ditch68
I Like Bunnies
This is what happens when you get drunk on a Tuesday
Hey, what the hell's the matter with being drunk on Tuesday?
Anyway, I have a matching midwar bcd bolt if you need it.
Jeff
This is what happens when you get drunk on a Tuesday
Yes, that mark, though the internet tells me it shouldn't show up on a bcd rifle until 1942.
As mentioned it also is on the action next to the '249' Waffenamts.
Hey, what the hell's the matter with being drunk on Tuesday?
Interesting rifle you got. If I had some kind of documentation that it got ran over by a Sherman tank or something like that from a war veteran/family than I would definitely leave it the way it is. But if you think it can be fixed and maybe straighten out the barrel, then why not!
If I had it, it would be hard for me to fix it. I don't think I would have the know how to do it.
I do wonder how it ended up that way.
I think I would have left it as is. An very interesting wall hanger.
..after the war. Not run over by a tank or any other exciting combat related story.
..I may hand deliver it. May even take the rifle with me.
I'm no mind reader but that was my take on it. Why pick up a smashed rifle when plenty of undamaged ones laying around. Shrapnel damage is a whole different story. That would tempt me.
Spoke to the consignor of the rifle today.
Very friendly 80 y.o. gentleman.
His uncle shipped the rifle home at some point after the war. Not run over by a tank or any other exciting combat related story.
One of 10-15 he remembers being shown behind a door in his uncles home when he was a child.
He was very happy to hear that someone was making the effort to repair it. Something he had always wanted to do but did not have the knowledge/skill.
The other bent rifles from behind the door were give to his brothers (he is one of 15 siblings) and he will ask them if any still remain in the family.
Story told by uncle who shipped them home was that he was required to remove the bolt and bend the barrel before shipping. Uncle was not allowed to ship working rifles.
This is contrary to what I have seen and read elsewhere but the uncle has long passed, so this version is the 'truth' of this rifles history.
He asked me to mail him a picture of the rifle when the renovation is complete. He has no cell phone and has never owned a computer.
I pass by his town quite often when I am visiting family, so I may hand deliver it. May even take the rifle with me.
For the same reason you are looking for a dou42 bolt.
I want to make it as original as possible.
I also like challenges and learning the process. The.day may come when a much more valuable rifle has similar damage. I will look at it and say to myself, "I can fix that."
Why do anything to the rifle at all? It's a great souvenir as is.