Handmade Viet Cong Rifle

cc

I have a handmade Viet Cong Rifle (I can send you pictures) which I brought back in 1964. Anybody have an idea what it is worth and is there a market for it.Thanks,CC

Kadaver

we need pictures, can you post them?......thats like saying i have a gold ring, how much is it worth?

cc

Not sure how to attach pictures on this forum so I loaded them on this site http://www.carolcini.com/viet/viet.htm [This message has been edited by cc (edited 02-06-2002).]

tccox

What cal and how does it group at 100 yds? Tom

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cc

I believe 30 caliber. I have never used it so I can't answer your second question.

toolman9mm

if you are interested in selling please e-mail me on possible sale or trade thanks tom toolman9mm@hotmail.com

rrfhunter

No wonder you didn't shoot it....

turbo

I haD ONE in country when I was there, in 1966.It had an old mauser bolt, on a hand made receiver, and a reguler black iron pipe barrel, which had the actual barrel where the bullet was fired thru leaded into it.The stock was hand made, looked like a mauser typical.We captured it in a village called phu-doc, another guy brought it back to our camp, and when he left he gave it to me.Crude but intersting to look at.I wanted to bring it with me, but couldn'r get it past the first at Ton Son Nhout inspection point.I imagine it's worth, what someone is willing to pay for it.What would you LIKE to get for it?

223believer

Any sort of documentation and related items would increase its value. If you have the bring-back certificate, include that in the sale. Maybe a photo of it being handled and examined by the US troops in the field? A photo of the village where it was captured? This sort of bundling can often increase the value of a piece much more than you might think.

b0400879

These turn up on occasion at live auctions here in SoCal. The guy's a crook, but he peddles some interesting gear. Just for reference - no endorsement: http://littlejohnsauctionservice.com No two of these jungle workshop abominations are ever alike & they appear almost comical, much like cc's example. Last one I handled was an obvious T-99 Arisaka knock-off, ridiculously crude even by late-war Arisaka standards. A smooth bore (approx 20ga), the craziest feature was the damn thing's barrel - grotesquely fashioned from discarded C-cell flashlight batteries. (Damascus steel VC style). Painted over with brushed-on black ink, one could see several faint Ray-o-Vac logos on close exam. Sold with a set of VC coins & postage stamps for about $60 in the late 90's. A C&R from hell.

treedawg

probably not worth much cash, but it would be priceless if i'd captured it in nam and brought it home.

Blanchee

Can you mount a stright 16X Leupold scope on that thing :-) I don't know how much it's worth, but I'd pay good money just to watch someone shoot it with full house ammo. And I thought an SKS was a POS. What do I know, it may be worth 5 grand, hehehe.