bcd 1439a

[RyanE]

This is (probably) going to live with someone else soon, and since I was taking pics for him anyway, I thought I would post them up here. I don't think its been posted before.

Rough, but honest and matching bcd from the a block. Honestly, the pics make it look a little better than it is in person. I never did get around to cleaning it up. WaA134 bolt carrier which I've never seen before. Barrel is WaA134, and though the receiver doesn't have one, I assume its from St. Etienne also. Rest of the parts are Circle V marked. A decent example.

 

[RyanE]

Stock pics

 

[Joseph Burke]

An awesome example in my opinion. Definitely a St Etienne cosmetically machine receiver. No other receiver looks like that. My own bcd example is identical. Clean it up? Absolutely not. It looks terrific just as it is. A very desirable rifle!

 

[Tiger 2 Tank]

She’s a beauty!!!!!! I’ve got her in my listings on 07-31-2021 by you on this Forum. Excellent photos too. Neat proof stamp on the bolt carrier under the serial number.

 

[mauser99]

Very nice Ryan.. Always a pleasure to see a carried combat example that hasnt suffered from post war tampering. Looks "as found" with a nice dry stock..

 

[DWM1915]

Agree with above comments, that's a nice "honest" example, and very neat with the French receiver. It may do pretty well if a recent auction for a BCD (with problems) is any indication

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/923465680

 

[Scarey]

Beautiful example.

 

[Cyrano4747]

I love those cosmetically machined receivers. It gives hints of what the gun might have been if it hadn't been adopted on the down-slope of a lost war. I mean, I also really enjoy my late war K43 for just how visibly rough it is yet functional, they're really two sides of the same coin.

As an aside putting a FN49 with all that beautiful post-war milling and finishing work next to a late-war K43 is hilarious for the same reasons.

 

[ND1889]

On the machined receiver guns, did they machine below the wood line also? Did any come out of the factory with milled covers on a milled receiver.