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Peter S · Aug 12, 2018

Picked this one up many years ago in a trade. It has a million hard miles on it. When I got it the bayonet lug had been sawed off, the handguard was a bunch of splinters and the stock was covered with some horrible goop. I cleaned it up, found a decent handguard and made the bayonet lug look presentable again. The bandspring, handguard, front lock screw, extractor collar and the cocking piece do not match. The cocking piece is an unnumbered armorer's replacement that has been there a long time.

Peter S · Aug 12, 2018

some more pics. The muzzle cover and cleaning rod would probably be more appropriate on a "G" date.

Peter S · Aug 12, 2018

This illustrates just how much use this rifle has seen. The picture is the back portion of the receiver where the root of the bolt stops when closed. The raise portion is the inverse of the acceptance mark on the underside of the bolt.

a j s · Aug 12, 2018

Built the same day as mine

ljoconnor · Aug 12, 2018

I would like to have one. Not bad at all. So rare! Great post!

Loewe · Aug 12, 2018

Peter's rifle is extraordinary, well worn or not, it is still something to behold.

Warrior1354 · Aug 12, 2018

Great rifle Peter these pre war rifles like this are just incredible. :thumbsup:

jbmauser · Aug 13, 2018

It's a fantastic example for sure. Thanks for posting it up.

RyanE · Aug 15, 2018

I love these old warhorses. Much more interesting IMO than a mint example.

Very glad to see you salvaged the bayonet lug too.

my66coupe · Aug 15, 2018

Incredible! Thanks for sharing. I have a 1940/42 that had the bayonet lug clipped the same way. I bought a donor lug to do a similar restoration similar to yours. How did you attach it? I was thinking of firing up the Tig welder but there isn't much room to save to waffen and #.

Peter S · Aug 16, 2018

At the time of the repair I was working for a company that had a model shop for making in-house tooling. They removed the part that I needed from the donor bayonet lug and I surface ground the hacked up lug so the the donor piece could be attached to a good flat surface. I lead soldered the 2 pieces together. This worked well for appearance sake and left the markings intact. It will support a bayonet, but I didn't try anything beyond that.

my66coupe · Aug 16, 2018

Thanks for the reply and tip. I also considered brazing/solder. One day I'll get around to it. I wonder if this was a type of duffle cut or the beginnings of a sporter/bubba job?

mike radford · Aug 16, 2018

Very interesting rifle. Great job on the work you did. Fantastic pictures. Thanks.

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