Consecutive byf45's

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I've had this set for a while but 43853 was a work in progress that I finally completed tonight. In 2015 I picked up 43852 at SOS and after posting it on The K98k Forum, another member posted a pic of 43853 that he had in his data collection and the search was on.

More info and pics of 43852:

https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1259587-SOS-byf45-walnut

With the help of some good friends and some amazing data collectors, not only was I able to track down the owner of 43853 but also it's complete history. In the early 2000's it was brought into a local pawn shop of a K98k forum member as a "fresh attic find". He took pics of it but since it's a bolt m/m he wasn't interested in it and someone else bought it and stripped it down for it's valuable parts. It then showed up as a barreled receiver at an auction where another forum member bought it and poorly restored it. I was able to purchase it off him and since I had a complete set of pictures of it in it's original factory configuration (minus the m/m bolt of course) I set about restoring it to what it should be. Who knows what the bolt was like in it originally but it now has a byf45 no letter block bolt in it that is pretty close in serial.

Anyway, here they are for comparison.

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Oh wow! This is one of those projects where I am sure the satisfaction of completion must outpace the expense or reason!;) Excellent finished product, and a complete shame that the one was ever parted out in the first place.
 
Mr. Dynamite said:
Oh wow! This is one of those projects where I am sure the satisfaction of completion must outpace the expense or reason!;) Excellent finished product, and a complete shame that the one was ever parted out in the first place.
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Resto's are rarely a smart move financially but they sure are satisfying to complete.

Parting out m/m late war guns is common place since there is far more value in the parts than the complete gun and a lot of matching actions out there looking for stocks. There is of course some controversy and differing opinions in the community about restoring late war guns since a well done resto is virtually indistinguishable from an original but I post all my resto's so there is an online record of what it is and would never sell one as an original. Of course, down the road who knows what will happen with the next owner or the owner after that.
 
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