Promising Piece...

Big Norm · 04-30-2006, 07:07 AM

Jerry,
I could understand a mistake made on a 'test' 1900 and maybe, just maybe, a mistake made on
the 1900 versus a 1906. But not on a 1910 versus a 1906. These people advertise that they have 150 years of experience among them and that is a great deal of experience. Besides, they had enough experience there to know to put a price of $3700 or so on the gun. Thats out of sight for a 1910 and even sorta high for a 1906 with mismatched magaziness (also assuming that those undisplayed navy mags have repro bottoms). I bought a very nice 1906 AE this weekend that didn't have a magazine for $2500 from an experienced dealer. Thats a big difference with after tax, earned money. Now, if those magazines are, in fact, original navy mags, the $1200 difference in price is still not justified. But my total gut feelings are that they are mags with repro bottoms.

This discussion of the dates is trivial since it may be just a typo mistake by the seller. But, given the enormous glare on the guns from the flash of the camera, not much can be deduced from the pictures to make a judgement by the buyer as to the quality and value of the gun. That is the most important thing.
Big Norm

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04-30-2006, 07:07 AM	#1
Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Jerry, I could understand a mistake made on a 'test' 1900 and maybe, just maybe, a mistake made on the 1900 versus a 1906. But not on a 1910 versus a 1906. These people advertise that they have 150 years of experience among them and that is a great deal of experience. Besides, they had enough experience there to know to put a price of $3700 or so on the gun. Thats out of sight for a 1910 and even sorta high for a 1906 with mismatched magaziness (also assuming that those undisplayed navy mags have repro bottoms). I bought a very nice 1906 AE this weekend that didn't have a magazine for $2500 from an experienced dealer. Thats a big difference with after tax, earned money. Now, if those magazines are, in fact, original navy mags, the $1200 difference in price is still not justified. But my total gut feelings are that they are mags with repro bottoms. This discussion of the dates is trivial since it may be just a typo mistake by the seller. But, given the enormous glare on the guns from the flash of the camera, not much can be deduced from the pictures to make a judgement by the buyer as to the quality and value of the gun. That is the most important thing. Big Norm