Black M44 - Bubba or ????

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CMichaud

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Hey guys

Picked up a Polish M44 off a good CGNer.

The stock is in a thinnish black stain/paint.

The metal is all perfect and the cartouches show clearly on the butt so the pain used was very thin.

Before I strip it off, was there any ceremonial reason that these would have been painted black?

I read about M44s (including Polish ones) being painted black by the VC in Vietnam but this looks in way to good condition I would think.

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Careful stripping with furniture stripper is needed, then refinishing the wood the right way. Stay away from sanding paper...
 
The guy I got it from was not the one that painted it.

I am just wondering if they ever painted these for ceremonial reasons.

I may or may not strip it in the end.

What was the correct finish that was applied to these? BLO, shellac etc
 
There are a few of these floating around that were clearly painted black for some reason long ago. I haven't found out why yet. It wasn't a bubba thing, I'm fairly certain. Don't strip it yet...

Edit - I think Corwin brought these in. Martin might remember where they came from.
 
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Corwin brought in M44s with painted black metal (I have one), but I never saw any painted stocks from them.
 
That is sad. A Polish that was painted and it looks like they didn't even take it out of the stock, maybe just taped off the metal at best. As mentioned there may be a reason, but if it were done by a legitimate military organization it would have been done properly.
If it is to be stripped, paint stripper then rubbed lovingly with boiled linseed oil.
 
In 20 + years of dragging these things home and trying to learn enough German to read CH Wrobel's text...I have yet to see a Radom made M44 with a stock painted black,..however I have seen Chinese M44's done in this manner,and as one says-you never know,..though I'd bet it was done here..
 
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