• ANTIQUE VAMPIRE KILLING KIT

    From ricoman269@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 20 01:19:40 2018
    On Thursday, August 10, 1995 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, RStewart wrote:
    # In <406cff$iup@xring.cs.umd.edu> hsu@va.pubnix.com (Dave Hsu) writes:
    # #
    # #In article <4034l5$c7v@xring.cs.umd.edu>,
    # #Kenneth J. <kshapiro@yorick.umd.edu> wrote:
    # ##I am selling one of the six kits that were made in 1830-1869 by Dr.
    # Ernst
    # ##Blomberg. It was featured in Guns n' Ammo sometime back around 1989.
    # ##It is a compartmentalized wooden gun box w/ felt lined compartments.
    # It
    # ##contains a single shot Belgian revolver
    # # ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    # #
    # #Well, color me stupid, but what parts revolve on a single-shot gun?
    # #
    # #Hmmm...a revolver cylinder which rotates 360 degrees between
    # #chambers...I'll bet _that_ hasn't been patented yet :-)
    # #
    # #-dave
    # #
    # #--
    # #Dave Hsu "You can identify members of the Mandelbrot Set
    # by
    # #UUnerd beards, glasses, computers, and jugs of real
    # ale."
    # #<hsu@uu.net> - Charlie Stross
    # #uunet technologies does not in any way endorse the opinions expressed
    # herein
    # #
    # Oops! Are we forgetting the Ruger Hawkeye? Single shot and it
    # revolves. Well, sort of. :-)
    #
    # But, seriously, folks, this vampire killing kit has to take the prize
    # for this month's most unusual offer.
    #
    # RAS

    You still have them for sale?

    [MODERATOR: Seems unlikely after all these years but we can post it
    as general invitation for like products.]

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  • From TimR@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 23 15:59:45 2018
    Interesting.

    I had not heard of these.

    A little googling suggested they are all fake - none date to earlier than 1930 - but have some value anyway.

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