I was in Cabelas last night and ran across a sporterized No4 mk1 for $160.00. It needs the fore arm, front upper handguard and the front band. Other than that it wasn't cut up too badly. The worst part is it was SUPER dusty and had a slight patina of surface rust over it, No pitting tho. The bore looked very very hairy. Even a small spider nest in it. The clerk in the Gun Library offered to run a bore snake thru it.

Holy crap!! It shined up like a new penny with strong lands! The rest of it is pretty much surface and will clean up very nice I think. The oddball thing is the only markings on the gun is the date 1943 above that is M + 7. On the left side of the receiver is what looks to be elctro penciled No. 4 MK I. On the side of the butt stock is stamped a FT... Nothing else, not even a serial number.

They were having a 10% off sale, and I asked if they could do any better since the condition is so rough. He looked it up and it had been on the shelf for over a month. So he knocked off an extra $50! So with tax and everything I walked out the door for with my new treasure for $103.00.

We'll see how she turns out. I'm already searching for the parts I need.
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