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| < 16ga. Guns ~ Sweet 16 on Gun Broker |
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Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:25 pm
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Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:02 am
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I can't see a thing about it that looks "new" to me. So, what is it a prototype of?
I'll venture a wild a$$ed guess that it may be a prototype out of the Miroku plant from when they moved production to Japan.
The seller has no reserve so he does not think the gun is all that special. and so far the bidders dont think it is anything special either based on the prices bid.
The most intriguing thing about it is that it's in Ogden, Utah.....
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Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:15 am
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| bet it goes for well over 1000 |
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Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:58 am
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| Jeff Mulliken wrote: |
I can't see a thing about it that looks "new" to me. So, what is it a prototype of?
I'll venture a wild a$$ed guess that it may be a prototype out of the Miroku plant from when they moved production to Japan.
The seller has no reserve so he does not think the gun is all that special. and so far the bidders dont think it is anything special either based on the prices bid.
The most intriguing thing about it is that it's in Ogden, Utah.....
Jeff
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Jeff: What does the serial number date it as?
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Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:52 am
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Here is the response I received from the seller in answer to my question......"What is this A5 a prototype of, possibly first Japanese manufacture? And is that wear on the receiver/barrel?"
Reply: cosmoline no ware and japan made thanks |
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Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:24 pm
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| Another one of those sellers, huh? I'd steer clear unless I could do some checking in person. |
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Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:42 pm
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Aek,
I'm not sure that code will tell me much but I'll look at my reference materials tonight and try to figure it out.
The numbers look machine struck. But the letters are hand struck, look how they are all out of register.
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Tue Jan 02, 2007 3:37 pm
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| The serial number is in the right order for a japanese made gun. PT was made in 1986. Don't know what SAS means. Sweet sixteen made in Japan would have 221 after the PT.All the serial numbers in those years started with 01001. |
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Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:29 pm
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