{"id":6844,"date":"2019-08-24T11:45:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T11:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/candrdigital.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/24\/platypus-or-prototype-authenticating-a-hybrid-entini\/"},"modified":"2020-07-22T14:36:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T19:36:12","slug":"platypus-or-prototype-authenticating-a-hybrid-entini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/24\/platypus-or-prototype-authenticating-a-hybrid-entini\/","title":{"rendered":"Platypus or Prototype? Authenticating a Hybrid Entini"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VpbyBzx4VGE?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>RIA on YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RockIslandAuction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RockIslandAuction<\/a><br \/>\nRIA on Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I debated whether or not to film this rifle, because I can\u2019t say with 100% confidence that it is genuine. It really seems genuine to me though, and so I decided to use it as an example of the sort of conundrum that comes up in gun collecting. Here I will present the evidence that suggests that it is a rare hybrid training rifle circa 1910-1914, and also the evidence suggesting that it is a fantasy rifle &#8211; a \u201cplatypus\u201d, as the British rifle collecting community calls it. Take a look, and let me know what you think!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nForgotten Weapons<br \/>\nPO Box 87647<br \/>\nTucson, AZ 85754<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIA on YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RockIslandAuction RIA on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/ I debated whether or not to film this rifle, because I can\u2019t say with 100% confidence that it is genuine. It really seems genuine to me though, and so I decided to use it as an example of the sort of conundrum that comes up in gun&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/24\/platypus-or-prototype-authenticating-a-hybrid-entini\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Platypus or Prototype? Authenticating a Hybrid Entini<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":6845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6844"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13468,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6844\/revisions\/13468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}