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Got this one recently as an all matching example 6290, turned out to be 1 number from matching - the cocking piece is a replacement numbered 96. Never been more tempted to flub something but my integrity kicked in. What's strange is that the firing pin even matches 90, it's just the cocking piece!
These are one of the finest south american contract guns and are nearly impossible to find in original good condition with matching numbers. Dennis @ Empire told me that they where imported by Interarms and there was some brilliant way they displaced the bolts from the rifles in order to not get some kind of import tax, but they where all mismatched afterwards.
This one seems to have a strange proof mark I have only seen on a few other rifles in Europe, you see it after the serial number on the barrel shank and the receiver ring, and again on the bolt body by the serial. It's a little flaming L or C type character- does anyone know what this is? I have only seen it on two other rifles and they where both from Europe. There is also an E and R marked on the buttplate. The importer looks like "orion" or something??
The action is butter smooth, unlike the other Peruvian I have which is mismatched.
I paid a pretty penny because it was the first matching example I had ever come across, I alerted the seller on the cocking piece mismatch and it was an honest mistake, he refunded me 20% of the price back. Still, a valuable rifle for sure.
These are one of the finest south american contract guns and are nearly impossible to find in original good condition with matching numbers. Dennis @ Empire told me that they where imported by Interarms and there was some brilliant way they displaced the bolts from the rifles in order to not get some kind of import tax, but they where all mismatched afterwards.
This one seems to have a strange proof mark I have only seen on a few other rifles in Europe, you see it after the serial number on the barrel shank and the receiver ring, and again on the bolt body by the serial. It's a little flaming L or C type character- does anyone know what this is? I have only seen it on two other rifles and they where both from Europe. There is also an E and R marked on the buttplate. The importer looks like "orion" or something??
The action is butter smooth, unlike the other Peruvian I have which is mismatched.
I paid a pretty penny because it was the first matching example I had ever come across, I alerted the seller on the cocking piece mismatch and it was an honest mistake, he refunded me 20% of the price back. Still, a valuable rifle for sure.
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