IMA takes the high road! Good news!
In today's day and age of lousy customer service, I'm very pleased to say I found several voicemails from Christian at IMA waiting for me upon my return to the office today!I'll be calling him...
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...with Christian Cranmer. IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE to talk to him. He said he heard of a problem being discussed over the web about this shipment and sought me out instantly. I guess my gun was...
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I'll admit, curiosity has got the best of me now. Can you email me some jpegs of your bastardized rifle?Maybe it will help me understand the term "sleg". weinstein@mail2world.com
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VIC,I'M AWAITING A PHONE CALL FROM YOU!!! 303-814-3904...Daryl,and you guys in the UK, if you wish, I will clear your purchases. I will accept the jewels, and reject the trash, then I will forward...
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Shall do, sir. I'm about to leave here for the day, so it will happen tomorrow. Mr. Cranmer asked me what condition this gun was in, and my response was meant to be pretty complimentary...I said that...
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Vic,Chances are you will get my answering service...leave a message with a return phone number and a good time... If you have jpgs send them to mommote and coyote at qwest dot net, (maybe the virus...
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Hi Coyote,P42s were purpose built, have 39'' barrels of .75 calibre.They have keys to hold the barrel on not pins nd have thick barrels wall thickness at the muzzle can be up to eighth of an...
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Guys,Hold their feet to the fire on the fact that they are being sold for their "Historical" value... VICLAV got the first one. It is most likely a pieces and parts gun, though there is some evidence...
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Guys,Vics pictures show me at first glance, an early Mark buttstock and lever, on a Mk IV action... "The attacker must vanquish, the defender, has but to prevail." --Coyot
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Isn't the front sight also a MKIV?ByronHistory is made at night. Character is what you are in the dark.
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Byron,"YIPPER!!!"..... It's the B and/or C Pattern front sight. I for one, would like to see more of this rifle... The buttstock does not mate up properly... I'm curious as to whether the buttstock...
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Guys,I believe this one's a B type. If I recall properly from Jason's site, B types converted from .402 Enfield-Martinis will have 1886 or (as this one) 1887 dates. Also (as with this gun,) the "V" of...
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The "S" on the heel of the butt would, in a L-E, signify a Short butt. I was unaware that these were available for the Martini, but it makes sense, especially given the shorter stature of the...
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Oh yes - short (also medium and long) butts were available for the Martinis. In fact, Kipling mentions the matter in at least one of his Learoyd, Mulvaney and Ortheris tales (BLACK JACK, I think it...
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So that's what it means! Stands to reason. I'm 6'2"...throw the gun to my shoulder and I really have to skwunch up. Definitely needs an extension. Victor"Always carry a firearm east of Aldgate, Watson."
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Yep, one of the brighetr things teh Brits did when they adopted the M-H, with its two piece stock was to produce differnt lengths to allow better fitting. This was continued with the L-E.Why we didn't...
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My engishman of that era are short, my grandfathers brother Seth was 5'-4", fought as a sniper in 1918, just died a few years ago, rifles must be in my blood, my great-grandfather was a Buffalo-hunter...
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were adjustable on the M-4. Apparently they are too dangerous for the armed public.
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Any of you folks who have got beyond the front desk at IMA/Atlanta Cutlery been able to get a feeling that there might be some carbines in the shipments?DD*********Age and treachery will triumph over...
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Yeah, tehy are on the M-4 - but why not have done the same thing when teh M-16 was being brought into service back in the 1960s? Eiethr as an adjsutable stock like the M-4 or simply having a choice of...
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Singleshotman, where you from? I've known and shot with Pickups in the Peace Loving People's Socialist Democratic Republic of California...many moons ago!David
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