Hi Guys,
Here's another purchase from a month or two ago. The one popped up on a random dealer site I happened to stumble on during a bout of insomnia. lol.
What I liked about it were really three things:
1) the condition and fact it's a rather rare matching 88/05 (surviving examples with the German rear sights are very hard to find)
2) The receiver unit mark is always cool and
3) Some sweet damage from a likely shrapnel strike.
The rifle itself completely matches and shows all the hallmarks of a 88/05 conversion. There are no depot markings on the buttplate.
The conversion consisted of:
- Attaching stripper clip guides to the rear of the receiver. (Nathaniel recently provided documentation of screws that were later ground flush, but Ernie also has anecdotal evidence that plug welds may also have been used)
- Milling a slot on the siderail to load a stripper clip
- Milling a small notch in the receiver to accommodate the 88 Patrone rounds loaded by stripper (Thanks Ernie)
- Significant modification of the magazine to accommodate stripper clip feeding and render enbloc clips unusable
- Replacement of the rear sight (thanks Ernie)
- Checks to ensure proper chambering of the S Patrone Rounds
-Acceptance indicated by a small character on the stock, above the cypher and another on the RR
The wood is in excellent condition with a duffel cut behind the rear band. The metal is also in pretty good shape with some old cleaning on the receiver and mild pitting on the left side.
The damage is interesting, as it appears to have entered the wood, dislodging a decent amount of the interior of the left side of the barrel channel before being stopped by the barrel jacket which shows a large dent. The exterior doesn't look so bad, but under the wood there is a significant chunk missing. The unstable part of the wood appears to have been repaired by a subsequent owner, but it's still pretty striking.
In any case, here are the pics:
Here's another purchase from a month or two ago. The one popped up on a random dealer site I happened to stumble on during a bout of insomnia. lol.
What I liked about it were really three things:
1) the condition and fact it's a rather rare matching 88/05 (surviving examples with the German rear sights are very hard to find)
2) The receiver unit mark is always cool and
3) Some sweet damage from a likely shrapnel strike.
The rifle itself completely matches and shows all the hallmarks of a 88/05 conversion. There are no depot markings on the buttplate.
The conversion consisted of:
- Attaching stripper clip guides to the rear of the receiver. (Nathaniel recently provided documentation of screws that were later ground flush, but Ernie also has anecdotal evidence that plug welds may also have been used)
- Milling a slot on the siderail to load a stripper clip
- Milling a small notch in the receiver to accommodate the 88 Patrone rounds loaded by stripper (Thanks Ernie)
- Significant modification of the magazine to accommodate stripper clip feeding and render enbloc clips unusable
- Replacement of the rear sight (thanks Ernie)
- Checks to ensure proper chambering of the S Patrone Rounds
-Acceptance indicated by a small character on the stock, above the cypher and another on the RR
The wood is in excellent condition with a duffel cut behind the rear band. The metal is also in pretty good shape with some old cleaning on the receiver and mild pitting on the left side.
The damage is interesting, as it appears to have entered the wood, dislodging a decent amount of the interior of the left side of the barrel channel before being stopped by the barrel jacket which shows a large dent. The exterior doesn't look so bad, but under the wood there is a significant chunk missing. The unstable part of the wood appears to have been repaired by a subsequent owner, but it's still pretty striking.
In any case, here are the pics:
