S /147....1936

agalland

agalland

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She aint pristene,but shes all original...minus the added stock finish.

This is the gun I posted about on sat...

I dont believe the gun has been out of the stock,but I am certain that both barrel bands have been removed as the rear band is on upside down and you can see indentions in the band from being struck with a blunt object which has caused it to drag on the stock causeing chatter marks and digging into the wood.
I told the prosepctive buyer how to check on the stock number and when i got on site he had removed it far enough to get the handguard off. but luckily not tried to remove it all the way....
Kinda wondering how i am going to get it off without doing more damage as it is almost impossible to access the underneath edge of the band to try and remove the lip causing the damage....gonna think on it for awhile.
 

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looks like a nice example to me. '36 dates aint easy to find. i like the patina those early rifles get.....:thumbsup:
 
Hard to tell if it has been stained from the pics. I would just leave it as is and be very happy. I hope to have an early rifle like that someday.
 
Ouch on the stock!!!



I'm still amazed at how many collectors overlook this detail upon stock disassembly.

OR more so, the complete ignorance to it.. :googlie

(not picking on you, just people that refuse to acknowledge that it happens)

http://forums.gunboards.com/showthr...r-acquired-please-take-a-look&highlight=stock

http://forums.gunboards.com/showthr...-this-from-its-a-GI-bringback&highlight=stock


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When I got to the store he had the handguard off and when I picked up the rifle up to look @ it I asked him:

"Did you do that or was it already like this..?"

He then fessed up it was him ,but that I had said he needed to check for a matching stock so he figured he should @ least get the handguard off before he made an offer....so I guess in reality the fault lays with me for not telling him to use great care in removing it and to make sure not to damage the wood.

@ that point i didnt know that I would wind up purchsing it 3 hrs later...or maybe I would of been thinking a little more clearly..:>)

For what its worth somebody has applied some type of clear finish that is not readily seen in the pics....it most visible on the sides of the butt stock when viewed up close in good light.
You can see the brush marks where they went around the stock disk...so the stock has some issues already,but I sure could of lived without the chatter marks.

All in all I am still happy to be in it @ 700.00
 
When I tried to bring up the issue, someone honestly said it wasn't from the band and that someone sanded that area??? :) :facepalm::facepalm:

Read those links I posted...


Nothing you can do now other then prevent further damage...



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Turbo Archie said:
Ouch on the stock!!!



I'm still amazed at how many collectors overlook this detail upon stock disassembly.

OR more so, the complete ignorance to it.. :googlie

(not picking on you, just people that refuse to acknowledge that it happens)

http://forums.gunboards.com/showthr...r-acquired-please-take-a-look&highlight=stock

http://forums.gunboards.com/showthr...-this-from-its-a-GI-bringback&highlight=stock


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i dont think most collectors necessarily ignore it......i mean when you're buying something you try and find anything as a reason to knock the price down.... this just doesnt ruin the whole piece for me like it might some..

how do you even manage to do that to a stock?
 
I have found that adding WD-40 to the wood area when adding or removing bands greatly reduces gouging/scratching of the wood.

Chuck
 
I like it. here is mine, not entirely matching. stock, bands, spring, handguard match themselves, barrel, receiver, sights, ejector box match themselves, and the bolt matches itself. all are sauer parts. for the looks of the metal outside, mine has been to hell and back. the bore on the other hand is pristine. I have seen a lot of these s/147 rifles turn up in the last two or three months. particularly 1936 and 1937 years. i have seen mine, a couple on the forums here, and handled about a dozen or so at the last couple shows ranging from r/c to bolt m/m to full matching. when i wanted a pre war sauer rifle there were none to be found, now that i have one and have no job they seem to be everywhere.

http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?268666-s-147-1936-range-report
 
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