When I bought this one the rear sight had been removed, a dovetail cut in the barrel (thank goodness the replacement sight sleeve covers it up), and it was sitting in a sporterized stock of unknown origin. It took a ton of time and money to track down the proper parts to get it back to original and I had a lot of help from friends and some big time collectors down in the US.
I installed the replacement rear sight sleeve myself and am quite proud of the job I did. I didn't damage the bluing or make a mess with the solder at all. Sight sleeve and parts are all unnumbered e/26 parts. The stock of course is what really makes a restoration and this one is an outstanding piece. I acquired it from a friend and collector in the US who was generous enough to sell it to me. It is probably just as, or more rare than the rifle itself and is a genuine armorers replacement. Unnumbered, WaA18, and "C" marked. Handguard was purchased to match and is also an unnumbered armorers spare e/18 "C" marked unit. Some other parts I sourced include an unnumbered WaA1 "l" marked buttplate, e/37 00 numbered bayo lug, e/63 unnumbered band spring, and "l" and e/214 scrubbed bands. Eventually I'd like to replace the scrubbed bands with real unnumbered ones in the future.
Thanks to CanadianAR for all his help and the cool 00 numbered follower he found to replace the unmarked one originally in the rifle when I got it. Not sure if the unmarked follower was original to the build or a post war replacement but I kept it just in case. The 00 follower is numbered with the same font as the rest of the rifle and is just cool so I installed it.
The rifle itself was built in the 41/42 range at the Posen depot out of spare parts, recycled parts, and an early VZ 24 receiver. Barreled action is all matching with the exception of the cocking piece and bolt sleeve. Barrel is a Geco spare unit made in 1938 e/26 marked. Floor plate and extractor are e/1 "l" marked spares. Bolt is a e/140, X, and MI marked unit and interestingly is not fire proofed. Ejector/bolt stop is "j" marked and the firing pin is e/75. While the Posen builds go into the "a" serial block survival rate was very low with only a handful of original examples existing today. A few turned up in the RC imports and a few more sporters like mine are known.
I installed the replacement rear sight sleeve myself and am quite proud of the job I did. I didn't damage the bluing or make a mess with the solder at all. Sight sleeve and parts are all unnumbered e/26 parts. The stock of course is what really makes a restoration and this one is an outstanding piece. I acquired it from a friend and collector in the US who was generous enough to sell it to me. It is probably just as, or more rare than the rifle itself and is a genuine armorers replacement. Unnumbered, WaA18, and "C" marked. Handguard was purchased to match and is also an unnumbered armorers spare e/18 "C" marked unit. Some other parts I sourced include an unnumbered WaA1 "l" marked buttplate, e/37 00 numbered bayo lug, e/63 unnumbered band spring, and "l" and e/214 scrubbed bands. Eventually I'd like to replace the scrubbed bands with real unnumbered ones in the future.
Thanks to CanadianAR for all his help and the cool 00 numbered follower he found to replace the unmarked one originally in the rifle when I got it. Not sure if the unmarked follower was original to the build or a post war replacement but I kept it just in case. The 00 follower is numbered with the same font as the rest of the rifle and is just cool so I installed it.
The rifle itself was built in the 41/42 range at the Posen depot out of spare parts, recycled parts, and an early VZ 24 receiver. Barreled action is all matching with the exception of the cocking piece and bolt sleeve. Barrel is a Geco spare unit made in 1938 e/26 marked. Floor plate and extractor are e/1 "l" marked spares. Bolt is a e/140, X, and MI marked unit and interestingly is not fire proofed. Ejector/bolt stop is "j" marked and the firing pin is e/75. While the Posen builds go into the "a" serial block survival rate was very low with only a handful of original examples existing today. A few turned up in the RC imports and a few more sporters like mine are known.
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