So... I suppose it is time to knock the cobwebs off this project.
Unfortunately, back in 2017, a family member ran into some medical/mental health issues and I felt compelled to sell off many of my prop-building parts in order to try to pay down some medical bills. All of my Blade Runner bits were part of that mass sell-off. It was an easy thing to do considering what the alternative was, and with the constant soul-searching I was doing, the time and focus required to finish this off was not something I could give. Not to mention, during that time, my Steyr was stored improperly and acquired some rustiness to its finish (an even greater crime than selling these parts!). Besides, a dearly loved family member is back on the road of progress and seems to be heading toward greatness and greater things now, so I have no qualms about deciding to part with those prop parts. In fact, I’d do it again without hesitation, if I were fortunate enough to have those pieces again... which brings me to....
Here I am again, slowly collecting the necessary pieces, and seemingly will have much more spare time than I am used to having. I’ll share more on that later (maybe).
Anyway, piece number 1:
Vintage CHARTER ARMS BULLDOG .44 SPL
Some of you from the
Gun Showoff Thread are already aware that I have acquired this pristine vintage Bulldog. It is a Stratford, Connecticut build, which is arguably Charter’s finest production era, quality-wise. Thus, the age is right for the Blade Runner build.
BUT no one knows that I just scored
this:
Vintage STEYR MANNLICHER DAIMLER PUGH Model SL .222 Remington
It was a real battle to get this, and a human error on the end of the auction house where I picked it up from almost cost me my win for the lot, but in the end, she is mine.
This is the only photo that was taken and listed with the lot online, but I will post better (and more) pics of this when it will be here in a about a week!