Early Prewar Haenel V Rifle

[slow_runner]

No doubt the wrench marks were the killer but they were fully disclosed. I probably would have lived with the other cosmetics but seeing those marks up close was a bit disturbing, I know that’s all I would see whenever I picked it up.

Are those barrels all joined forward of the rear sight? Surely not?
I am not aware of its worth but in my opinion that damage takes too much away from its value. If the money paid was right then that is another matter and I would consider setting it up in a lathe and blending that atrocity away; conditional on the depth of the metal displacement.
It is a good looking unit for sure.