ok guys... 600 Honor Guards imported, and here is mine. Not bat for $350 :)
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Shiny shiny! Be better if the stock was chrome too though ! chuckles1
Shazam! :o That is a beauty 8) What's the history on these?
Quote from: Phosphorus32 on January 11, 2015, 06:15:26 PM
Shazam! :o That is a beauty 8) What's the history on these?
Andy Sun of CA imported 600 in 1994. He ran into legal issues and sold the remaining rifles to Don at Omega. These were NOT imported with bayos. The ones Andy sold had bayos that were purchased separately, chromed, and installed by him. Don only received a few bayos with the ones he bought from Andy, so not all of his were sold with a bayo.
thumb1 I think you lucked out that everyone was strapped for cash, that's one heck of a gun man!! That's got to be the most photographed woodpile on the world wide net!! :P
You should be arrested for stealing. GREAT buy.
Marcus
Quote from: CARBINE on January 11, 2015, 06:37:55 PM
thumb1 I think you lucked out that everyone was strapped for cash, that's one heck of a gun man!! That's got to be the most photographed woodpile on the world wide net!! :P
laff... Got a new batch on the pile. I had to hold my arms up above my head to take these pics. :)
Quote from: 1mlt on January 11, 2015, 06:50:29 PM
You should be arrested for stealing. GREAT buy.
Marcus
I must admit.... I have been looking out the window TWICE as often since bringing it in the house. :P
Very COOL! Congrats
Pimpin aint easy... thumb1 Nice man. Also gotta be nice, Knowing how many of these were imported as well.
Cannon, as my oldest daughter used to say..."I'm green with envious"! That's a real beauty.
Very nice...I would love to have one of these one day.
Any thoughts on why the FSB/RSB, bayo handle and the receiver didn't get the 'treatement'?
On the sights, I would suspect leaving the sight post black would be fine for visibility, perhaps the leaf as well...not that these were going to see much shooting anyway....but my initial thoughts on not finishing the end of the barrel were considering how tight those FSB's are in the first place, but then I am thinking...well, they had to get the RSB on over the chrome, and they had to get the gas block on over the chrome...think1
As much abuse as the inside of the barrels get, one wouldn't think it would be a wear issue they were avoiding.
On the receiver, I considered wear...and then tolerance...but consider how EASY it would be to clean if it were all shiny and slippery on both the inside and outside...
Did the trigger group get the chrome on the internals or just the visible parts?
Now the real question, when are we going to see posts of you drilling with it on YouTube? :)
Already packed in mothballs. :)
No tellin why they only chromed certain parts and not others. ??? I think if the entire rifle was chrome, if would be a bit much.... like waaaay too much bling. I think of it as racing stripes on a car where it accents the gun witg bling while not going overboard. The FCG internals are not chrome other then the trugger and safety itself.
In my opinion this is like a duo-tone pistol, the contrast between chrome and bluing looks great. Just my .02!
nice rifle, nice finish, thats one for you get your friends drunk and brag about, very sweet find and congrads to you!!