Recent content by Fobbs54

Over the last couple months I was fortunate enough to have BruceK do some preservation work in the duffel cut area of my rifle, let alone get the stock to him and back by USPS with it still intact...! I now feel no reservations about shooting it for fear of the forend dropping off :thumbsup...

Ahhh thank you. Beautiful

Excuse my lack of knowledge, what does JPS stand for

Why is it that my barrel doesn't have a SN? Just got to wondering...

I tried to figure out how to PM ya Bruce, just let me know where to send it and how much $$ it would be.. 6202181923

Well that's kinda cool. Thanks for that! Still looking for some help on this stock, I feel like it deserves to look better! To me its like this 1. How do we know this was even the original repair or not anyway 2. Either way it was done post war so its not a nearly as meaningful part of the...

Loewe its just 43D1 actually. Does that make this the first or one of first few in a new barrel blank code or something?

This is what im looking for, if theres somebody that is still doing this stuff.. http://www.k98kforum.com/showthread.php?3289-Duffle-cut-repair-(pics

Ok I expected to get some suggestions to leave it be, which I understand. Its not loose but the filler has dried and cracked on one side it just doesn't look very stable to me at all. I've found some examples online where duffel cuts have been redone and blended in well so there's just a dark...

Thanks for the help everyone! :thumbsup:

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Hello everybody. I recently bought a 1943 Byf K98, numbers match on every part I have found to have a number including the stock. Kinda stumbled into this rifle by accident I was definitely not in the market for it (regardless of the fact God knows I love about any kind of milsurp) I just...