*** November 2006 Purchases ***

[Skippy]

Claven2,
Real buttplates come up now and again on ebay etc, but they usually close for $200-300USD, depending how hard they get bid up in the last few seconds. I would have liked to get an entire original wood set, but that would have run me more than the rest of the rifl cost me.

The stock is a laminate repro, made to an almost perfect pattern, same 2mm laminate and same overall fit and finish. It's made by a Japanese company called Shoei, who used to produce whole reproduction rifles. A fellow in Holland hapened to snatch up a dozen or so stocks before Shoei stopped putting them together and is selling them for a pretty reasonable price, advertising mainly on the GK43forums. From the Netherlands it got to Toronto in 10 days flat, and the Walther action dropped right into it.

The fellow who sells these IS NOT Adrian Slupik, who's been guilty of taking upwards of 3 months to actually deliver what he advertises. Adrian's stocks are inferior and not worth the hassle.

If anyone is interested you can PM me and I'll give you the email of they fellow selling these good stocks, he might have a few left.

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[EvilAquaSnipe]

The pics aren't that great but... their alright I guess lol.. just bought the gun a couple of days ago. Thinking about putting a scope on but not sure yet.

[Claven2]

Too bad you couldn't get a Shoei buutplate too! In any event, it's coming along nicely IMHO.

[BRAMEL]

Number two, for November.

[Claven2]

Nice looking 91/30 with a proper WW2 stock. IMHO scoping it would be a mistake unless it's reversable.

[Claven2]

OK, here's the haul so far this month (except for the M38 laminate pictured in an above post which is still en-route in the mail).



From top to bottom:
1944 Tula M44 on a Hex receiver.
1945 Izhevsk M44, laminate stocked.
1942 Izhevsk M38, laminate stocked.
1929 Tikka M28 SY rifle.

Looks like I'm going to have to start sprinkling birth control pills around my gun cabinets... these Mosins just don't know the meaning of Abstinence

[Klunk]

Already waived around over at CGN

Lee Metford mk2...nicely sported (unfortunately)

[BRAMEL]

Already been seen....but I'll show it here also. I do have another one on the way, but I'll post pics when it comes.

[muh-muh-muh-mauser]

Just got this in the mail today.

1944 Izhevsk M44. East German issue, 1st quality marked.
Refurbed but no import marks and not counterbored.







Here is the M44 and my 1936 Izhevsk 91/30 from the Spanish Civil War.

[Claven2]

Got a closeup of the cartouche on that M44 stock? Should be a roundel with hammer & scicle in the middle surrounded by CCCP. Is it still shellac'd? It looks like maybe the wood has been stripped. If so, you can order the proper garnet shellac from shellac.net to restore it. Alternately, the Lee Valley amber shellac flakes are close enough for all but hte very pickiest people. You'll need methylated spirits to melt it and a good quality nylon brush or shellac pad to apply it.