Originally Posted by PhysDoc
Originally Posted by BrentD, Prof
This is not the first misrepresented rifle sold by RIA. Michael Petrov had me help him inform RIA of a faked Sharps 1874. RIA did not pull it or modify their description of it, so it went as listed, though that was known to be wrong.

However, I never stay in Holiday Inns...



Ok, I am curious, what was the deal with the Sharps 1874?

It was long ago, so I do not recall all the details. But to the best of my recollection, the rifle had a very distinctive burn mark on it. It had been at auction a few years previously with that mark but a very different configuration and condition. It looked to have been rebarreled with a different size and configuration of barrel and some other things that I do not recall. Michael showed me a lot of documentation to be sure I was comfortable doing what he wanted me to do, which was not much.

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