no 4 mk1 restoration

[olskool]

is there any source for new furniture for a no4 mk1 ?

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[MosinVirus]

is there any source for new furniture for a no4 mk1 ?

I Have seen these and they appear to be in good condition. But not new.

https://www.libertytreecollectors.co...&idcategory=63

[Flying10uk]

The rear top hand guard appears to be mk2 without the ribbed sides. It should fit ok if you are not too bothered about it being strictly mk1. Why not have a look on eBay as there's often No4 woodwork available on there.

[CINDERS]

Be wary of flea bay the prices can get inhibitive there are stock sets in the U K at present you then have to factor getting to your local, try gun shows or Brian Dick may be able to assist put a WTB ad on this site

[browningautorifle]

I'd want a set of walnut for that I think. A WTB here for sure...like Cinders suggested.

[CINDERS]

Try this one on flea bay 231998522882

[Peter Laidler]

Ribbed or plain rear handguards were not differently identified to us Armourers. They were all the same and equally at home on any mark/type of rifle. Non ribbed introduced in 1942 along with flat head (instead or radiussed head) handguard cap rivets by the Committee for the simplification of small-arms design. Just another of the thousands of relaxations allowed. I'm bound to ask what the ribbed handguards were meant to achieve? Unless you had hands like dinner plates, your fingers would be hard pressed to even touch the ribbed surfaces

[Vincent]

I read somewhere the ribs were to help grip when fighting with the attached bayonet.

[Flying10uk]

Surprising to me, at a militaria show earlier in the year one of the dealers was charging more for Beech No4 woodwork than for Walnut. When I asked him why, as I would have thought that it would have been the other way round, he replied that Beech is getting more difficult to get hold of for the No4 rifle. Obviously, this is only one dealer's view others may have different opinions.

[browningautorifle]

help grip when fighting with the attached bayonet

That would make more sense to me, they're in the right place for that.