Auction Report #1 a (very) nice Swiss "trapdoor" rifle

[musculus]

http://www.gunauction.com/buy/110073...antique-no-ffl

$651.01

[wayne]

I've got a .69 caliber pistol with an almost identical lock plate.....uuuummm

[musculus]

I've got a .69 caliber pistol with an almost identical lock plate.....uuuummm

from description..

No fewer than Twenty separate gun makers took part in the Swiss army conversion program.

[Dick Hosmer]

It's funny what one gets used to, but I think, even though I'm sure the machining is probably superb, that is one of the ugliest abortions I've ever seen!

Our Allin rifles of the same period are supremely graceful works of art by comparison.

[Johnny P]

It's funny what one gets used to, but I think, even though I'm sure the machining is probably superb, that is one of the ugliest abortions I've ever seen!

Our Allin rifles of the same period are supremely graceful works of art by comparison.

Same goes for revolvers of that time period. There has never been a more graceful revolver than the Colt Single Action Army, but European revolvers of the period more closely resemble a tool used to work on a locomotive.

[Doug Rammel]

Quote from the auction

Stock Configuration & Condition: The stocks are wood. There are scattered light dings and marks but no cracks or losses. The stocks are in unusually strong condition for it’s age. The LOP measures approx. 36” from the front of the trigger to the back of the steel buttplate. The stocks rate in about Very Good overall condition.

They must have had really long arms.

[Dick Hosmer]

I notice that LOP is now greatly in evidence for ALL guns, even those for which there is no variance. If I were buying a fine sporting double I'd care, but not for a military collectible where originality is everything (it is what it is).