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Taurus mispelled "magnum" on the barrel of a 41

CS8161CS8161 Member Posts: 13,596 ✭✭✭
edited May 2006 in General Discussion
Would this be worth anything extra to a collector...yes, I realize that Taurus handguns are not collectable, but with the wrong spelling, would it add anything to the value?
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?item=49836837
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  • kyplumberkyplumber Member Posts: 11,111
    edited November -1
    lmao!

    Dont mean any harm but I wouldnt own a taurus, especially if the guy that crafted it couldnt spell magnum [:o)]
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  • zipperzapzipperzap Member Posts: 25,057
    edited November -1
    I know a guy named David that might be interested![:D]
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  • DocDoc Member Posts: 13,898 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    In my experience most collectors don't get excited about errors on guns, unlike stamp and coin collectors who go nuts over upside-down flags and the like. Some sellers try to get more for guns with "mis-stampings" but I don't think it works. One of the most common is a S&W revolver with the wrong model number stamped on it. I have seen several .44 Magnums marked Model 57s and other similar goofs. It happens.

    If you find having a ".41 Magnun" interesting then go for it. But I wouldn't look for a lot of increased value or interest from collectors.

    I wonder how many were shipped like that?
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  • DancesWithSheepDancesWithSheep Member Posts: 12,938 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Maybe it fires .41 Specials, in which case "Magnun" would be correct.
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  • dolfandolfan Member Posts: 4,159
    edited November -1
    There is an auction, on the other site, for a Taurus .44 Magnum that is stamped .41 Magnum. But hey, at least they spelled that one right.
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  • temblortemblor Member Posts: 2,153 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Chris8161
    Would this be worth anything extra to a collector...yes, I realize that Taurus handguns are not collectable, but with the wrong spelling, would it add anything to the value?
    http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?item=49836837



    Maybe if he was dyslexic....[:D]
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  • PearywPearyw Member Posts: 3,699
    edited November -1
    SP I have one of the S&W model 25 revolvers that is marked 1950 instead of 1955. I don't know how many were done that way, but when I bought it new some 30 years ago, he had several. I saw a model 10 about 12 years ago that a dealer had that didn't have any rifling in the barrel. He asked me what I thought about it and I told him to send it back to the distributor as it was technically a short barrel shotgun.
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  • hughbetchahughbetcha Member Posts: 7,801 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Such miispellings or misstampings on knives and many other products would indicate possibility of a counterfeit, forgery or a chinese knock off. As such they would be unlikely to add value and could very well lead to a buyer demanding you prove the gun is an "origianl" Taurus and not a knock off!!!
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  • DancesWithSheepDancesWithSheep Member Posts: 12,938 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by hughbetcha
    Such miispellings or misstampings on knives and many other products would indicate possibility of a counterfeit, forgery or a chinese knock off. As such they would be unlikely to add value and could very well lead to a buyer demanding you prove the gun is an "origianl" Taurus and not a knock off!!!

    Why would anyone produce a counterfeit Taurus? Next thing we'll be seeing fake Timexes and 1990 Pinto replicas.
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  • hughbetchahughbetcha Member Posts: 7,801 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by DancesWithSheep

    Why would anyone produce a counterfeit Taurus?


    I hear they are considered very fashionable in some of the more upscale barrios of Sao Palo.
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  • MVPMVP Member Posts: 23,453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by DancesWithSheep
    quote:Originally posted by hughbetcha
    Such miispellings or misstampings on knives and many other products would indicate possibility of a counterfeit, forgery or a chinese knock off. As such they would be unlikely to add value and could very well lead to a buyer demanding you prove the gun is an "origianl" Taurus and not a knock off!!!

    Why would anyone produce a counterfeit Taurus? Next thing we'll be seeing fake Timexes and 1990 Pinto replicas.

    If the taurus is faked now in 2006 by the time a taurus will be a collectable, like in a 100 years, the faked taurus would be a whole lot harder to detect then if it is freshly faked in a 100 years.
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  • DancesWithSheepDancesWithSheep Member Posts: 12,938 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by MVP
    If the taurus is faked now in 2006 by the time a taurus will be a collectable, like in a 100 years, the faked taurus would be a whole lot harder to detect then if it is freshly faked in a 100 years.

    I like your thinking. I'm thinking about building a car that is half-Clenet and half-Taurus, and painting it pink. Guess what I'm going to call it?
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If we all had one of those DWS we would be a pink-car nation.
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  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,026 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by DancesWithSheep
    quote:Originally posted by MVP
    If the taurus is faked now in 2006 by the time a taurus will be a collectable, like in a 100 years, the faked taurus would be a whole lot harder to detect then if it is freshly faked in a 100 years.

    I like your thinking. I'm thinking about building a car that is half-Clenet and half-Taurus, and painting it pink. Guess what I'm going to call it?


    Cletaurus? Don
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  • DancesWithSheepDancesWithSheep Member Posts: 12,938 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by He Dog
    If we all had one of those DWS we would be a pink-car nation.

    For this you should be beaten.
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  • DancesWithSheepDancesWithSheep Member Posts: 12,938 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dcon12
    Cletaurus? Don

    I'm tellin' Saxon! I'm tellin' Saxon!
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  • kyplumberkyplumber Member Posts: 11,111
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by DancesWithSheep
    quote:Originally posted by dcon12
    Cletaurus? Don

    I'm tellin' Saxon! I'm tellin' Saxon!


    wit, it should be banned [:o)]

    G1, Don... I liked it [:D]
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  • MVPMVP Member Posts: 23,453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dcon12
    quote:Originally posted by DancesWithSheep
    quote:Originally posted by MVP
    If the taurus is faked now in 2006 by the time a taurus will be a collectable, like in a 100 years, the faked taurus would be a whole lot harder to detect then if it is freshly faked in a 100 years.

    I like your thinking. I'm thinking about building a car that is half-Clenet and half-Taurus, and painting it pink. Guess what I'm going to call it?


    Cletaurus? Don

    I think it would officially be a 'pink' cletaurus
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  • surbat6surbat6 Member Posts: 485 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Maybe "Magnun" is the way they spell it in Brazilian Portuguese (?)












    ...Ha! "Pink car-nation"!
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