M38 Late War for review

[JMVER1964]

Good evening all,
I am being offered this M38. Far away from my comfort zone... Any piece of advice would be warmly welcome, including pricing range. About the liner, the seller mentions "hand repaired" and "all original parts". I have already bought some nice stuff from him.
Thanks in advance,
JM

 

[mauser99]

sorry to say not a fan... I think the shell is a fake and the rest very well may be as well...

 

[JMVER1964]

Markings. Batch number not readable.

 

[Peter U]

Fake liners often have zigzag stiching, I hink in this case they removed the machine zigzag and redone it by hand to make it look like a field repair.
Like Mauser99 already said, I too am not a big fan of it; it looks artifically aged.

 

[iron bender]

I concur, something is unusual about the shell.