Hello there,

Had a good look at this rifle today. The stock has been sanded but the stamps have not been removed. It needs some oil to restore a more original look.

None of the parts have a R stamp. The barrel bands are all blued. The bolt has a small x on top of the bolt handle and a small 2 underneath. The bolt sleeve has a g on the front right face.

The floor plate and trigger guard is pressed metal and has a dark grey parkerised finished. The action is a olive green colour.

There is a silver oil bottle with a pull though and brush in one end in the butt trap.

The bolt headspaces very well.

Best of all the barrel cleaned up very well. Inspection with the bore scope revealed that the barrel is in almost new condition. It was very interesting to see the tool marks on the lands which suggests that the initial boring was a bit rough...perhaps due to production demands.

It also came with an M1icon bayonet with an M7 scabbard. This is a 1943 UFH marked bayonet...it has a serial number on the side of the hilt....can anyone tell me why as I have not seen a photo of any other bayonet with a serial number in this spot.

The sight hood has a serial number commencing with the letter c on the side. Does anyone know what this serial number means?

As far as I can tell it is all original...if it is a parts build the builder has done a really amazing job.

Can't wait to shoot it.

Craig