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Bohunka

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Absolutely a magnificent set of books. Although pricey, the pictures alone are worth it. I've read many posts here and would occasionally come across someone mentioning these reference materials. Previously I thought I had every English language resource on the rifles of Imperial Germany. But this set, I feel, is truly one to have.

Currently I own an IG.71, Kar71, 71/84 and a GEW98 (plus several K98k's). The IG71 arrived with the lower 1/3 of the buttstock broken into pieces. I'm still dealing with the USPS about that one.

Anyway I wanted my 1st post to convey my enthusiasm for these books.

John Steele
 
Welcome to the forum, glad to have you here, - a collector who appreciate fine books is someone who is always welcome!

I agree, Storz books are excellent, there is a great deal of information in them you can get nowhere else.
 
Bohunka said:
Absolutely a magnificent set of books. Although pricey, the pictures alone are worth it. I've read many posts here and would occasionally come across someone mentioning these reference materials. Previously I thought I had every English language resource on the rifles of Imperial Germany. But this set, I feel, is truly one to have.

Currently I own an IG.71, Kar71, 71/84 and a GEW98 (plus several K98k's). The IG71 arrived with the lower 1/3 of the buttstock broken into pieces. I'm still dealing with the USPS about that one.

Anyway I wanted my 1st post to convey my enthusiasm for these books.

John Steele
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Welcome & sorry to hear about the broken stock issues. That surprises me that it's USPS & not UPS. Tell us about your Gew98.
 
Gew has not arrived yet, but it's a 1915 Spandau. I'll post pictures of it and others soon. If anyone has any ideas about how to fix the stock please chime in. There's always the chance I haven't thought of a particular fix.

Thanks for the welcome.
 
Welcome to the forum John, sorry to hear about your stock break, I had one a several months ago courtesy of UPS that I repaired and posted before and after pictures here,

http://www.k98kforum.com/showthread.php?13016-Before-and-After-1907-Mauser-Oberndorf

Stock breaks and repairs are always tricky, I was fortunate the break on mine was clean and the wood was dark and had some age to it, after the repair the break line is virtually invisible. I've shot the rifle several times and couldn't be happier with fixing it. But, if the stock is lighter wood, or if the break is not clean or in multiple pieces it gets harder to hide the repair line. Repair kind of becomes the only option though, finding replacement GEW stocks are pretty tough, especially early one's, that haven't been turked. Post pictures when you can, it will help once folks here can get a look.

PM me if you are interested in the contact info for the guy I used for my repair, I'd highly recommend him.

thanks, Nick

Bohunka said:
Gew has not arrived yet, but it's a 1915 Spandau. I'll post pictures of it and others soon. If anyone has any ideas about how to fix the stock please chime in. There's always the chance I haven't thought of a particular fix.

Thanks for the welcome.
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There was an obvious 'break' in the cardboard box that carried the 71, so I don't expect too much of a problem from USPS. But having not gone through this before, I really don't know what to expect. I was an active K98k collector 20 years ago so I've had many rifles coming and going, this is a first for me.

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Hopefully the pictures came through. As you can see, whatever force cracked the stock into 3 pieces, also bent the buttplate.

I am heartbroken.
 
Nick, that repair is wonderful. I would be extremely happy to come out of this with that type of fix. I wonder did the woodworker use any brass pins?

One more picture;

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Bohunka said:
Nick, that repair is wonderful. I would be extremely happy to come out of this with that type of fix. I wonder did the woodworker use any brass pins?

One more picture;

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Thanks John, I got lucky and the repair came out very nice. That's a nasty break, almost like they dropped it on the buttplate on concrete or something. I do think you have a chance at repairing, the break lines are clean (even with the multiple pieces) and they follow the grain rather than being cross-grain. It will never be invisible but a good stock repair guy could probably work with that.

Nick
 
Shipping

Every gun I ship I put in a hard case...it costs more but it is the only way to be safe.
 
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