Any thoughts about why the screws are not correct? Did someone pick up the gun with no screws and felt a need to add them perhaps? Do you th the original screws might have been lost and then replaced with whatever was at hand?
I saw your bnz45 pics of the band screws and they look like mine (above). Most folks say these screws are late additons but I am wondering if maybe the wood screws were in short supply in the late war and these panheads did the job. Any thoughts?
I have a couple questions about this rifle. The barrel band screws look like pan head machine screws but have the same finish as the bands. Has anyone observed similar screws used instead of the wood screws? The bolt is not matching and here is a circled z on the safety which I interpret as a...