Soooo cool! K43 ac45 d block

[Tiger 2 Tank]

A Vet from Arizona shipped home 6 unissued K43’s, and ended up selling 5 of the 6, and kept one for himself. The serial number of one of these Rifles is suppose to be 1819d. Do you have anything on this one ?

I don’t have anything on that one. I will add it to my listings and if you have any more info on it or the others that it came with I can notify the owner.

I checked Claus’ serial number listings too and he doesn’t have it either.

[sturmgrenadier]

The second part is not at you. Just made me think about how we say firing proof a lot when referring to inspection proofs. As we become more advanced collectors the little things bug us more. Sometimes I hate listening to people talk at gun shows. " Yeah that's a nice Nazi Mauser there with the Nazi eagle cartouches."

"Cartouche" is the vernacular used on the CMP and US milsurp forums for any stamp or proof. My d block is missing it's final acceptance proof on the stock, However it's present on Robber3s 2233d block. I have "final acceptance proof envy".

[Hercules]

What else doesn't give a good impression is when you say "cartouches." These are found on temple walls in Egypt. What are seen on war time rifles are inspection/acceptance stamps. A good friend here also taught me the importance of knowing the difference between an inspection proof and a firing proof.

I think that Egyptian writing is called hieroglyphic script and not cartouches. I was always told by vets and older collectors that they called the markings on US Rifle stocks cartouches. I'm not much of an advanced collector I don't think. Those War Eagle guys are what trigger me.

Edit: Just kidding of course. I don't really care either way what they are called.

[Tiger 2 Tank]

Well......here’s the actual definition:

car·touche
/kärˈto͞oSH/Submit
noun
plural noun: cartouches
a carved tablet or drawing representing a scroll with rolled-up ends, used ornamentally or bearing an inscription.
ARCHAEOLOGY
an oval or oblong enclosing a group of Egyptian hieroglyphs, typically representing the name and title of a monarch.

[mdarnell19]

"Cartouche" is the vernacular used on the CMP and US milsurp forums for any stamp or proof. My d block is missing it's final acceptance proof on the stock, However it's present on Robber3s 2233d block. I have "final acceptance proof envy".

Silly, but there are collectors who wouldn't buy your rifle because it is missing the final.

[Tiger 2 Tank]

Silly, but there are collectors who wouldn't buy your rifle because it is missing the final.

Uneducated collectors. I have one and I know it’s original and unsanded. In fact, I requested from the seller photos of that area of the stock to make sure it was okay. It has the milling marks in the wood to positively confirm there never was a final e/359 there.

[flynaked]

As we become more advanced collectors the little things bug us more. ."

Matt, I couldn’t agree more. Like the prevalence of cleaned stocks for instance.

[robber3]

For some reason, I thought the selling price tag was in the $5k range. But, I'm not at my listings so I don't know that for sure. It was getting pretty high for the time, so I stopped bidding. It very well could have been in the $4.5k range, but for some reason I am thinking it went higher.

Tiger 2 Tank, I finally looked up the price I paid for it, and it was...... $4358.33 !!

Rick

[Tiger 2 Tank]

Tiger 2 Tank, I finally looked up the price I paid for it, and it was...... $4358.33 !!

Rick

Okay and thanks. Puts a price on what these were running for future references.