*** November 2006 Purchases ***

[Claven2]

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

[Badger]

In October I picked up this all matching 1944 Wather G43 which had been badly cut down sometime in the sixties:

Very nice piece and great work reclaiming her....

Regards,
Badger

[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]

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.

[BRAMEL]

Number two, for November.

[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.