$4000 hand made Broomhandle - Page 2

Went Blakely · 08-02-2009, 11:01 AM

An amazing piece! I agree the details are a little off but just boggles the mind what some of these guys are cranking out of their own home/shop! Even the tooling and crafstmanship alone is incredible, being a metalworker myself, i can really appreciate all the effort

PhilOhio · 08-02-2009, 11:34 AM

W.B.,

I'm not sure what you are trying to say. Whatever it is, it looks original and authentic and old. I don't think somebody "faked" it in his workshop, and these don't look like reloads. I just don't know what it is or when it was made. But I imagine it came from F.N., as marked...sometime or other. But then, who knows?

sheepherder · 08-02-2009, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by PhilOhio

W.B.,

I'm not sure what you are trying to say...

Phil -

He's talking about the $4000 Mauser...You know...the original topic...

alvin · 08-02-2009, 05:13 PM

Sorry for the delay. Spent some time looking at Simpson's newly listed Cone Hammers. Looking for an appropriate CH with matching stock, .....

Regarding the hand made, I agree 100% it's great. You guys playing metal machines at home knew how hard it is to create one. I am thinking about creating a wood one at home if possible. Hard.

The ammo.... please take a look. Thanks for joining discussion!

PhilOhio · 08-03-2009, 01:54 PM

Postino,

My brain got tangled up.

Alvin,

Great pics of the case heads. At this point, can you determine the exact vintage?

alvin · 08-03-2009, 06:44 PM

I hope I knew. Looks like being FN no doubt, but I could not identify the year. Some FN cartridges have two digits on the head telling the year ... F N 70, F N 57. Not sure that's a post WWII practice or not, 1957 and 1970?

But what's F N * ?

PhilOhio · 08-03-2009, 08:13 PM

That's what I was wondering...just when they started putting on year digits.

alvin · 08-03-2009, 10:56 PM

Here is a "40" on a 1940 FN 8x57 AP. The following page has quite a few headstamps, including some FN ones, but I did not see the combination of FN and *

http://www.surplusrifleforum.com/vie...p?f=134&t=5807

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Went Blakely User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 231 Thanks: 4 Thanked 8 Times in 6 Posts	An amazing piece! I agree the details are a little off but just boggles the mind what some of these guys are cranking out of their own home/shop! Even the tooling and crafstmanship alone is incredible, being a metalworker myself, i can really appreciate all the effort __________________ Went Blakely

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08-02-2009, 11:34 AM	#2
PhilOhio User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 145 Thanks: 5 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts	W.B., I'm not sure what you are trying to say. Whatever it is, it looks original and authentic and old. I don't think somebody "faked" it in his workshop, and these don't look like reloads. I just don't know what it is or when it was made. But I imagine it came from F.N., as marked...sometime or other. But then, who knows?

08-03-2009, 01:54 PM	#5
PhilOhio User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 145 Thanks: 5 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts	Postino, My brain got tangled up. Alvin, Great pics of the case heads. At this point, can you determine the exact vintage?

08-03-2009, 06:44 PM	#6
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	I hope I knew. Looks like being FN no doubt, but I could not identify the year. Some FN cartridges have two digits on the head telling the year ... F N 70, F N 57. Not sure that's a post WWII practice or not, 1957 and 1970? But what's F N * ?

08-03-2009, 08:13 PM	#7
PhilOhio User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 145 Thanks: 5 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts	That's what I was wondering...just when they started putting on year digits.

08-03-2009, 10:56 PM	#8
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Here is a "40" on a 1940 FN 8x57 AP. The following page has quite a few headstamps, including some FN ones, but I did not see the combination of FN and * http://www.surplusrifleforum.com/vie...p?f=134&t=5807