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sheepherder · 12-24-2010, 09:49 AM

I commented in the other FN 1900 thread that there was a seller on GB with a pitted 1900 with a bulged barrel...It's still there; has been for about a year (I think)...Price still too high...For that condition; otherwise, it's in my ballpark...

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=207220115

I commend this seller for being honest about the bulged barrel, and for showing *all* the pits (28 pics of pits!), but, really...$250 starting price???

And it has the "large" grips...

I have a tool for straightening out squibbed barrels, and even if it didn't work, Numrich has barrel(s) listed right now in stock for $60...

But those pits...[sigh]...

The $490 1900 is still there, too...and it doesn't look all that much better...(only 3 pics)...and it has the "small" grips...

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=206917049

Here's a comparison of the two...Pic attached...

Katyusha's 1900 is looking better all the time...

12-24-2010, 09:49 AM	#16
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,197 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	I commented in the other FN 1900 thread that there was a seller on GB with a pitted 1900 with a bulged barrel...It's still there; has been for about a year (I think)...Price still too high...For that condition; otherwise, it's in my ballpark... http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=207220115 I commend this seller for being honest about the bulged barrel, and for showing all the pits (28 pics of pits!), but, really...$250 starting price??? And it has the "large" grips... I have a tool for straightening out squibbed barrels, and even if it didn't work, Numrich has barrel(s) listed right now in stock for $60... But those pits...[sigh]... The $490 1900 is still there, too...and it doesn't look all that much better...(only 3 pics)...and it has the "small" grips... http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=206917049 Here's a comparison of the two...Pic attached... Katyusha's 1900 is looking better all the time... Attached Thumbnails __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter... Last edited by sheepherder; 12-24-2010 at 05:48 PM.