As the title suggests, I redressed my 1933 G.R.I. Ishapore SMLE this weekend in a set of wood I bought from a forum member. The stock is the original that was on it when I picked it up off of a friend of my dads for a case of Molson Ex a couple of summers ago. It has mag cut off, but the wood wasn't cut to accept it, so I unscrewed it until I get the ambition to cut the wood to allow it. Everything but the nosecap and barrel band and foreend's is original.
Not shown in the pics is the Model 1907 Lithgow bayonet I've got for her.
I also got this little rifle in the mail on Friday. It was traded to me as a sporterized M44 but after cleaning it up and giving it a look over I'm thinking it is more lilkley an M38 as I can't see a scar from where the bayo assembly would have been removed. She's a 1943 Izhevsk (both the M44 and M38 were made there at that point), metal finish is about 95%, the hammer and sickle, serial number, and triangle manufacturing stamp are all well defined.
Now all I need is a new set of furniture for this one.
Not shown in the pics is the Model 1907 Lithgow bayonet I've got for her.
I also got this little rifle in the mail on Friday. It was traded to me as a sporterized M44 but after cleaning it up and giving it a look over I'm thinking it is more lilkley an M38 as I can't see a scar from where the bayo assembly would have been removed. She's a 1943 Izhevsk (both the M44 and M38 were made there at that point), metal finish is about 95%, the hammer and sickle, serial number, and triangle manufacturing stamp are all well defined.
Now all I need is a new set of furniture for this one.
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