09 February 2007, 08:06
JameisterDoes this rifle have the measles or am I seeing spots?
http://gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=65347294just wondering about opinions out and about. If this is measles, would it be contagious to other firearms in my safe?
09 February 2007, 08:30
steve boxThat is the herpeees. That Rifle will be on meds from now on and all of the rest of your guns will get it unless you put a sock on them
Iknowmyspellingsucks!
09 February 2007, 11:28
meteIt says "professionally refinished " !!!

Yes , with a propane torch !

09 February 2007, 18:44
Jim KobeIt looks like the "color case" was done with an oxy-acetalene torch.
09 February 2007, 20:54
yetiThe seller Ed1 (or Ed Lander on GA) is ruining SxS's as fast as people will buy them - which seems pretty fast. He's been doing this to older American doubles for over a year and now has starting torching cheaper Euro's. This and an AYA come to mind.
What this high heat in spots does to the hardening is beyond me (I don't think I can spell metallurigical) but I imagine that some areas get tempered, some get annealed, some get brittle...
Yikes.