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Spanish Destroyer Carbine Restoration Project
Hello Again,
I am always looking for a nice project gun as I have an unusual attraction to military rifles in need of some work. I bought a new one today without doing any research first, which is very unusual for me. I picked up a Spanish Destroyer Carbine in 9mm Largo cal. It has been restocked in a maple stock have probably the worst fit I've seen in a long time. The stock is a "custom" that has a cheek rest and a black painted tip. The trigger gurd assembely sits so far out of the stock that it interfears with operation and firing of the bolt. The whole thing is coated in black paint, which seems like a theme fer guns I've rescued lately. Hopefully the finish underneath will be nicley protected, but I dont expect that to be the case. I am going to need a stock, barrel bands and a butplate to make her right. It has one barrel band on it now but I'm not sure if it is correct for the rifle, I suspect it is not but only time will tell. I found the rifle locally and the gun had a price tag of $350 on it. When I picked it up the store owner came over an asked if I was interested, and I said that I was not interested at that price. He told me to make an offer, so I asked if he would take $100 for it. He said he couldnt go that low but he could do the deal at $125 so I jumped on it. I couldnt believe it and I thought I couldnt go wrong at that price. Would anyone have any ideas on where I could look for parts? I called Sarco and they offer to buy the rifle for parts because they have none. I also checked Numrich but had no luck there. Any ideas? I would appriciate any help. Thanks again. I plan on showing all of the steps of the restoration as to possibly aid future members. Who knows, someone might even find it interesting.
mdrim13
