POF Tombstone in the wild

[someguy2800]

My local shop had a POF tombstone in stock so I fondled and took some pictures of things I thought were notable. Couple things that first stood out to me is that the finish on the forend and receiver were way different in color and the barrel exterior had heavy rough machining marks. Racking the side I noticed there is almost no mechanical advantage to cock the hammer so the last 1/3rd of the cycle suddenly becomes very stiff at an abrupt point, and then the hammer drags on the bottom of the bolt while closing so there is kind of a gritty drag on the bolt. The $300 Turkish shotguns that were next to it look brilliantly well made by comparison.



$1850

 

[C-grunt]

Ive heard through the local grape vine that POF has had issues since the owner died. I havent seen any evidence of it but Im also not looking at POFs.

 

[Fishbed77]

Eeesh. That looks terrible.

The reviews I’ve seen of this thing are not glowing.

Not sure what this gets you over something like a CZ Scorpion that costs half as much and is a well-proven firearm.

 

[Riomouse911]

$1,850?

I will pass, especially if the fit and finish is as haphazard as you described.

Stay safe.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Hideous- and I like POF, or at least used to anyway.

Id take a Scorpion any day over this........thing.

 

[mcb]

I still like it, but it would have to be a whole lot cheaper.

 

[LoonWulf]

The finish dosent bother me, but its a very expensive novelty.
I think it's cool but I wouldn't spend $1,800 on it even if everything was perfect.
At 7 or 800 I'd be perfectly happy to deal with cleaning up the action, and painting it however i wanted.

 

[Pat Riot]

I also saw one at my LGS. I did not handle it though. I took a couple of photos.

I am not sure why, but every time I look at this gun I see a Steam Powered Giraffe video playing somewhere in my mind. If you aren’t familiar with this group look up their videos. Definitely very different.

 

[rizbunk77]

I also saw one at my LGS. I did not handle it though. I took a couple of photos.

I am not sure why, but every time I look at this gun I see a Steam Powered Giraffe video playing somewhere in my mind. If you aren’t familiar with this group look up their videos. Definitely very different.

View attachment 1138790

View attachment 1138787

View attachment 1138786

No thanks.

 

[Pat Riot]

No thanks.

“No thanks” to POF Tombstone or Steam Powered Giraffe?
I say “No thanks” to both. Both are just plain weird.

 

[doubleh]

That thing makes an original Hi-Point carbine look pretty.

 

[Captains1911]

Check out Honest Outlaw’s review on YouTube, not very stellar. I think he now refers to it as the POS.

 

[earlthegoat2]

Why does it look like a lever gun that would have Retay stamped on it?

 

[someguy2800]

Check out Honest Outlaw’s review on YouTube, not very stellar. I think he now refers to it as the POS.

wow, that was a **** show. Maybe just a mag issue. I guess I never thought of it, but some sort of last round bolt hold open or something would be a really nice feature to add. Maybe just a magazine follower that blocks the bolt from closing like in military mauser.