m44 russian $195 at collector source
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Ordered 2 on Tuesday, arrived today. Couldn't be happier with CS. Both are '45 izzy's in fairly rough wartime stocks.... one very bright crisp bore, the other completely filled with cosmoline, I'll check it out later. If these come up again I might just order 2 more, wouldn't mind one in a postwar stock with the brass sling inserts.
Received my 2 yesterday. Cant say Im overly happy with the first one so far. Stock has dents everywhere as well as large gouges and some chips.
Maybe good for a shooter but I honestly would recommend paying $100 bucks more for a rifle with a nice stock.
Maybe good for a shooter but I honestly would recommend paying $100 bucks more for a rifle with a nice stock.
Its $200 more for the nicer versions & bullets don't care what the stock looks like.
You don't need to take them out.
Dude! And all the other complainers. The guy that carried that in WWII may have had a mortar round land on his freakin' head!!! I can't beleive all the B!tching about how there are dents, dings and gouges in my stock and should I refinish it garbage! All these long dead soldiers and the ones that survived would surely give everyone a slap for being such babies! Just imagine for a minute before you do refinish it, what all those poor bastards had to go through that actually carried these for F@ks' sake!
Maybe you and everyone else that likes picture perfect stocks should just man up and buy a new Remington 700 instead and quit complaining about these "been there done that dropped a thousand times as their owners got the cr@p blowin out of them and their friends picked them up wiped the bloody goo off and kept going type of guns"
Just clean it up and show it off as is as a tribute and THANK YOU to all the guys that died carrying these!
/RANT
While I agree with your sentiment, nobody died carrying these rifles unless they succumbed to the elements. That doesn't mean you need to get out the belt sander (bad idea if you want the bands to fit) but a glue & shellac injection would be a good thing.
You can rant and add drama to it, but I'm most likely going to refinish mine unless I get lazy. Whatever someone wants to do with theirs, go ahead. Many guys refinish their fugly stocks and make them look like a period stock without that 'furniture look'.
If I would guess, most of these were probably training guns for ComBloc satellite states. My receiver/bore/metal work looks brand new. Many of these were probably stacked and handled more than shot.
If I would guess, most of these were probably training guns for ComBloc satellite states. My receiver/bore/metal work looks brand new. Many of these were probably stacked and handled more than shot.
I got mine today. I am a little disappointed.
Its a 45 which is sort of cool
I knew the stock would be rough. I think I might smooth out some of the gouges and retouch the shellac.
I was reading other posters saying that their rifles were soaked in cosmoline. Mine was very dry other than the bolt. I see evidence of rust on several parts not very happy
I am also not happy that the front sight is bent. Collector Source did a good job packaging the rifle for shipping but they should have let this into their regular stock.
Caveat emptor
Its a 45 which is sort of cool
I knew the stock would be rough. I think I might smooth out some of the gouges and retouch the shellac.
I was reading other posters saying that their rifles were soaked in cosmoline. Mine was very dry other than the bolt. I see evidence of rust on several parts not very happy
I am also not happy that the front sight is bent. Collector Source did a good job packaging the rifle for shipping but they should have let this into their regular stock.
Caveat emptor
I got mine today. I am a little disappointed.
Its a 45 which is sort of cool
I knew the stock would be rough. I think I might smooth out some of the gouges and retouch the shellac.
I was reading other posters saying that their rifles were soaked in cosmoline. Mine was very dry other than the bolt. I see evidence of rust on several parts not very happy
I am also not happy that the front sight is bent. Collector Source did a good job packaging the rifle for shipping but they should have let this into their regular stock.
Caveat emptor
You are kidding right? I can't even get a good drunk out of 199 dollars. Geez.
These rifles might have been used for classroom training as some have suggested, or they might have been carried by logistics and support troops. Truck drivers, artillerymen and engineers often see their personal weapon as another pain in the ass piece of junk to haul around and treat them accordingly. Rear support troops don't get a lot of range time beyond basic training. These troops would be the last to get SKSs and AKs. These rifles might have been in service into the 1960's.
I got mine today. I am a little disappointed.
Its a 45 which is sort of cool
I knew the stock would be rough. I think I might smooth out some of the gouges and retouch the shellac.
I was reading other posters saying that their rifles were soaked in cosmoline. Mine was very dry other than the bolt. I see evidence of rust on several parts not very happy
Get out some gun oil and fine steel wool to remove that surface rust (or by another method that will not harm the bluing). Glad mine was caked in cosmo to prevent that rust. Little tap on that sight hood with a mallet will get you on track. Even though these range from 'fixeruppers' to nice shooters, it's still a good deal in my books. My stock's worse than yours but my metal work is mint. Check your bore and see if it's shiny with strong rifling and then decide if you are happy or not.
Received mine yesterday. '45 dated with well used stock. Lots of cosmo but at least the bore wasn't stuffed full. No metal inserts in the sling holes. Overall I'm very happy with the rifle except for the fact that the hand guard is cracked for almost the entire length. I plan to use superglue to fix it. Anyone done this before? I'm worried I won't be able to get it cosmoline free enough for the glue to hold.
