runner
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Interesting (at least to me) how two rifles, very well made on the same day, had such very different histories.
SN 746 was probably brought to the US as a War Bond rifle. It has a plugged bore and the firing pin is clipped. The only
non-matching parts are the two barrel bands and the two action screws. I surmise these parts may have been
mismatched by the guy in the US who disassembled for demilling purposes? Totally a guess, they may have been
replaced the day before I bought it.
SN 856 is a total mismatch except for the receiver and its small parts. The barrel is a Czech replacement barrel. All
other parts were mixed sometime in its post war service, probably South America. I was really hoping when I bought it, that it would have
its original barrel, so it could be compared with the earlier rifle, but no luck.
SN 746 was probably brought to the US as a War Bond rifle. It has a plugged bore and the firing pin is clipped. The only
non-matching parts are the two barrel bands and the two action screws. I surmise these parts may have been
mismatched by the guy in the US who disassembled for demilling purposes? Totally a guess, they may have been
replaced the day before I bought it.
SN 856 is a total mismatch except for the receiver and its small parts. The barrel is a Czech replacement barrel. All
other parts were mixed sometime in its post war service, probably South America. I was really hoping when I bought it, that it would have
its original barrel, so it could be compared with the earlier rifle, but no luck.
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