipment. His crew built a passable 88mm Flak cannon from the tube his new carpet was rolled on some plywood, with camo netting it worked out okay for a few seconds of screen time. I pointed him to a cheap plastic airsoft replica of the MP40 for some of the NAZI troopers, this saved him 100 bucks a day per gun rental fees for prop weapons.. This got me to thinking about the difficulty of supplying the rare weaponry, and Japanese Sniper rifles have got to be among the most rare. I'd bet this Sniper rifle would bring in several hundreds of dollars per day in rental for a WW2 film set in the pacific. It looks just as it should for a Sniper rifle in use at the time. Carefully cleaned by the user and not banged up. It doesn't look its age but it does show the signs of use and the slight discolorations of oil around the handguard and some handling. You have to figure the scope and mountings would receive plenty of attention and the user would take special care that they weren't damaged. |
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| Author: | riceone [ Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:59 am ] |
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| Author: | 03man [ Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:40 am ] |
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| Author: | Gun Nut [ Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:09 am ] |
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| Author: | riceone [ Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:03 pm ] |
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| Author: | Dutch Mosin [ Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:05 pm ] |
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Roy, This is not a restoration. This is a piece of art. Simply fantastic. Met vriendelijke groet, Martin |
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| Author: | Et2ss [ Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:39 pm ] |
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Gun Nut, you have a way to repair crazing in the adhesive on a laminated lense? I have an old Saturn Boone prismatic scope with that problem on the ocular lens |
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| Author: | A square 10 [ Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:49 pm ] |
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hey roy , if you come north let me know , im not that far north of where your headed 
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| Author: | Gun Nut [ Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:36 am ] |
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| Author: | Et2ss [ Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:34 am ] |
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This is kind of a rare scope & wouldn't want to mess it up. Will have to find an 'expert' to work on it. The ocular lens comes out easy enough but it hasn't completely separated just crazed around the edges. image removed as to not hijack thread |
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| Author: | Gun Nut [ Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:57 pm ] |
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| Author: | Gatsby [ Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:57 am ] |
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Amazing job! |
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| Author: | Mybusa [ Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:35 am ] |
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From this 
To this 
All I can say is WOW That looks great and you know Christmas is coming up sooo 
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| Author: | Herr Mario [ Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:31 pm ] |
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..........dang Bruce-that looks like half a binocular-sure that aint what it is...???
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| Author: | riceone [ Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:39 pm ] |
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I have restore another sniper since this one. Friend came by from California and spent a couple of nights. I have two in the mail coming this way and another will be soon. I'll take pictures and post. I meet the nicest people. riceone |
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| Author: | A square 10 [ Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:23 am ] |
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glad your havin fun and hope to see some of these this comming spring - ifin you have the meet
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| Author: | riceone [ Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:43 am ] |
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First weekend in February. riceone |
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