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cyberblock
That's a good point, like I said this mount could possibly be to the extreme like something we haven't even looked for or realized yet, so at this point it's very possible to be something like that as well...or in some cases, exactly what we thought it was like the model airplane cylinders (which a lot of us thought it was before we started giving up hope, for example
kurtyboy searched extensively for many years in that very same area for many years). I really, really hope we can find out what it really is someday..It is, after all, the largest primary part that has yet to be identified on this prop so far.
As you pointed out, I suppose we should, at this point, be looking for anything and everything as a possibility. Basing on the mount's design it very well could be related to something completely different than what we assume to be a firearm mount of some sort.
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chubsANDdoggers
The replica that was recently fabricated by
Field Marshall from my 3D models, and with the help of course from my friend and co-creator of this project
kpax, along with some help from
scottjua as well, is certainly an excellent replica Mauser, no doubt
. But I'd really like to see a replica (of equal quality) made specifically for the ANH Hero blaster specifically, since it was so unique compared to other Mausers in general, lump, partial serial # etc..
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scottjua
Honestly not trying to come off as a jerk at all..I know you went to a lot of work to get some of theses photos and that you also work in photography, and I and many others thank you very much for that. But please don't post photos publicly in this thread (or online at all to be honest, just my advice personally) that you don't want to be used as reference or to be shared an any way. Many, many people have also spent their time and efforts sharing photos that have barely or never even been seen publicly, just to contribute to the
collaborative effort of this project, including Chris (
lonepigeon) who has shared more than enough photos that aren't within the public's view whatsoever such as archival photos, and at that, without trying to take absolute credit for such photos that he, nor anyone else here, had photographed themselves. Him and all of us here simply just want to contribute to furthering the outcome of the primary goal..finding out the truth and mysteries of this prop. Understanding is the goal and curiosity is the fuel here, especially for a prop that simply doesn't exist in it's original form anymore and is non-referenceable in person for the most part.
After all, that's the whole reason the majority of us are here studying things together on the RPF to begin with. Curiosity, contribution, and resolution.
Not for publicity, or steady contributive credit. The whole point of a forum as great as the RPF and the people that it contains, is to collaborate and help one another towards the greater goal. Understanding first and then eventually making a great replica.
-Carson