Byf42 - x block

[Guillaume d'Orange]

It has been quite a long time since I last posted about a rifle. Many turds, many mismatched.

It is for sale and I am looking for your opinions. It is a salty one, stock unmessed, all matching except an unnumbered rear band (normal ?)

Here are the pics.

 

[mauser99]

Looks fine.. Always exciting to under 3 digit ser # IMHO. As far as a MM lower band Id say less common than you assume. Overall it looks like a decent carried example

 

[Guillaume d'Orange]

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[bnz41john]

interesting corrosion on barrel band and sight hood. Must have been sitting against a damp wall at one point. Nice rifle!

 

[heavy_mech]

It's salty, but it looks honest.

Edit. Mostly just the front metal and part of the butt plate. Other metal looks pretty good. Stock stamp still looks execellent.

 

[Guillaume d'Orange]

It's salty, but it looks honest.

Edit. Mostly just the front metal and part of the butt plate. Other metal looks pretty good. Stock stamp still looks execellent.

Yes, that's also my view.
I agree with @bnz41john that it may have rested against something damp (sighthood, front band, rear sight, buttplate).
And yes @mauser99, the 2-digit s/n is cool (first time I see one such rifle). By the way, I thought that the lower band is unnumbered, but actually I did not think about looking below the sling...

The rifle has its rod and its sling (retail price : 200 EUR). The barrel has not been cleaned in years or decades, but reflected light, so it has potential. If a good deal is possible, I may give it a try.

 

[heavy_mech]

200 Euros? And you're still asking??

I also think it would clean up nicely with some Kroil and a soft cotton cloth. I've seen what guys on here have done with much worse.

 

[Jdt]

200 Euros? And you're still asking??

I also think it would clean up nicely with some Kroil and a soft cotton cloth. I've seen what guys on here have done with much worse.

That's what I thought!!! 200 Euros is a absolute steal here in the US. I guess they really kept the price low because of the condition.

 

[Guillaume d'Orange]

200 Euros? And you're still asking??

I also think it would clean up nicely with some Kroil and a soft cotton cloth. I've seen what guys on here have done with much worse.

That’s the retail price for a sling ! Otherwise it would be a steal as Jdt says.

 

[heavy_mech]

That’s the retail price for a sling ! Otherwise it would be a steal as Jdt says.

Well that makes more sense. I thought you meant for the rig.

 

[Jdt]

That’s the retail price for a sling ! Otherwise it would be a steal as Jdt says.

Whoops lol glad we're all on the same page now.

 

[mauser202]

interesting corrosion on barrel band and sight hood. Must have been sitting against a damp wall at one point. Nice rifle!

I had a 1939 243 all matching with the same type or corrosion.

 

[Turbo Archie]

Its numbered under the sling, cool number!!

 

[bruce98k]

Buy the damn rifle...killer price.

 

[Hambone]

GO, it looks like a nice honest untouched rifle. With just a little conservative care you can clean that rust crud. Just stop cleaning when anything starts to shine. Better to leave original rust / oxidation browning than shine. Use a true copper penny or better, a cut length of small diameter copper tubing, wet with Ballistol, and after some moist Kroil application, to take off that rust scale. Also, bronze wool. Go slow. Cool rifle.

 

[Guillaume d'Orange]

GO, it looks like a nice honest untouched rifle. With just a little conservative care you can clean that rust crud. Just stop cleaning when anything starts to shine. Better to leave original rust / oxidation browning than shine. Use a true copper penny or better, a cut length of small diameter copper tubing, wet with Ballistol, and after some moist Kroil application, to take off that rust scale. Also, bronze wool. Go slow. Cool rifle.

Thanks Hambone. I let it go , it was auctioned yesterday, I was tied up in a meeting and couldn't bid. Final price including fees was 1100 EUR, less 200 EUR (current retail price of a period sling in Europe), that's 900 EUR for the rifle, which is a fair price.

I bought this one for less than 900 EUR, but it was 2 years ago:

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[Guillaume d'Orange]

Buy the damn rifle...killer price.

That's a byf, you're biased Bruce