Chapter 199 The Antique Gun (1/2)
Chapter 199: The Antique Gun
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Freddy’s tone was provoking and full of sarcasm.
Li Du smiled and returned a cutting retort: ”We know how to handle goods with value, ‘cos we’re used to that. But if it’s trash, we’ll be at a loss—you see, we’re not used to handling trash.”
With more than a dozen houses in his hands, Freddy was so confident that he felt nothing could put him down. He scoffed at Li Du’s words and laughed. ”Okay, what are the valuables you reaped from this auction? Or, what did you come here for?
”They’re here for sightseeing,” Bart added. ”They’re not here for the auction, otherwise, why would they stop with only one successful bid?”
Bart had gotten five houses for himself.
Li Du replied, ”You’re right, we’re here for sightseeing. We’ve brought good cameras with us, and they contain lots of interesting pictures.”
Bart was triggered by the mention of cameras and pictures. ”You promised to delete my pictures! You f*cking piece of sh—”
”Shut up! Don’t overestimate yourself. We’re here to take pictures of the beautiful scenery, not to shoot some rubbish.”
Bart calmed down after hearing that; he could not stand the idea of the pictures being leaked out to the public.
Freddy spoke with his arms crossed. ”Pals, enough of that sh*t. Come on, show us the valuables you got from your house.”
They talked to one another while making their way to house 15.
Old house auctions were unlike storage unit auctions, the latter having a 24-hour timeline.
The storage unit companies needed their units cleaned out fast so that they could rent to another tenant, whereas real estate companies needed to spend more time on the architecture and design of whatever they wanted to build. So they were not in that much of a hurry to demolish the houses.
Back at house 15, Godzilla was moving some items onto the Iron Knight.
When he saw Li Du, Hans, and the group of treasure hunters, he took out the silver gun and walked toward the group with a straight face.
Seeing this, the treasure hunters almost broke out in cold sweat!
”D*mn, is this fellow a Terminator or what?” a treasure hunter asked.
Godzilla stopped before Li Du, and handed the gun to him. ”Found this in a cabinet.”
Hans snatched the gun over, and laughed loudly. ”Ha! Pal, you’re spot on! This is a Terminator, alright! Winchester Model 1887 lever-action shotgun—it’s the Terminator’s gun!”
The treasure hunters started to chatter.
”Is that really the Winchester M1887?”
”It can’t be, that gun was made more than a hundred years ago!”
”The gun was discontinued for a long time. But look at the outer layer, why is it silver?”
”If it’s really the Winchester M1887, they’re in luck!”
The Winchester M1887 was one of the first successful lever-action repeating shotguns produced by Winchester Repeating Arms Company, who claimed to be a ”lever-action firearms company.”
However, the gun’s famous designer, John Browning, subsequently suggested that a pump-action forend would be much more appropriate for a repeating shotgun, and that lever-action shotguns might be obsolete in future.
When the smokeless powder shotshells came into popularity in the later part of the 19th century, the M1887 was not strong enough to handle the early smokeless powder shotshells. And so a redesign resulted in the stronger Winchester Model 1901.