I keep coming back to look at this rifle whenever someone posts a comment, and I'm always reminded of a small crew of earnest, hardcore steampunk cosplayers I ran across in a pub in Paris in the last days of 2013. And I mean that in the best possible way. This thing is nuts. My inner cinematic props manager is agog. This rifle is wonderful to look at, and endlessly interesting to contemplate, technically. That lever. That barrel quick-detach mechanism. Those delicate express sight leaves, looking like they were hewn from metallic onionskin. That weird, partially-obscured chromed or nickelled bicycle-horn in the case in the first picture. The way the case's innards are perfectly-fitted along the pistol-grip. The severe, brutal, functional opulence and ornateness of the whole kit and caboodle.
What a treat. Best quality? Uh, yes.
Add me to the list of those who're curious about how it will shoot- and how you're managing creating digestible ammunition for it.
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