It's not really a lost project, it's only missing the sling part and I can't imagine that being all that hard to get. It's a fairly nice looking rifle, almost too nice which might be part of the problem I guess. If a stock is going to have work done, I prefer being the one that did it so I know how much was done. The exterior metal finish is good, all the metal looks good, the stock is uniform in color and aside from the numbers not matching and the cartouches being almost oblitherated, it doesn't look bad at all.

The bayonet issue is more like do I want to get the expensive one or not. As a collector, I eventually plan on getting one I suppose so that isn't a major hold back.

Patrick,

I thought about cleaning the bore out before hand, may make that suggestion if I decide to pull the trigger so to speak. In the meantime, I'm hoping a MAS 36 shows up so I can concentrate on that rather than this.
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