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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Lakeland, Fl.
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Attented our local auction house today that had a 30 gun auction before it's normal weekly antique/household type stuff.My first auction with guns. There was only a few handguns and one Luger. I was excited and depressed at the same time when I saw it. It was a 9mm cal AE, all matching, s/n in the 44,000 range,but boy was it rough. So much rust on the mag the mag spring was tough to work and hard inserting the mag, a quite dark bore, the eagle about 25% gone, about 60% finish left with some pitting. The sad part was the front sight was changed/modified into a bead sight and the entire 'v' notch rear sight was ground off an a 'peep' sight welded on. I though I'd might give it $800 and think of fixing it up. Boy was I off! With the comission it went for $1,700! I have seem far-far much better condition 1906 AEs go for that. Maybe I missed something. I guess I learn more every day.
Bill |
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