23-05-2014, 09:31 PM
(This post was last modified: 23-05-2014, 10:18 PM by Drew Phipps.)
The "veer" that you see is exactly what convinces me there's a fastener there. Clearly how he's holding the gun means that gravity isn't forcing the strap to curl up to the bottom of the barrel. If not gravity, then what? In fact, the strap twists to show itself more side-on to the camera at that point, and I see a dark spot in the middle of the strap at that very point, before it falls down and twists away due to gravity. The part of the "strap" that continues past the bottom of the barrel towards the side could just be the loose end of the strap after the fastener, like how a belt goes a bit past the last belt loop.
I'm gonna find that picture, but IIRC, the recovered homemade strap doesn't look much like the one in the backyard photo.
The best picture of the strap and its mounts on the recovered rifle is here:
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Clearly a leather strap with a leather pad and 2 side mounts on the rifle. The strap could easily have been changed in the 7 months between the photos and the shooting, but unless this particular gun came with both a front-side and a front-bottom mount, it's a different gun from the backyard photo.
I'm gonna find that picture, but IIRC, the recovered homemade strap doesn't look much like the one in the backyard photo.
The best picture of the strap and its mounts on the recovered rifle is here:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]6025[/ATTACH]
Clearly a leather strap with a leather pad and 2 side mounts on the rifle. The strap could easily have been changed in the 7 months between the photos and the shooting, but unless this particular gun came with both a front-side and a front-bottom mount, it's a different gun from the backyard photo.