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Sterling · 03-31-2004, 11:09 PM

I returned it to him about 2 hours ago. He looked at these posts, and then spoke with another collector who is familiar with the gun, and both of them find it hard to believe someone went to this trouble to restamp it, and they feel it would be nearly impossible, considering the finish. They both say there is no evidence any where on the weapon showing it has been reblued, including the toggle. In fact, there is still what the seller calls a "halo" around the 24(54) on the toggle, and the finish perfectly matches the rest of the gun. The seller is nearly convinced it must have come from the factory this way, as he and his friend can think of no way it could be otherwise, barring a really super-professional makeover, which he says seems like an awful lot of trouble, if even possible. I must admit, it seems puzzling, at least to my inexperienced mind.

Has anyone out there come across anything resembling this, with a restamp that is so nearly perfectly placed and blued?

I have my money back and there is certainly no way the seller was trying to put one over on me. He has the phone number of the person he bought it off of about a year ago, and he is going to contact him to see if he can advise anything as to it's history.

Meanwhile, he says he has another buyer who is familiar with the weapon and has seen these posts, and is still likely to purchase the gun at my aforementioned purchase price, or something close I think.

03-31-2004, 11:09 PM	#19
Sterling User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Columbus Indiana Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I returned it to him about 2 hours ago. He looked at these posts, and then spoke with another collector who is familiar with the gun, and both of them find it hard to believe someone went to this trouble to restamp it, and they feel it would be nearly impossible, considering the finish. They both say there is no evidence any where on the weapon showing it has been reblued, including the toggle. In fact, there is still what the seller calls a "halo" around the 24(54) on the toggle, and the finish perfectly matches the rest of the gun. The seller is nearly convinced it must have come from the factory this way, as he and his friend can think of no way it could be otherwise, barring a really super-professional makeover, which he says seems like an awful lot of trouble, if even possible. I must admit, it seems puzzling, at least to my inexperienced mind. Has anyone out there come across anything resembling this, with a restamp that is so nearly perfectly placed and blued? I have my money back and there is certainly no way the seller was trying to put one over on me. He has the phone number of the person he bought it off of about a year ago, and he is going to contact him to see if he can advise anything as to it's history. Meanwhile, he says he has another buyer who is familiar with the weapon and has seen these posts, and is still likely to purchase the gun at my aforementioned purchase price, or something close I think.