Sorry to bother you, but I’m curious - what exactly is this Swag thing all about?
Just so you know, I ended up spending €1,800 on it! Whether it turns out to be worth it or not, I’m honestly not too worried about it… but shh, let’s keep that between us - don’t tell my wife! 🤣
Simi Wild Ass Guess = swag
and pertaining to wives' - on another website (shotgun world -
https://www.shotgunworld.com/)....one of the regulars uses as his signature line - "my wife lets me buy all the guns i can hide"
and i'm hopeful that one of our french translators will do us the service of rendering fab's comments into english - i am always eager to understand what he knows about these guns. if my scant knowledge is correct, fab has inquired as to the barrel construction of james' ideal perfection?
my ideal perfection has two sets of serial numbers; each marked on both barrels and action, the first number, upside down on the breech face is 26331 = 1906. the second number is 2437; this gun has the "mf directors stamps" and based on something fab500 has written in the past, i believe the second number is a registry number for mDf guns. this gun is definitely chopper lump barrels, although polished to the point of being difficult to see except behind the ejectors - they are "acier hercule trempe", with 5 laurels, and "fabrication mechanique". this gun was proofed for 7 cm shells - which is securely inside gene's uncertain cut-off date for cm's being replaced by mm's.
my ideal 5S is serial numbered 60782 = 1928, "acier hercule" with 4 laurels, and stamped both "fabrication mechanique", and "fabrication demi-bloc".
i will also comment on the incredibly precise and orderly proof marks and legends on lamanu guns; everything marked is straight and perfectly uniform, even when it is so small that i often need a magnifying glass to be certain of the content.
as always, i enjoy opportunities to study and learn about these fine guns.
