New to Me M/937B

[RossMkIIEnjoyer]

I bought this from Centerfire as one with a non-matching bolt. They have all matching rifles but I've got too many irons in the fire right now to drop that kind of cash. The bolt matches itself but the buttplate has a different serial on it as well. Barrel on this is pretty good, rifling looks very sharp and there is minor, shallow pitting in the grooves for a milsurp. Overall, I'm pleased. It is effectively a Kar 98k with a Portuguese crest on the front receiver ring. It is the smoothest 98 I've handled. It probably saw some peacetime use in Portugal, Mozambique or Angola, maybe was used in the Colonial War before the G3 was readily available?

[browningautorifle]

I bought one of those with matching numbers and matching number bayonet in 1980. They came in still new in the grease and had full issue kit with them. They were perfect...this one still ain't bad though. Yes they're very nice, look like the bluing on a sporting rifle.

[RossMkIIEnjoyer]

I've seen some of those mint rifles, they are beautiful. I'm in my 20s so I missed the best rifles being imported. Happy there's still some decent surplus guns waiting in storage 80 years later, though.

[alanten]

I got one of the "matching" ones this week. All the numbers seem to match except for the buttplate and the cleaning rod. I typically frown on import markings, but this ones not too bad, on the bottom of the barrel. The extra PB on the receiver serial hurts my feelings a lot more.
The rifle looks good: bore is shiny, a lot of bluing on the visible parts, and just a couple small spots of corrosion under the wood.