thisistheway
Well-known member
Hello all,
While crawling Gunbroker in search of a stripped large ring 98 receiver for a project, I came across an auction for an "all matching" byf 42 K98k. The seller claimed to not know anything about the history of the gun/essentially pled ignorance in the description, but from the photos it was clearly a Mitchell's Mausers fake ("blinged" bolt, sanded stock, and MMC import mark). I sent the seller a message warning him that the rifle was almost certainly a counterfeit/non matching gun and that he might want to at least disclose that this was a Mitchell's Mausers build. I got one of the rudest responses I've ever gotten on GB, essentially telling me to mind my own business and he'd be doing no such thing. Shortly after, some poor soul clicked the Buy It Now.
Does this forum have an appropriate venue for documenting disreputable sellers/people or businesses that knowingly and dishonestly traffic in faked rifles?
While crawling Gunbroker in search of a stripped large ring 98 receiver for a project, I came across an auction for an "all matching" byf 42 K98k. The seller claimed to not know anything about the history of the gun/essentially pled ignorance in the description, but from the photos it was clearly a Mitchell's Mausers fake ("blinged" bolt, sanded stock, and MMC import mark). I sent the seller a message warning him that the rifle was almost certainly a counterfeit/non matching gun and that he might want to at least disclose that this was a Mitchell's Mausers build. I got one of the rudest responses I've ever gotten on GB, essentially telling me to mind my own business and he'd be doing no such thing. Shortly after, some poor soul clicked the Buy It Now.
Does this forum have an appropriate venue for documenting disreputable sellers/people or businesses that knowingly and dishonestly traffic in faked rifles?
