BYF 45 ZF41 Unissued

[RavenOps]

I posted this in the sniper section too, hope that is ok. I will post more photos of the scope, out for a cleaning by D. Miller. Hope you like it

 

[mdarnell19]

Nice condition rifle. Interesting to see those tooling marks on top of the scope rail. Something about the stock looks off to me. Maybe sanded or at the very least heavily cleaned? I can't see much chatter in the stock but perhaps this is because it is a contractor stock. Thanks for sharing.

Edit: can you post a picture of the rifle action in the stock from the left side at the scope rail? I'd like to see the scope rail cut in the stock.

 

[RavenOps]

Nice condition rifle. Interesting to see those tooling marks on top of the scope rail. Something about the stock looks off to me. Maybe sanded or at the very least heavily cleaned? I can't see much chatter in the stock but perhaps this is because it is a contractor stock. Thanks for sharing.

Edit: can you post a picture of the rifle action in the stock from the left side at the scope rail? I'd like to see the scope rail cut in the stock.

I will post more photos tomorrow. Stock is definitely not sanded and there is a grove for the scope mount. Thanks

 

[RyanE]

My byf45 stock looks almost identical to this one. I don't think it's been messed with.

 

[RavenOps]

Edit: can you post a picture of the rifle action in the stock from the left side at the scope rail? I'd like to see the scope rail cut in the stock.

Per your request.

 

[mdarnell19]

Thanks for the extra pictures of the scope cut out. Everything looks good to me. The pictures just seem to through me off. Thanks for sharing.

 

[mike radford]

That is a crisp beauty IMO.

 

[RavenOps]

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[RavenOps]

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[biggymu]

That’s a nice example. The receiver has an interesting machining anomaly. Very cool .

 

[Humbarger]

Absolutely beautiful. Can't get any better.

 

[RavenOps]

The receiver has an interesting machining anomaly. Very cool .

Thanks for the reply. Could you explain, I am not sure I know the difference.

 

[a j s]

The stock has never been stained and looks great untouched.

 

[nirvana]

Thanks for the reply. Could you explain, I am not sure I know the difference.

I think he is talking about the diagonal chatter running from top left to bottom right.

 

[AN-94]

Hot damn, that is one gorgeous rifle. I'd be happy to even see a nice one in person, let alone own like this. Congrats on getting such a fine one!

 

[luftpirate]

Petty amazing they survive in this condition.

 

[biggymu]

Thanks for the reply. Could you explain, I am not sure I know the difference.

Also the band across the top of the receiver. Usually there was none or one fully across. This has a partial. This is seen on many BYF 45’s.

 

[RavenOps]

Thanks for the clarification. That's what I thought, but I wanted to be certain. Best Regards

 

[jbmauser]

Beautiful example!

 

[tsmgguy]

Nice condition rifle. Interesting to see those tooling marks on top of the scope rail. Something about the stock looks off to me. Maybe sanded or at the very least heavily cleaned? I can't see much chatter in the stock but perhaps this is because it is a contractor stock. Thanks for sharing.

Edit: can you post a picture of the rifle action in the stock from the left side at the scope rail? I'd like to see the scope rail cut in the stock.

Beautiful!

Also proves that milled floor plates were used right up until the end of the war.

I have an ac 45 K43, also in unissued condition. The stock looks the same, new, no chatter. I posted pics of it on these boards and several people jumped in to say that the stock had been heavily sanded. This, even though the inside of the stock is exactly the same as the outside.

I have an unissued bcd 4 98K, in the same unissued condition. I've noticed that the stocks can be found stained, unstained, and with and without chatter. Again, a smooth stock does not mean it's been sanded.