mike radford
Senior Member
I agree, it has red glue laminate for the handguard.
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Holy byf-44
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I agree, it has red glue laminate for the handguard.
tsmgguy
Senior Member
It's always kinda funny to see all of the "that's too much!" opinions. Too much for whom? Capitalism 101: "A sale happens when motivation meets ability". If the buyer receives this gun and likes it, he'll forget what he paid for it in a few years. He'll still have a really nice piece.
Winchester Cowboy
Senior Member
It looks like the buyer just had enough and hit the Buy It Now Button after the bidding war went back and forth. Must have really wanted it! 
ClintJ
Well-known member
Except it's not a nice piece. It looks like a$$. They didn't even get the buttplate back on all the way from when they cleaned, wooled, sanded, whatever they did to it
Warrior1354
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Lot of issues with this rifle as for the stock and finish in my opinion. And yes people may forget what they paid for a rifle because they like it but that changes when it comes time to sell it. Remember anything can happen to cause someone to sale part of their collection one day bills, kids, etc. But even worse to find out you paid 100% plus more then what something was worth. And these items may raise in value in time but they could also peak too and drop down in value. I don't buy my collecting guns as investments I buy because I enjoy it, but a collector has to smart when to jump the gun and when to walk away. This one I would have ran from it better deals out there.
Good catch, I missed that. The top of the buttplate isn't all the way seated. Too scared to take the action of the stock, but someone was clearly willing to pull off the buttplate.
Warrior1354
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I will say this I do believe the seller is very happy maybe too happy. He just made alot of money!
Tiger 2 Tank
Senior Member
So, what we have is the following:
About double the price tag for what a normal byf44 costs (typically going for the $2,200 dollar mark)
Stock may have been "cleaned" (not exactly knowing what that involves, or what the process is). I will say the waffenampt on the stock looks pretty sharp, but that's really all I can see.
Seller didn't want to take rifle out of the stock....that's a little bit of a gamble as a buyer won't completely know what he's getting, but not proof the rifle is jacked up.
The upper hand guard is a different red glue than the white glue stock. I've seen mismatched upper hand guards on rifles before, even seeing a byf44 laminated upper hand guard on a hard wood stocked correct rifle. The wood stain on that particular rifle was slopped on the laminated upper wood handguard and hardwood stock.
The buttplate metal is corroded and not consistant with the wood's finish. Buttplate may have been removed and put on improperly.
Anything else I'm missing?
About double the price tag for what a normal byf44 costs (typically going for the $2,200 dollar mark)
Stock may have been "cleaned" (not exactly knowing what that involves, or what the process is). I will say the waffenampt on the stock looks pretty sharp, but that's really all I can see.
Seller didn't want to take rifle out of the stock....that's a little bit of a gamble as a buyer won't completely know what he's getting, but not proof the rifle is jacked up.
The upper hand guard is a different red glue than the white glue stock. I've seen mismatched upper hand guards on rifles before, even seeing a byf44 laminated upper hand guard on a hard wood stocked correct rifle. The wood stain on that particular rifle was slopped on the laminated upper wood handguard and hardwood stock.
The buttplate metal is corroded and not consistant with the wood's finish. Buttplate may have been removed and put on improperly.
Anything else I'm missing?
I think you pretty well summed it up. If you look through the photos, really the only serial number photo that is clearly shown is the photo of the left of the receiver ring. Every other serial numbered part is shown distant enough so that one could not make the call 100% on any other part. It is probably okay, but for a double retail price? No thanks. I don't want a $4,500 non-sniper byf 44, but if I was crazy enough to go for it, I wouldn't want any doubts. The stock looks a bit over-smooth. Maybe it has been altered postwar, maybe not. But again, for that much money I would want to know it was okay. For the sake of the buyer I hope it is okay. And a questionable return policy. Maybe the buyer received better photos and/or a return guarantee in private.
