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You can be sure it will give you more of a buzz than a girl born in 1870. I know some guys prefer mature women but 140 is a little old fer me.
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You can be sure it will give you more of a buzz than a girl born in 1870. I know some guys prefer mature women but 140 is a little old fer me. I have one born March 6, 1866 and I can assure you that she does give me quite a buzz. She's one sexy "mature woman". I can assure you that older women are quite sexy - especially when they're 144.
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I am lucky to have two. The first one was made in 1873 snap action hammer with the original case that I love to shoot skeet with and I just got a single barrel trap model that was made in 1923 that I shoot trap with. It was the second trap model made. These are great guns to shoot but I always shoot low pressure shells so I don't beat this beatiful guns up. I did contact Purdey about both guns and they e-mail me back all the info on these guns they had. Great people and great guns. Thanks, Frank
Last edited by FHALZ@AOL.COM; 06/15/10 12:57 AM.
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This gun sold at Southams last week and it is not a Purdey it is a fake and the letter supplied is for the serial number of the real purdey with this number but it is not this gun.
It is a cheap Birmingham gun with a fake serial number on it. The auctioner did say there was some doubt about the veracity and 'you pays your money you takes your choice'. I pointed out to him that it was a fake well in advance, as did one or two other people.
Bidding blind at auctions based on an auctioneer's description is a risky business!
BTW there were some very pretty hammer guns in this sale - made £680 and £1200 respectively. No wall thicknesses provided and no gauges in the room. I measured the walls - 13 thou!
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Is the auctioneer going to make it right ?
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Nothing to make right on the thin walls Joe, sold as seen and perfectly legal.
Regarding a gun sold as a Purdey but clearly not a Purdey, murky waters there. If the auctioneer did not actually claim it was genuine and described it as a gun with Purdey written on it, n a box, with a letter from Purdey about the Purdey gun of the same number, hard to say.
Of course I am biased, as I get paid to stop people making these mistakes. But my view is that buying a gun you have not either checked yourself (assuming you are competent) or getting it done by someone else, is foolhardy.
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WOW!!! What a let down! If the auctioneer did say there was some doubt about the gun (and Small Bore is in a position to know, since he is in the business of advising buyers and says he told the auctioneer, as did other experts) then this sale clearly becomes a Caveat Emptor situation (actually, they all are, but this one would have a large banner across it) and the buyer/bidders should understand the consequences.
Hopefully, when the gun arrives, it'll still be one the buyer can enjoy for what it is, and there will not have been a total loss.
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There is a photo of the gun on the AUCTION NEWS page of my website if anyone wants to have a peek.
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Hm, that's a bad blot on the auction house. Informed sources tell them it is not the real deal and they proceed anyway? Cold shower for the OP. Ouch!
Last edited by Hansli; 06/15/10 10:09 AM.
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I guess we will have to wait on this one. It would still be interesting to see the photos though.
Smallbore, might see you at the CLA Game Fair. Lagopus.....
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