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05 December 2003, 10:42
jeffeosso
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ever seen THAT stamped on an action?

i got three vz-24's last night... one is going back... it has that, HAND STAMPED where the crest had been ground off... by a blind guy, going by feel with an undressed wheel (that means wobbly)

E X C R E T I A... so deep stamped into it that it showed the top (bottom?) flat of the stamp in places.. .E X stamped over the crest..

and, if you open the bolt, slightly turned the shroud, I doubt you could have beaten it shut...

did i even mention the pitting? or, should i say.. it wasn't really pitted... just that the rust had some hard metal points left in it!!!

One brush with a bead blast, and I bet the only thing left would have been the screws...

oh, yeah.. wait... the locking screws were gone, too...

so, a quick call, and it was taken care of..

funny, the other 2 actions were decent to okay...

jefffe
05 December 2003, 12:06
Dago Red
Is that some fancy way of saying s*&#? Excretia, sounds too much like excrement or excretion. :-)

Red
05 December 2003, 13:57
dan belisle
Latin for shit? - Dan
05 December 2003, 14:48
GeorgeS
Jeff,

You may have actually located one of the actions that ToddE/Axel/Judy/et al. worked on when they were gunsmithing! [Big Grin]

George
05 December 2003, 15:42
jeffeosso
Dan,
it's close.. and what I thought it was... man, i haven't seen anyone try to sell THAT kinda junk before.

George...
gods, if it was a trollaction, and then it wouldn't have been full of grease... BLECH!! i need a bath!!

jeffe
06 December 2003, 01:49
Bubba John
You have a very rare rifle. It was manufactured in a little unknown province in the Republic of Turdistan
06 December 2003, 05:20
larrys
I think Bubba John is right. As I remember, it is a dark province of Turdistan called Headupass Province. Pictures would be nice (I think).
06 December 2003, 06:47
Dave_T
Jeff,

You're just being too picky. Just file the word off, if you want, but you should really just leave it on there.

Dave
06 December 2003, 07:06
Dago Red
That's right! I remember now from a history course I took at state college, wasn't the dictator there Slodawipe Mabowelevich?

:-)

Red
06 December 2003, 10:33
jeffeosso
and the offical language of this country is
crainal rectosis

or just the mental condition of all politicos

jeffe
06 December 2003, 13:06
Robgunbuilder
Jeffe- That is TODDE's/Axel's trademark! He was practicing Handstamping at the time as well as learning English. -Rob
07 December 2003, 03:29
Major Caliber
Where did you buy these, I want to avoid them.
07 December 2003, 03:35
jeffeosso
century... actions only... like i said, one was nice, one was good, and the other was E X C R E T I A

and i do think it was the trolls handiwork...

imagine "polishing" or "surface grinding" being down by an out of round, unbalance, cheap grinder, done in a dark room, while drunk... and that would just about explain the method that the crest was ground off!!

and then taking the same room, a set of all CAPS let punches, and a 3# sledge hammer, laying the action on the ground, and trying to stamp in

E X CR E T I A

Is that troll code for "wow, i did such good work on this one that i shat" ?!?!?!?!

LOL
jeffe

[ 12-06-2003, 18:35: Message edited by: jeffeosso ]