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Jeepflexin
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A friend dropped by to show me this:
The bore is roughly 9mm but I have not measured it. It appears to be smooth bore. I could find no marks identifying it other than what you can see both at the rear end of the barrel as well. My WAG is that it is an old fairly advanced, made at home, smooth bore, single shot center fire pistol. I told him I would post some pics and see if anyone recognized it, I also advised him to go home and scrub the bore really good and see if the rifling is just hidden from grime (I am almost certian this is not the case). I also informed him that if I am correct in what it is it is a big fine and jail time to own. If the consensus on here is I am right I will help him destroy it.
Thanks for any insight.
The bore is roughly 9mm but I have not measured it. It appears to be smooth bore. I could find no marks identifying it other than what you can see both at the rear end of the barrel as well. My WAG is that it is an old fairly advanced, made at home, smooth bore, single shot center fire pistol. I told him I would post some pics and see if anyone recognized it, I also advised him to go home and scrub the bore really good and see if the rifling is just hidden from grime (I am almost certian this is not the case). I also informed him that if I am correct in what it is it is a big fine and jail time to own. If the consensus on here is I am right I will help him destroy it.
Thanks for any insight.
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Jeepflexin,
You could try to cut some rifling in that barrel, or, maybe, reline it with a rifled liner. That is a neat pistol. It would be a shame to destroy it.
Lacking a REALLY deep body of salt water, or a steel mill melting furnace, a cutting torch comes to mind.
an illegal item. It would have some rifling too.........bob
Seemed a shame to do it but I think the right choice was made. [:(]