A typo (extra 9) in the price?

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17 March 2021, 01:22

custombolt

A typo (extra 9) in the price?

See if someone bites on this one.

17 March 2021, 01:45

john waugh

i don't know!!!...that might be a very valuable quarter inlaid in the stock...!!!!...

17 March 2021, 04:16

crbutler

His comment at taking ammo in trade- at current prices, a couple K of .223/9mm and you get the rifle...

The price might have been ok with JOC provenance but even $1k sounds a bit high (given you don’t even know who made the thing)...

I gotta have 2-3 guns owned by Patton, a rifle owned by Selby, and a bottle of scotch straight from the Ruark estate if you believe ever story told by a gun store salesman!

Oh, and a Dakota rifle owned by FC Selous himself!

17 March 2021, 04:47

Firearmdoc

Whomever polished that thing should be ashamed of themselves. The checkering certainly doesn’t help any either. Good luck to the guy selling it, I hope he finds the right sucker.

17 March 2021, 06:24

ramrod340

quote:
Whomever polished that thing should be ashamed of themselves

18 March 2021, 01:41

custombolt

Yep. $395 on most any gun rack, essentially worth the sum of it's parts. Books & knife, no clue of their worth.

quote:
Originally posted by crbutler:
His comment at taking ammo in trade- at current prices, a couple K of .223/9mm and you get the rifle...

The price might have been ok with JOC provenance but even $1k sounds a bit high (given you don’t even know who made the thing)...

I gotta have 2-3 guns owned by Patton, a rifle owned by Selby, and a bottle of scotch straight from the Ruark estate if you believe ever story told by a gun store salesman!

Oh, and a Dakota rifle owned by FC Selous himself!

18 March 2021, 04:43

Biebs

Yes, trying hard to "attach" it to Jack O'Conner. There's a sizeable crack in the buttstock, obvious in the photo with the quarter. Good luck with that one!

18 March 2021, 07:32

AnotherAZWriter

I looked and was pleasantly surprised to find a link to Jack O'Connor's June 1969 shooting column:

https://jack-oconnor.org/wp-co...-June-2013-02-09.pdf

Wow, that is a cool link!

19 March 2021, 00:10

custombolt

Yes. One more reason why Jack O'Connor would never have owned this rifle.

quote:
Originally posted by Biebs:
Yes, trying hard to "attach" it to Jack O'Conner. There's a sizeable crack in the buttstock, obvious in the photo with the quarter. Good luck with that one!

19 March 2021, 00:12

custombolt

A shiny fresh apple amongst the brown spotty ones for sure. I read every word. Thanks for bringing it to light. May not have read it otherwise.

quote:
Originally posted by AnotherAZWriter:
I looked and was pleasantly surprised to find a link to Jack O'Connor's June 1969 shooting column:

https://jack-oconnor.org/wp-co...-June-2013-02-09.pdf

Wow, that is a cool link!

19 March 2021, 01:38

disassembly

Not a typo. Delusional is what it is. Several weeks ago he was at $12,000.

19 March 2021, 02:08

ZekeShikar

quote:
Originally posted by disassembly:
Not a typo. Delusional is what it is. Several weeks ago he was at $12,000.

Oh my! You are so correct!

Zeke

19 March 2021, 02:24

metal

Disgraceful con job.

22 March 2021, 22:35

Austin Hunter

fiddy dollars

"Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" -- Ronald Reagan

"Ignorance of The People gives strength to totalitarians."

Want to make just about anything work better? Keep the government as far away from it as possible, then step back and behold the wonderment and goodness.

28 April 2021, 20:40

montea6b

This quote from the ad should be enlarged in bold and placed right up front:

quote:
“Unfortunately, there is just no way that I can validate this story or any specific connection to Jack O’Connor.”

Because really, he could just admit that his dad was a sucker...