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  • mercpb
    mercpb
    • Oct 2021
    • 924
    • midwest

    #1

    AKA Merlin Starburst Autococker

    Feel bad letting this hang on the wall though it is pretty to look at. Finish looks slightly oxidized/age blemished and LPR has chrome flake but everything is straight


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  • Hellion360
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    • Jul 2020
    • 2452

    #2
    Looks like a VLM, not a merlin.
    A shot of the front block screw will clear it up either way. Price differences between VLM and Merlin
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    • mercpb
      mercpb commented
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      thanks, I'm not super informed on cockers that I'd even know the difference and just went off that image about body styles - the front block has an aftermarket volumizer (ANS) which I assume means VLM?

    • Hellion360
      Hellion360 commented
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      That is correct, a VLM.
      I have seen a merlin with a volumizer before, but if it is not a custom volumizer then it is a 99 thread front block screw.
  • Jonnydread
    Wild Card
    • Jul 2020
    • 4388
    • Lil Rhody

    #3
    These are neat, I've always liked the simplicity of these designs.
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    • superman
      MCB Member
      • Jul 2020
      • 3348
      • Mount Pleasant, SC

      #4
      Originally posted by Hellion360
      Looks like a VLM, not a merlin.
      A shot of the front block screw will clear it up either way. Price differences between VLM and Merlin
      It's a vlm, you can see the pre2k volumizer.


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      • Grendel
        MCB Member
        • Jul 2020
        • 1979
        • Lexington, SC

        #5
        Starburst and Spiral were the only millings I liked (I am a fan of slab sided markers). Working I would say it would sell $700-$750 range, Starburst is seen a lot less then the other millings.


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        • mercpb
          mercpb
          • Oct 2021
          • 924
          • midwest

          #6
          https://youtu.be/UaLrxKiKD2A
          https://youtube.com/shorts/Rv-hJrX8nM0?feature=share

          • BODY: A low SN AK0030 - which checks out as the original owner was a "first guy to get everything" sort of collector, I also got one of the first dozen automags from him.... The body has minimal metal flaws, but the anodizing isn't anything to brag about. Thin, splotchy.
          • FRAME is an early Benchmark slider. I've never seen one wihout the "glide hole" behind trigger, but it's surely benchmark tho. Interestingly, black finish inside as if it was a black production run then manually polished out
          • GUTS include an AKA tornado and non-IVG dialer (Rex?)
          • PNEUS - nothing too crazy here, STO LPR and ram I think, and dye 3-way. The LPR has flaking. AKA appropriate welded straight 2-bar pump rod, shocktech period correct cocking rod
          • BOLT - shocktech pre2k delrin, the kind that have the segmented 2 delrin parts. Top shape, not shown

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          • scottieb
            Member since 2004
            • Jul 2020
            • 3948
            • Lincoln, Nebraska

            #7
            I'm willing to bet it's not a Benchmark frame but rather a Diamond Labs frame. Pic of Diamond Labs frame:

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