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EOD - bombs and bullets
Happened to be perusing the Trader over on GB a week ago, and saw this posted by a member (both boards), and being full blooded Hungarian, with a penchant for Hungarian weapons, I jumped on, and so glad I did.
I have a Budapest M95 Stutzen and a Steyr long rifle still in 8x50R, a nice 35M, and a 98/40 (no 43M yet, but someday!) along with the 3 Femaru's (1 Hungarian military, 1 each from the two Luft contracts), so was thrilled to see this up for sale.
It is an actual 31M, not a 31a.M. And bonus it had the front sight hood (which really sold me on it, I am a sucker for sight hoods!). If my research is correct it is normal for the barrel serial not to match the receiver serial, since the barrels are new made, and serialed at time of conversion...
It seems these were converted from the 8x50R to the new Hungarian (the Hungarians adopted it first) 8x56R. New barrels were manufactured (in the case of the 31M, the 31a.M had cut down long rifle barrels, you can tell by the front sight which it is...) ad were marked with a large "H" (similar to the "S" mark on Austrian conversions). The Hungarian 31M's had a distinctive and unique front sight hood, which I understand are hard to find...
The stock is correct, has the K.A.B. mark, though it is somewhat faint. The serial on the buttplate matches neither serial on the metal. Not sure how normal that is, but, beggars can't be choosers with Hungarian weapons!
I haven't taken it apart to see of there are any other markings under the wood yet, but will. I noticed what appears to be a sideways "M" on the right receiver side, and an "E" on the barrel.
Anything else that stands out to anyone? Like I said, I was very happy to add it to my small Hungarian collection, its a really cool piece. Oh, and no import markings either...
I should get a family portrait of all my Hungarian guns....
I have a Budapest M95 Stutzen and a Steyr long rifle still in 8x50R, a nice 35M, and a 98/40 (no 43M yet, but someday!) along with the 3 Femaru's (1 Hungarian military, 1 each from the two Luft contracts), so was thrilled to see this up for sale.
It is an actual 31M, not a 31a.M. And bonus it had the front sight hood (which really sold me on it, I am a sucker for sight hoods!). If my research is correct it is normal for the barrel serial not to match the receiver serial, since the barrels are new made, and serialed at time of conversion...
It seems these were converted from the 8x50R to the new Hungarian (the Hungarians adopted it first) 8x56R. New barrels were manufactured (in the case of the 31M, the 31a.M had cut down long rifle barrels, you can tell by the front sight which it is...) ad were marked with a large "H" (similar to the "S" mark on Austrian conversions). The Hungarian 31M's had a distinctive and unique front sight hood, which I understand are hard to find...
The stock is correct, has the K.A.B. mark, though it is somewhat faint. The serial on the buttplate matches neither serial on the metal. Not sure how normal that is, but, beggars can't be choosers with Hungarian weapons!
I haven't taken it apart to see of there are any other markings under the wood yet, but will. I noticed what appears to be a sideways "M" on the right receiver side, and an "E" on the barrel.
Anything else that stands out to anyone? Like I said, I was very happy to add it to my small Hungarian collection, its a really cool piece. Oh, and no import markings either...
I should get a family portrait of all my Hungarian guns....
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But I have a hankering for palacsinta too, maybe I'll do both. My son and the wife love the palacsinta...they are so-so on the lecso...I haven't done a batch of krumpli galuska in a while either, which was my all-time favorite food growing up, and the first thing I always asked my grandmother growing up when they came to visit or we went there...when are you making krumpli galuska?
I almost forgot what this thread was about!