Brian Kowalski

I requested better images of those and based on the images I received the two Walthers with matching mounts have questionable at best...

In the future, prior to purchasing such an item...feel free to post pics here. You will get honest reviews here, that may save you time...

Check out the picture reference, study closely. Pay attention to the welded seam down the side and the 2 screws on the bottom.

Unfortunately, i would say this can was not made during wwii. Just my opinion.

I was not impressed with the last book, I expected a vastly improved upon Hitlers Garand's and what we got was like you said, more a...

I’ll wait to see if these are vastly improved or not. They are basically a coffee table book at the moment not a collectors guide.

This is a good discussion. Stock condition, especially with G/K43 rifles, has always been a "sensitive" topic....and it always will be...

Looking at the stock proof pic, while not the best pic, one sees that the stock has possibly been sanded and some type of finish applied...

With this, and my serial numbers listings, us collectors of these rifles should have a lot of our bases covered.

Thanks! I should be able to go back and make edits to it whenever and make additions with those edits to keep it updated.

This is something that I had thought of after trying to go back and look at some of the nicer examples that had been posted here for...

Thanks Brian! In your book you have lot no. 2255 reported and it seems to have the same details: rough texture green paint, aluminum...

Picked this one up at the SOS this year. Big thanks for @student of history (Chris) for finding it and helping me vet it. Been looking...

Last photo of the K43…..

Back when the RC's were coming in in large numbers there were always rumors of similar stocks of G/K43s and other semi-autos. Plenty...