Went to a gun show today and was able to pick this up for $500. Unfortunately it's sporterized and i'm definitely not an expert. I took a photo with all the visual markings. Everything metal seems to be matching and intact although the stock obviously leaves more to be desired... Any info would be appreciated.
Sporterized BNZ 44
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luftpirate
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Nice find.
Overall I would say decent buy. I got a pair of similar sporters for a little less earlier this year but they had the buttplates removed and swapped with rubber recoil pads and the rear sight base hand guard retaining lip was clipped. Hard to tell in the pictures but yours looks intact so that will save some work if you chose to return it to military stock.
Yeah, that’s why I bought it. It definitely won’t take much to restore it to a military configuration even if it is mismatching stock parts
It’s not an SS contract, but does have a typical SS contract Gusen made receiver. With the loss of Radom the army moved the factory to Gusen and took over the SS production there - what’s interesting is this receiver doesn’t have Waffenamt inspection but was still used in Army production- this wouldn’t last long as Waffenamt inspectors started inspecting Gusen made receivers to use in the Army contract. This “m” letter block is where a lot of hand stamp receivers show up since Radom supplies were interrupted.
Huh that just makes it an even more odd find.
Starting at this point most bnz rifles made used this type of receiver, all the way through the q block.
