BCD4 Phosphate 5 Digit SN
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heavy_mech
RKI- Reasonably Knowledgable Individual
I like the contrast between the phosphate and those blued parts. Nice unsanded stock with what looks like battle damage? Probably never be able to confirm that but it's appearance certainly suggests that. No marks on the bolt root either? Congrats!
joryfreeburg
Senior Member
Very nice!
Agree! Stock dings look like some repeated wear points from being jounced around in a vehicle perhaps, but as you said, no way to know anything for certain.
1984Landcruiser
Member
Outstanding rifle and nice photography! I do like these phosphate finish bcd4 rifles. I also have one that has no evidence of ever having been shot. When I first saw mine in the LGS, I had no idea of what I was looking at due to the mix of phosphate and blued components...
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Turbo Archie
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"Pisgah - I recently picked up 36416. You have it listed as having a milled lower band. It was wearing a stamped lower band when I received it. Full photo spread below."
The stock and bands have been replaced....
The stock and bands have been replaced....
BigShell
Senior Member
If you’re referencing the damage on the forend of the stock which does not extend to the handguard, I am more inclined to believe it was the handguard that was replaced, as the stock is duffle cut. As for the bands, I don’t know how you can say definitively one way or the other, unless you have a personal experience with this particular rifle.
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I can't find when it was posted, but pics are from 2008 and I created the folder 2014 - pics could have been posted on Gunboards 2008. I don't go looking through my saved pics unless someone asks, but I have a lot of latewar guns from the 2000's when I was active saving pics.
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mto7464
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First off nice rifle. However the stock has had something applied to it. I would guess linseed oil. It tends to redden as it oxidizes. A dead give away is the where the wood has been damaged. The would should be light colored, plus the sling well usually is also lighter colored but is the same as rest of the stock. Not really a big deal but not an untouched stock.
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