GI Listed Remington 1917 SAFARI 416 Rigby

[Doug3006]

I was browsing in GI today and stumbled upon a listing for the rifle in the subject line. One of the pictures caught my eye.

 

[Aaron N]

It must have great light gathering capabilities

 

[Doug3006]

Everything seems so far away!

 

[RR 314]

Yup. I sent that picture to some guys on here Friday. Oooof.

 

[BJH65]

I saw that too. Good grief!

 

[Luvthunt]

Wants to see where they have been and not where they are going!

 

[cash_tx]

I've seen this before and was initially perplexed; however, I learned later on that this is an old trick for visually indicating that the rifle has not been sighted in yet. The thought process is that it's an easy and obvious way to know which rifle to NOT grab in a pinch.

 

[roklok]

I saw that as well. Very nice rifle. I think whoever was photographing the rifle stuck it on backwards, didn't know any better, as multiple pics show the rifle with scope off. Maybe a young inexperienced helper at the gunshop who has tech skills but is not gun savvy.