A friend of mine is a gunsmith who's going to attempt to make the receiver. I'll let you know if/when it happens.Has anyone made a non functional kit of the Steyr Mannlicher? Or a casting of the bolt and receiver assembly? I'm also curious if there are any kits or casting of the other guns used to build the gun. I did a quick search and couldn't find anything but someone here may be able to help me out.
The reason he's making one is because he wants a functional version as opposed to just having a static prop and wants to make it to his own safety specs. Also, people like us have made the originals scarce and crap-tonnes more costly than they ever were before. One of the reasons we prop collectors are so reviled amongst other collectors - we inadvertently and artificially drive up the prices for other niche collectors.
Buying a real firearm would cost way too much money for me. I live in Canada and would need to get a firearms licence for a rifle and a completely different license for the revolver. Not to mention how much of a pain it would be to import any working firearm into Canada. And those Temenosuke kits are close to 900 dollars now.
