The Armour Archive

I was in HF the other day and saw that they have a new ASO. It was either 100lbs or 110 lbs and was made in Russia. I didn't see a price or any description (cast iron, cast steel, molded silly putty?). It has a slightly different shape than the 55lb Chinese one - the sides are flush with the table instead of set in a bit. It has both a hardie hole and a pritchel(sp?) hole. It also did not seem to have the bondo or whatever that the Chinese one has to smooth it out. The top & bottom are milled flat. The horn is a bit rough. When I turned it over, I saw that there was a big void/hole in the bottom! Shining my maglite into the hole I could see that it got pretty big inside. This could be an unintentional void in the casting, I suppose.

Has anyone bought one of these? If so, let us know how it holds up.

- Scott