byf 44 g block.

[jbmauser]

I owe a huge thanks to my good friend Pat for passing this along to me. I have almost completed the letter blocks now with this addition so I was super excited to add this one to the collection. It's a really nice condition piece but pretty standard as far as g blocks go. The gqm43 buttplate is a bit odd showing up this late but there are others in this range recorded with 43 dated bp's so not exactly uncommon. I do like the rear band numbering placement. MO seemed to be pretty random with placing the numbers in this location and I do have a couple others numbered like this but they aren't as common as the normal location for sure.

 

[gordonlbyrne]

thats a beautiful rifle ,i have an AR44 that as the mid band serial in the same location although its only a two digit serial number .No letter block serial 56 trough out .

 

[gaff]

very nice one.

 

[CanadianAR]

Good one Jeremy

 

[kjohn]

Drool! Nice, nice. Thanks for posting.

 

[Steve1987]

So ya finally got it! Very nice. Looks great in your photos too.

-Steve

 

[mark k]

Nice!

 

[live4therut]

Wow you make rifles look good jer. It really couldn’t of found a better home, glad it made it to a focused collection.

 

[jbmauser]

I decided to take out the byf44's for group photo and thought I'd add it for anyone interested.

From left to right:

no letter, b, c, d, d, e, f, g, h, i, late k, l, l, l, l.

 

[gaff]

what are the letter blocks and whats the story on the one with no stock?

 

[jbmauser]

what are the letter blocks and whats the story on the one with no stock?

From left to right: no letter, b, c, d, d, e, f, g, h, i, late k, l, l, l, l.

The barreled action on the end is a very late l block action. It's a matching action that someone had badly sanded and buggered up the sling cut out on the original stock. The stock was basically garbage so the gun was parted out and I was able to grab the action and lower band. Unfortunately the upper band was sold before I got to it but eventually I'll find one and an unmessed with stock to restore it. It's the neat variation where MO used a "l" instead of "L" on the receiver serial. Apparently the regular "L" stamp was broken at that time in production. They also used an "i" in place of the "L" on some.

 

[MotorwayRacer]

Great collection of history right there. Thanks for posting!

 

[ricohman]

Amazing.
I have to say, when I can see great photographs of what an original example looks like, I learn a lot.

 

[Steve1987]

So Jeremy do you have any that aren't BYF? LOL

-Steve

 

[jbmauser]

So Jeremy do you have any that aren't BYF? LOL

-Steve

I still have that Posen depot build. I also have some svw's lol.

 

[Coldrider]

Fine collection, thanks for sharing!
How long did it take you to find all that?? Lol

 

[jbmauser]

Fine collection, thanks for sharing!
How long did it take you to find all that?? Lol

I guess close to 6 years now.

 

[The Kurgan]

that is just an incredible collection. Thanks for being an excellent caretaker of history.

 

[Bird Blaster]

Beauty collection!!

 

[XRCD011]

Good lord man, have you ever given any thought to doing a very picture rich coffee table book on Mausers showing the detail we all appreciate in your pics posted here ?