help me /k/ before I buy

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>>34863149
Do it. Haggle if you can, and remind them there's no info about it.

>>34863153
how does the bore look

>that revolver in the case

jesus fuck, you certainly cannot buy taste.

>>34863178
Bore was a little frosty but rifling was strong. I'm mostly worried about ammo.

>>34863226
It's either 8x52 or 8x50. Nobody makes either and it's a handloading only proposition.

For 150 though you can always keep it on hand as trading fodder.

>>34863226
You'll have to make your own ammo. Dies, brass and bullets are available. You should be able to find a comparable action and chambering to get load data.

for $150 buy it, always good to save something from obscurity and appreciate it

Looking at your pic OP it looks a lot like a 1886, not an 1888.

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>>34863262
>>34863283
Thanks guys but I'm not going to be able to dive into reloading for a while so this is a deal breaker for me. Been looking for a milsurp bolt action but with more available ammo. If anybody here is interested this is the palm beach gardens gander.

>>34863405
x52 is still in production. It was a pretty common sporter cartridge after the M1895 and M1888 was phased out and put in civilian hands.

It's definitely worth 150. I'd go ahead and buy it if you can confirm the cartridge. One is out of production and unnobtainium the other is still out there but limited. Look up which one, in case I am wrong.

>>34863450
>x52 is still in production
where?

>>34863405
Buy it and sell it to a collector for more then get a mosin

>>34863590
This OP

Free money right there if you get it cheap

Goddamnit OP that's one of the guns on my list, been looking for a a reasonably priced example for years now. some guys have all the luck. I'd buy it off of you for 250 if you lived anywhere in the northeast within driving distance