Beautiful Berthier

[krinko]

A little closer...


The subject of this post is the lower carbine in the Beech furniture.




Matching numbers...






Including the bolt head...


-----krinko

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And now to the best part...



The "PK" indicates she was part of a Parkerizing test group from MAC in the early 1930s.
Also, enjoy the hand engraved "M 16".

There is a large recoil lug installed on the bottom of the receiver, which I don't have a photo to illustrate, unfortunately. These were added to Balle N marked carbines to prevent stock disintegration from firing the hot & heavy MG ammunition.
The Balle N mark...



I have another N marked carbine sans recoil lug and I really should add photos of this and the lugged carbine to vividly depict the reason the lug was added.
Give me a couple days.
-----krinko

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[bolo]

I saw one of these at the gun show, but the rifle was missing the front cap that goes on the front of the stock, I would have bought it but the part was missing, he said he would take $100

I didnt know enough about these or how hard it would be to get a spare part, so I didnt buy it

it was a Mle 1916 Berthier