Near mint pre-64! Graded by Hellen Keller

[Milsurp1]

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/831701139

[Spaffo]

LOL! With the ever-popular rubber butt pad attached to the butchered stock.

[superdave50]

Wait, wasn't Hellen bl.... oohh i see now

[plumbum]

Oh my... kinda embellished a bit, don’t you think?

[mycrstuff]

It says mint grade. Is that spearmint or peppermint?

[81turbota]

[onelonehorseman]

Wow, just wow!

[Dan_Eastvale]

I guess it is "nearer" to mint than this

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/16/132-year-old-cowboys-rifle-found-propped-up-against-tree-in-nevada-desert

[Milsurp1]

I guess it is "nearer" to mint than this

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...-nevada-desert

[pitfighter]

Yes - description is sort of correct, this was near mint...

...It was near mint when it was near new, over 75 years ago.

These and the auctions that place familial or sentimental value in dollar terms are always worth laughing at.

[Mike Armstrong]

No, no, you guys don't understand! The seller lives near the old SF Mint!

[The Gleam]

Well at least the stock recoil pad is "period".

As in, the rifle looks like it's on the rag with that red splooge on its butt.

[sealocan]

The old put a piece of mint candy underneath the gun so you can call it "near mint" trick.




Reminds me of the times I used to have my friends " Pat-and-Ted " engrave their names and some random number on my inventions.

[M1A-08]

I think the 10 digit serial number speaks for itself. Putting the little 94 carbine in the rarest of serial numbers. The billionths.

[Garandimal]

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/831701139

Or maybe her beloved cat, Mittens.

Ha!




GR