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  1. 03-06-2008, 07:46 AM #1
    robinghewitt
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    The Hughlex is the perfect web sales gun, it looks a lot better in photo's than it does in real life

    http://www.robinhewitt.net/hughlex.jpg
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  2. 03-06-2008, 12:15 PM #2
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    Nice ..

    I've seen worse ...wouldn't mind this on my wall
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  3. 03-06-2008, 08:21 PM #3
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    Some things can be fixed, if you are prepared to throw enough cash at them...

    BEFORE - AFTER

    But the Hughlex ain't one of them
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  4. 03-06-2008, 09:28 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by robinghewitt View Post
    Some things can be fixed, if you are prepared to throw enough cash at them...

    BEFORE - AFTER

    But the Hughlex ain't one of them
    Very nice reconversion! And most interesting: a matchlock conversion to percussion, back to matchlock.

    Are matchlocks very expensive?

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  5. 03-06-2008, 11:02 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim McArthur View Post
    Are matchlocks very expensive?
    This one cost me $1250 from the States, then dollops of cash to Magnus Wiberg in Sweden who did the reversion.

    I particularly liked it because it has no less than 24 inlays including 5 brass dragons, all with silver eyes and claws. Funky Inlays
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  6. 03-06-2008, 11:22 PM #6
    Jim McArthur
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    It's a beautiful gun, that's for sure. Sounds like an expensive hobby you have there!

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  7. 04-06-2008, 07:12 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim McArthur View Post
    Sounds like an expensive hobby you have there!
    Well, yes and no

    If you stick with antiques and can avoid geting ripped off, the value goes up rather than down.

    The fastest price hike I ever saw was when I bought a Baker rifle. It arrived cracked, the dealer first offered an invisible repair, then he offered to buy it back because he could get £2250 more than I'd paid the week before
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  8. 03-06-2008, 09:25 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by robinghewitt View Post
    The Hughlex is the perfect web sales gun, it looks a lot better in photo's than it does in real life

    http://www.robinhewitt.net/hughlex.jpg
    A real beauty!

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