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    Gunbroker listing, DEAR GOD REALLY?!?!?

    https://www.gunbroker.com/item/895194807

    Hungarian FEG HD-18... More expensive than many aircraft!

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    Team Guns Network Silver 04/2013 alismith's Avatar

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    If that bid is legit, that guy has more money than sense....wow!
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    Do a search on Gunsnet. There are several that are priced in the astronomical region!

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    Beautiful rifle
    Nice to see him take such good care of it laying on a pile of rusty car parts
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    No way that is a legitimate bid. One of Hitler's walthers might bring close to that.

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    I understand there's some drama going on with this seller
    People are jacking with his auctions because of something he pulled
    His Facebook has some talking about it
    Don't know how true myself
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    After having tried buying stuff on auction sites it doesn't surprise me at all...people are indeed insane.
    Where are we going and why are we in this handbasket???

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    Seems like the seller managed to get his hands on all the HD-18s imported and offered them for sale starting at just above the high end of the suggested retail price. There were people on the waiting list for these rifles who were promised them at a specific price, and when this guy listed them higher, it set off a minor war.

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    Quote Originally Posted by imanaknut View Post
    Seems like the seller managed to get his hands on all the HD-18s imported and offered them for sale starting at just above the high end of the suggested retail price. There were people on the waiting list for these rifles who were promised them at a specific price, and when this guy listed them higher, it set off a minor war.
    At over $7,300,000.00, I'd call that a major war.
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    Holy crap here's another

    Norinco Type-85 SVD (NDM-86)
    Dragunov Izhmash Saiga Arsenal AK-47 AK-74 AKM AK
    $9,025.00

    https://www.gunbroker.com/item/897263774

    Seems to be a problem with it as well
    Seller says don't bid but still seems to be active:
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    In the last couple days, I’ve had people asking about the provenance of this rifle. Since I’m not the original owner, I cannot offer any definitive answers beside what I’ve been told, which are all mentioned in the description. However, I was able to contact a local dealer who has knowledge and ownership of a Norinco NDM-86. After careful examination and comparison of the rifles, both him and I believe that this rifle is most likely an NDM-86 that has been reworked and refinished to look like a Type-85.
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    You know, there are some guns where the price gets so high, that you have to ask yourself is it really worth that much?

    This is one of those guns.....
    "Valar morghulis; valar dohaeris."

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    Been looking at the sale price (actually sold price) of most Chinese AK variants and they are through the roof. I have also seen SAR-1s and SAR-3s actually selling for over $1500!!!

    Prices on what should be standard rifles is obscene due to import restrictions on our rights. We are in a crazy time for AK variant ownership.

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    Quote Originally Posted by imanaknut View Post
    We are in a crazy time.......
    You coulda stopped there.

    The whole world has gone insane.
    Where are we going and why are we in this handbasket???

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    Quote Originally Posted by Full Otto View Post
    Beautiful rifle
    Nice to see him take such good care of it laying on a pile of rusty car parts
    Well to be fair, he DOES take GOOD quality photos of his guns. Unlike so many idiots who look like they took their auction photos of their items with a POTATO smeared with vasoline.

    I wouldn't place a firearm on a pile of rusty wheel rims, but it you do it carefully and immediately take it off and clean it off, no harm done. I've seen folks take beautiful pics of guns on piles of rocks and dirt before. Personally, I like seeing them on a rustic wood table or a nice piece of cloth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tank_monkey View Post
    Well to be fair, he DOES take GOOD quality photos of his guns. Unlike so many idiots who look like they took their auction photos of their items with a POTATO smeared with vasoline.

    I wouldn't place a firearm on a pile of rusty wheel rims, but it you do it carefully and immediately take it off and clean it off, no harm done. I've seen folks take beautiful pics of guns on piles of rocks and dirt before. Personally, I like seeing them on a rustic wood table or a nice piece of cloth.
    Yeah I mean it's not that hard....



    ...that's with a phone.

    But you look at some people's pic and you're not even sure if it's a gun.
    Where are we going and why are we in this handbasket???

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    Quote Originally Posted by weevil View Post
    Yeah I mean it's not that hard....



    ...that's with a phone.

    But you look at some people's pic and you're not even sure if it's a gun.
    Hey, LOL. I know it's not hard. I try to take GOOD pics of MY guns But some of those sellers... I wonder if they're legally blind or something. I've PASSED on multiple auctions because I just didn't trust what I was looking at, the photos were so DARK or OUT OF FOCUS. hahahahaha.

    BTW, nice pic

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    I did this pic a while back. Just messing around with a pistol case before I went to the indoor range (back in the good ole days when I could actually get more ammo to practice at the range ) But you're right. If I can take this pic on my front step, then those idiots on those gun auction sites can take decent pics of their stuff. Too much to ask from some folks, I suppose.


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    Quote Originally Posted by tank_monkey View Post
    I've PASSED on multiple auctions because I just didn't trust what I was looking at, the photos were so DARK or OUT OF FOCUS.
    Same....pics so bad you can't tell if it's even the right gun let alone what condition it's in.

    Makes me wonder if they really are that bad at taking pics or just trying to sell some trashed out old beater and don't want you to look too closely. Whatever the case I don't buy a pig in a poke.


    Nice pistols you got there!
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