I saw one of these on eBay

[Amish Trooper]

Not a bad price though

[poisonfox]

True enough, considering the rarity and all.

[TK bondservnt[501st]]

thats not m19

that second link looks suspect compared to the one amish and I are bidding on.

Edited September 17, 2010 by TK Bondservnt 2392

[Amish Trooper]

thats not m19

that second link looks suspect compared to the one amish and I are bidding on.

Not gonna lie Vern if you are going to more than

$125 then I'll Stop bidding. Lol. Just cast it a gift me one lol

[TK bondservnt[501st]]

steve... if you really need the m38 in the first auction I'll stop bidding.

 

the second link looks weird.

[Amish Trooper]

steve... if you really need the m38 in the first auction I'll stop bidding.

 

the second link looks weird.

I don't need it that bad bud. You go right ahead. Another will eventually pop up. I'm just busting your chops lol

[sskunky]

Well if you both don't want it I take it.....

[TK bondservnt[501st]]

hmm... who has actually been bidding?

[sskunky]

I keed, I keed..... I'm not bidding....

[TK bondservnt[501st]]

anyone here actually bidding? it just went up!

[gh05ty]

Im not.... Just wanted to join all the other CFO logos really.. mine feels left out

[sskunky]

He he spread the CFO love man.......

[RogueTrooper[TK]]

Here. He knows what he's got though...

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/STAR-WARS-M19-STYLE-BLASTER-SCOPE-M-19-ORIG-BRASS-SCOPE-/230524585789?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35ac56073d

 

 

That is not a real M19, but is a mod/cut down of one of these scopes, M38A2, M40A2, M47A2, M77C, or M77D. The M19 is not the same dimensions and has different design elements compared to these scopes.

 

These scopes (M38A2,M40A2, M47A2, M77C, M77D) were essentially the same as the M38 and M40 scopes. But, the M38A2, M40A2, M47A2, M77C, and M77D had a grooved section in the center of them where a bracket/clamp mount was attached.

 

The person in this auction just cut that section out and made this scope about 18mm shorter.

 

So, in my opinion, they would have been better off selling this scope un-modified instead of trying to make it into an M19 that they are trying to auction off on Ebay.

 

 

 

Here is the one in the Ebay auction:

 

 

Here is a pic of my M38A2, M40A2, M47A2, M77C, M77D scopes, so you can compare and see the missing section:

 

 

[andy19422]

just what i figured, and it looks a bit bent

[poisonfox]

I assumed the "bend" was barrel distortion, but you may be right. Wouldn't this be easily solved with a shot of the top of the eyepiece?

[Amish Trooper]

I've been bidding . I'm the current high bidder but I know that won't last

[sskunky]

You lot are crazy! Why in earth are you bidding it up so much so early in the auction? There's still days left on it. All your doing is pushing the price higher and higher. :?:

[poisonfox]

I re-read the M19 auction and it looks like he's pretty upfront about the fact that it isn't a real one. Read below...

 

"QUALITY ORIGINAL SCOPE REWORKED TO BE THE SAME LENGTH AS THE M19 SCOPE.

 

THIS IS A CUSTOM ITEM SOLD AS IS"

[RogueTrooper[TK]]

I re-read the M19 auction and it looks like he's pretty upfront about the fact that it isn't a real one. Read below...

 

"QUALITY ORIGINAL SCOPE REWORKED TO BE THE SAME LENGTH AS THE M19 SCOPE.

 

THIS IS A CUSTOM ITEM SOLD AS IS"

 

Yeah, there are a couple of sellers on ebay that mod scopes knowing that SW fans are looking for certain types, you just have to read between the lines to make sure what it is before bidding on it.

[Amish Trooper]

You lot are crazy! Why in earth are you bidding it up so much so early in the auction? There's still days left on it. All your doing is pushing the price higher and higher. :?:

Putting in a low bid knowing it will go for much higher. I sometimes like to weed out the dollar bidders. If I truly want to get it and the price hasn't reached my price point then I do the sneaky thing and snipe

[TK bondservnt[501st]]

if I want it, I'll outbid you during the last 2 minutes of the bidding war!

 

but I have promised not to bid on it steve, so now you can have my bids...

[TK_LEPER]

Wow, and it's the 1st one of it's kind! Those are harder to come by.

[TK bondservnt[501st]]

nobody should buy that m19... it's not real.

 

the other one... looks legit!

[Billhag]

nobody should buy that m19... it's not real.

 

the other one... looks legit!

 

Totaly agree, its been totally messed around with, its not an M-19, plus he's been trying

to sell that thing for months now. Just glad that people can see it for what it is <_<

 

The M-38 seems like a nice piece, the one thing that I would say is that I would contact

the seller and ask if he as changed or repaired the lens because the 5 front screws seem

to be new or at least cleaned up plus the visual that he's shown of the inside as

no range markings which is unusual and I've only ever seen that once in all the scopes

that I've owned.

 

This is what you would normally see when you look through one

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Still agreat find for the right price

[Amish Trooper]

It got too rich for my blood