6THMARDIV
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I was wondering what the group thinks about this rifle.
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I was wondering what the group thinks about this rifle.
Cyrano4747
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There's something else going on with the stock as well, it looks like it's been either stained or has a shellac on it or something. Just too red in general.
Tiger 2 Tank
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Absolutely not. Like said above; stock is jacked ALL THE WAY UP, can’t tell what it is as no meaningful photos are provided. Price is just jaw dropping awful. Bad deal all the way around I would say.
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Looks like "Russian Red" lacquer to me. Also, I get nervous when the only close-up shots are two of the inside of the action. No pictures of markings, no close ups of 90% of the rifle. 11 of 13 pictures are from "20 feet away." Be careful, and at least ask for a LOT more pictures before you bid. GL!
Joseph Burke
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Good plan. Just avoid that and the disappointment that would come with it. Kinda like a squint-real-hard cute but fat girl that can't cook and won't work. I'd be ashamed to hang either on a wall.
biggymu
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Here’s one for you. I think I burned my corneas
Black beauty.
Black beauty.
What an opportunity! And with that “valuable clip” thrown in even! Stock swap should be no biggie, guy even says in the ad: “Stock is the same one as the K98”
Ahh, the joys of Gunjoker
What a bummer. That is actually a rare variant as it's duv 44 K43 marked.
Madmatt
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I was in contact with the guy that owns that gun earlier today actually discussing with him how C&R licenses work as he didn't know much about them. That guy might be a bit in over his head when it comes to knowledge on what he has.
That poor rifle might make a perfect shooter though for someone.
That poor rifle might make a perfect shooter though for someone.
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Cyrano4747
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That's actually not TERRIBLE. Don't get me wrong, it's an f'd up gun, but there's enough that's good to be worth restoring.
The safety needs replacing, the stock is an obvious write-off, and the mag has been shortened (likely to be hunting legal) but everything else looks OK. Metal hasn't been refinished or polished, not seeing any horrible drill and tap work, even the hand guard is probably salvageable with some careful paint stripping. Looking at the pics it looks like he's even including a replacement (repro?) safety. Looks like all the stock hardware is intact with the exception of the buttplate. Which is annoying, but there are plenty of options for a close-enough and reasonably cheap non-original if you're just looking for something to slap on a repro stock.
Of course if you had the means and/or the available spare parts you could put it back together with an original stock.
It will probably end up going for too much, but hell right now it's sitting at $1k with 3 days left. If I was in the market for a shooter I'd probably be willing to drop $1.2 on it and get a replacement stock etc. The real question mark is going to be how much of the metal matches itself - does the bolt match the carrier and the receiver in particular? I'm also seeing something a little funky with the trigger guard - looks like a brass washer or something between the front action screw and the guard. Hopefully that part isn't humped, but even if it is that's not too expensive to replace. Well, on a G/K43 parts scale at least.
Ten years ago I probably would have bookmarked that auction to see if I could sweep in and score it cheap. For a short time around 2010 I actually did own a matching-metal but in a repro stock gun that I picked up for ~$1.3k. Decent shooter, moved it to a friend who was looking for a representative example he didn't need to feel bad about using for what I had into it.
Probably not something many posters here are going to be interested in, but yeah, if you were a starting collector who wanted to get into G/K43s without completely breaking the bank, that's not a bad little project. Again, assuming the price stays reasonable. For all I know we'll be laughing this time next week about how it sold for $3k.
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