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05-04-2021, 07:52 PM | #3 | ||||||
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"with an added vent rib by a very competent gunsmith".... looks original to me judging by the hand-engraved legend which looks exactly like other originals I have seen.
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05-05-2021, 08:00 AM | #4 | ||||||
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I agree that the rib is original. I would be inclined to think that one went back to PB to have the rib installed at a later date as the receiver does not appear to be a flat top to my eye and we have never seen the PB vent rib duplicated to my knowledge. Maybe our esteemed "Researcher" could take a peek into the past
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05-05-2021, 09:12 AM | #5 | |||||||
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Yes, the gun was not “born” as a VR since it has the concaved frame. But examples of legitimate vent ribs being added on a factory return have been observed on other guns. Everything that is shown of the rib appears that it is factory work. The transition down into the rib extension is not shown though.
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05-04-2021, 08:20 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Why does the safe show "R" instead of "SAFE"? Is this some type of barrel selector?
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05-04-2021, 09:00 PM | #7 | ||||||
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I could deal with the I think replacement forend but I’d have a hell of a time dealing with the funky inlays .
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05-04-2021, 09:17 PM | #8 | ||||||
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I believe the forend is also original... except for the inlays of course.
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05-04-2021, 10:55 PM | #9 | ||||||
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You may be correct but I’ll be darned if that isn’t a bulky looking forend .
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05-04-2021, 09:27 PM | #10 | ||||||
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I have looked at this gun online at some point in the past. I do like seeing someone making a gun their own...
I like it because it's different. All I would need to do is replace the phillips screws in the buttplate and have a spliter forend fitted. |
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