jbmauser
Senior Member Eh
Well it took a ton of time and money to get it back to its original form again but it was a lot of fun and well worth the effort. I'd like to thank CanadianAR, Loewe, Hambone, and everyone else that helped me by providing info or parts. Big thanks to mrfarb for all the time he spent and the awesome and rare stock he was generous enough to sell me!!!
When I got it the rear sight sleeve had been removed and a dovetail cut in the barrel (thank goodness the replacement sight sleeve covers that up) and it was in a sporterized stock of unknown origin. I did the sight sleeve installation myself and I'm quite proud of the job I did. I managed to do it without any damage to the bluing or solder mess, etc.
Here's a list of the parts I tracked down: e/26 sight sleeve, unnumbered e/26 sight bed, e/26 rear sight spring, unnumbered e/26 rear sight, unnumbered "i" and e/1 marked rear sight slide catch, WaA 1 "l" marked unnumbered buttplate, "C" e/18 unnumbered handguard, e/63 unnumbered band spring, 00 numbered e/37 bayo lug, early Sauer armorers spare upper and Astrawerke spare lower bands. CanadianAR found a 00 numbered follower that I installed to replace the unmarked one in it when I got it (keeping the unmarked one with the gun of course). The stock is a real armorers spare WaA18 "C" marked, unnumbered unit and really made the restoration.
Finally was able to add real armorers spare bands to complete this restoration. Early Sauer upper and an early Astrawerke lower round out the restoration.
Built around 41/42 at the Posen depot out of spare parts, recycled parts, and an early VZ 24 receiver. Barrel/receiver, bolt, extractor, safety, firing pin, tg, fp, all numbered to match. The bolt sleeve and cocking piece don't match but match themselves. Post war replacement probably but I left them on since they were with the gun when I bought it. The e/140 MI bolt is not fire proofed. Barrel is a Geco spare made in 1938.
When I got it the rear sight sleeve had been removed and a dovetail cut in the barrel (thank goodness the replacement sight sleeve covers that up) and it was in a sporterized stock of unknown origin. I did the sight sleeve installation myself and I'm quite proud of the job I did. I managed to do it without any damage to the bluing or solder mess, etc.
Here's a list of the parts I tracked down: e/26 sight sleeve, unnumbered e/26 sight bed, e/26 rear sight spring, unnumbered e/26 rear sight, unnumbered "i" and e/1 marked rear sight slide catch, WaA 1 "l" marked unnumbered buttplate, "C" e/18 unnumbered handguard, e/63 unnumbered band spring, 00 numbered e/37 bayo lug, early Sauer armorers spare upper and Astrawerke spare lower bands. CanadianAR found a 00 numbered follower that I installed to replace the unmarked one in it when I got it (keeping the unmarked one with the gun of course). The stock is a real armorers spare WaA18 "C" marked, unnumbered unit and really made the restoration.
Finally was able to add real armorers spare bands to complete this restoration. Early Sauer upper and an early Astrawerke lower round out the restoration.
Built around 41/42 at the Posen depot out of spare parts, recycled parts, and an early VZ 24 receiver. Barrel/receiver, bolt, extractor, safety, firing pin, tg, fp, all numbered to match. The bolt sleeve and cocking piece don't match but match themselves. Post war replacement probably but I left them on since they were with the gun when I bought it. The e/140 MI bolt is not fire proofed. Barrel is a Geco spare made in 1938.
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