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I assumed the German gentleman was talking about the W/F mark in his email since the name included two W's and an F (Fritz Wendel, Weissenhorn) but I suppose he could have been talking about the triangle/4 mark. Frankonia appears to have imported firearms and marked them with a mark extremely...

Thanks for reminding me about this thread! I got in touch with a German gunmaker and he was able to identify the engravers mark, this was his reply; "The stamp it's from Fritz Wendel, Weissenhorn. Fritz Wendel was a gunmaker and coming from suhl. After the war he was gunmaker in the krieghoff...

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$1775 plus shipping! This is the last price drop before it heads to gunbroker.

I won an auction on a cool little Ruger Bearcat that I'd like some help with figuring out. The serial number puts it at 1972 production, and I enhanced some pictures of the proof/possible engraver marks. The eagle with the N underneath is of course the "nitro" proof, while the cross hatched...

Price dropped to $1900 plus shipping. Don't miss out on a fantastic thumper!

@Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy provides a prompt, no hassle experience as well. Be sure to post pics of what you harvest!

It's funny you mention that. I was comparing it to my 550 in 375 H&H from 2014 and everything just seemed a  little better.

'99 manufacture CZ 550 Magnum in 416 Rigby. Not 100% condition but darned close.Trigger is well tuned and it feeds/ejects smoothly oriented in any direction, including upside down. Comes with what I believe are Warne 1" low QD rings and 15 rounds of HSM 350gr Barnes ammo. Will ship in a new...

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This one might go cheap. Obviously the barrel length is marked incorrectly, I messaged the seller to confirm. https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1075037758

The brass problem isn't so big of a deal with 475 Linebaugh being so readily available, lots of people just trim. I like my brass to match my gun, so I picked up 500 pieces of 480 from the run Starline did back in March or April.

I don't have any experience with one for you, I went the 480 Ruger route but there is a couple on Gunbroker right now in the 9.5".

Here is the video I referenced in case anyone else wants to see it.

Sorry, I didn't see the barrel length question. It's 16.5".