krukster86
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Not sure if this still counts as beutewaffen, as I don't really see any clear evidence of German capture reuse, but I figure this might still be applicable.
Earlier today, I picked up an absolute beauty of a 1937 FB Radom Wz.29. The story all began almost a year ago when I contacted a gentleman on one of the many milsurp related FB groups who posted a dark somewhat blurry photo of a duffle cut Wz.29 that he was looking to put a value on for sale locally. Long story short, we talked on FB messenger intermittently and almost a year later, he stated that he had no interest locally and he graciously offered it to me. Story goes is that it was a bringback from his grandfather who was a tank commander in the US Army in WWII, and shipped this rifle back with a bunch of other booty in Army trunks.
Now to address the elephant in the room, it is clearly duffle cut, both on the stock and the handguard, and the bolt is Polish, but a mismatched bolt.
However, the bluing is in amazing condition, with some small parts looking like they almost have nitre bluing. The bore is practically immaculate, though I don't have a borescope to inspect in detail. The stock serials and Polish proofs are crisp, and the fingergrooves are very sharp and defined. When I did a once-over of the internals, even the triggerguard and trigger assembly were still chock-full of assembly grease/lube. Additionally, it came with an original Polish sling that is actually in very good serviceable condition. This is pure speculation, but given the excellent condition of this rifle and lack of typical German capture rework markings, I’d wager to say that this rifle likely spent the late 1930’s and WWII in a warehouse and didn’t see much, if any, action.
Prior to receiving it, I had plans to take it to a gunsmith of mine that I have done good business with to repair the duffle cut and the handguard, but honestly, I think I might keep this one as-is.
I am extremely proud to take ownership of this one. For now I have the fore-end "secured" with a brass tube through the cleaning rod channel, and a stand-in K98k cleaning rod (I need to get some more Wz.29 repro rods from Nestof.pl).
Full set of photos:
Earlier today, I picked up an absolute beauty of a 1937 FB Radom Wz.29. The story all began almost a year ago when I contacted a gentleman on one of the many milsurp related FB groups who posted a dark somewhat blurry photo of a duffle cut Wz.29 that he was looking to put a value on for sale locally. Long story short, we talked on FB messenger intermittently and almost a year later, he stated that he had no interest locally and he graciously offered it to me. Story goes is that it was a bringback from his grandfather who was a tank commander in the US Army in WWII, and shipped this rifle back with a bunch of other booty in Army trunks.
Now to address the elephant in the room, it is clearly duffle cut, both on the stock and the handguard, and the bolt is Polish, but a mismatched bolt.
However, the bluing is in amazing condition, with some small parts looking like they almost have nitre bluing. The bore is practically immaculate, though I don't have a borescope to inspect in detail. The stock serials and Polish proofs are crisp, and the fingergrooves are very sharp and defined. When I did a once-over of the internals, even the triggerguard and trigger assembly were still chock-full of assembly grease/lube. Additionally, it came with an original Polish sling that is actually in very good serviceable condition. This is pure speculation, but given the excellent condition of this rifle and lack of typical German capture rework markings, I’d wager to say that this rifle likely spent the late 1930’s and WWII in a warehouse and didn’t see much, if any, action.
Prior to receiving it, I had plans to take it to a gunsmith of mine that I have done good business with to repair the duffle cut and the handguard, but honestly, I think I might keep this one as-is.
I am extremely proud to take ownership of this one. For now I have the fore-end "secured" with a brass tube through the cleaning rod channel, and a stand-in K98k cleaning rod (I need to get some more Wz.29 repro rods from Nestof.pl).
Full set of photos:
I will fix that when I finally find time to give it a light cleaning/oiling.