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some of my IMA 's Antique Guns
Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 11:01 am
by normsutton
P-1853 Three Band Enfield
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snider carbine's
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Brown Bess
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Nepalese Gahendra Henry
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Brunswick P-1837
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IMA 's Antique Guns in "untouched" condition
http://www.ima-usa.com/index.php/cPath/ ... 78d0cecfab
Re: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns
Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 4:32 pm
by papabear
Beautiful Norm, simply beautiful work you do on the IMA BP guns. Being as I have seen most of them in person and have shot a few and yes cleaned a couple I looking forward to shooing a few more of them come this Sept. Great Pics.
Re: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns
Posted: June 25th, 2010, 5:44 pm
by anjdrifter
yup outstanding and yes i remember the cleaning session at Norms lol
Re: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns
Posted: June 27th, 2010, 2:18 am
by piaggior
Those are beautiful, Norm! I have been thinking about buying on of the Martini Henry rifles for a project for my daughter and myself.
Re: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns
Posted: June 27th, 2010, 9:36 am
by normsutton
piaggior
if you plan to shoot it don't buy a Francotte Henry , their barrels are to tight , and the actions are week
NORM
Re: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns
Posted: June 27th, 2010, 3:01 pm
by piaggior
normsutton wrote:piaggior
if you plan to shoot it don't buy a Francotte Henry , their barrels are to tight , and the actions are week
NORM
Is that why they are priced so cheaply? How about the Gahendra rifles? I'm not real sure of my restoration skills, so I'd like to start as cheap as possible.
Re: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns
Posted: June 27th, 2010, 3:43 pm
by normsutton
piaggior
the Gahendra Henry's are going to go up in price very soon, I have 5 of them and I have shoot all of them at lest 20 times, and they will go up in value , they only made about 8,000 of them I believe , its also very easy to repair
this how you take it apart and put it back together again
http://britishmilitariaforums.yuku.com/topic/8972
NORM
Re: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns
Posted: June 27th, 2010, 4:10 pm
by piaggior
Thanks Norm, that's the way I will go then. If I can get one to look half as good as any of yours, I'll be very happy.
Re: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns
Posted: June 27th, 2010, 4:23 pm
by normsutton
piaggior
if you need any help email me or call me
NORM
Re: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns
Posted: June 27th, 2010, 4:28 pm
by piaggior
Thanks Norm. I will start a thread once I receive it. I'm sure I'll have alot of questions about it. My daughter is even starting to get excited about it, she's asked to see IMA's website a couple of times today.
Re: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns
Posted: July 1st, 2010, 4:32 pm
by normsutton
piaggior
I just order another Gahendra Henry i well have Tuesday
NORM
Re: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns
Posted: July 2nd, 2010, 4:41 am
by piaggior
The shipping is a little slow to Arizona, so I have to wait until Thursday for mine. If it turns out in decent shape, I might order something else in a couple of weeks.
Re: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns
Posted: July 2nd, 2010, 4:45 am
by piaggior
Norm, It looks like your getting mighty close to 0.1% of all Gahendra's made!
Re: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns
Posted: July 2nd, 2010, 4:53 am
by normsutton
I think I have at lest one of every rifle IMA sells of the un cleaned ones
NORM
Re: some of my IMA 's Antique Guns
Posted: July 2nd, 2010, 2:25 pm
by piaggior
normsutton wrote:I think I have at lest one of every rifle IMA sells of the un cleaned ones
NORM
I would really like to get there. I might be a little late to the game, but I'll try to catch up slowly. I am really interested in the Brown Bess and Three Band Enfield, but my wood working skills are a bit questionable.