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Thanks. It's partly an academic question. I'm not planning to sand it ... the temptation isn't there, because I wouldn't want to lose the markings on one side, and I know the color wouldn't match if...

Thanks - and, when I got the rifle, I shot it, then I took it apart, washed the stock with warm soapy water, then rubbed raw linseed oil into it by hand. So by some definitions, maybe it's been...

Thanks, guys. Any thoughts about the stock? When and where it may have been made? Someone else told me it was older than 1944.

Would I lose much value if I refinished the stock? I doubt I will...

It just occurred to me that this thread was for a specific person's questions - sorry about crashing - I moved my questions to a new thread.

I originally posted this in someone else's thread, but realized that I should leave that thread to the OP's questions.

I have a BNZ 4 (Steyr 1944) rifle that I bought from a relative. He bought it...

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To be clear, there are two sets of parts. Each set matches but the two sets do not match:
- The "gun" parts (bolt, barrel, receiver) all match
- The "stock" parts (stock, handguard,...

I joined this forum to ask about a rifle I recently acquired. I bought a Mauser K98k and about 1400 rounds of ammunition for $450. I figured the ammunition was worth about that much, so it was a good...