Abulg1972
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Until you see the Iraqi jeem that everyone missed! $325 OTD. Wohoooo!
Just Got It NOW!
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Abulg1972
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Yeah, well, not perfect. It has a mismatched bolt (a few hundred off) but my collector friend said I made $250.
Oldcarjunkie
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Oldcarjunkie
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Abulg1972
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Nice! I tried to go through this thread to find the picture that I posted when an auction house shipped my Chilean M1895 and my M16 Berthier together in one box without any bubble wrap but (1) I couldn't find it and (2) I got depressed seeing how many "just got it now" pictures I've posted over the last 18 months.
Oldcarjunkie
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The seller has good feedback.. BUT.. You would think if you spend 600+ on a rifle that it wouldn't come in a box. About 55 tall, 16 wide and 4 deep, surrounded by at most the weekend sales worth of newspaper and only thing on rifle itself was maybe one layer of saranwrap
Abulg1972
Ultimate Member
The seller has good feedback.. BUT.. You would think if you spend 600+ on a rifle that it wouldn't come in a box. About 55 tall, 16 wide and 4 deep, surrounded by at most the weekend sales worth of newspaper and only thing on rifle itself was maybe one layer of saranwrap
After my past experiences, whenever I pay for a rifle now, I always, nicely, instruct the seller to carefully package the rifle AND remove and separately wrap the bolt. I tell them that I am willing to pay extra for their efforts, and I have yet to have someone refuse my request (or charge me extra)
todbiker
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Congrats brother, that's a great find, crazy nice condition
Oldcarjunkie
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Oldcarjunkie
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, thank God it didn't get damaged in shipping.
Straightbolt
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Now I want an FN Mauser 
Nice buy !
Nice buy !
Oldcarjunkie
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I'm looking to add a few more myself.
Abulg1972
Ultimate Member
This thread has got me thinking that I need to buy another service grade M1 Garand.
Machodoc
Old Guy
Holy crap ... that's stunning!!
Buy three more of them. They'll always be in style, and as long as you only bring out one at a time, your wife will never know.
Oldcarjunkie
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reverendbeer
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SO this just arrived!
Yay!
Sadly, this is is the rest of it:
Yes, stock cartouche is sanded to nearly nothing, a butt-pad added, and the rear sight has been replaced by a picatinny rail. No cleaning rod. The rail is actually extremely cleverly (though roughly) done, modded to fit in the sight fixture with nearly no modification. HOWEVER, bubs mutilated the upper hand guard to fit the now-extended rail.
Luckily, Numrich had cleaning rods, rear sights, and upper handguards for 1912-61s. I'm not sure what to do about the butt-pad, but I guess I'll have to keep an eye out for a new stock on the electronic bay. Not a big deal since the stock is non-matching.
On the plus side the action works beautifully, and TBH, I got as a fun 7.62x51 shooter, so I don't feel too bad about dropping 275 on it.
Plus, it came with a $30 cheapie red-dot I can put on something and a probs about $30 soft case, so...
Yay!
Sadly, this is is the rest of it:
Yes, stock cartouche is sanded to nearly nothing, a butt-pad added, and the rear sight has been replaced by a picatinny rail. No cleaning rod. The rail is actually extremely cleverly (though roughly) done, modded to fit in the sight fixture with nearly no modification. HOWEVER, bubs mutilated the upper hand guard to fit the now-extended rail.
Luckily, Numrich had cleaning rods, rear sights, and upper handguards for 1912-61s. I'm not sure what to do about the butt-pad, but I guess I'll have to keep an eye out for a new stock on the electronic bay. Not a big deal since the stock is non-matching.
On the plus side the action works beautifully, and TBH, I got as a fun 7.62x51 shooter, so I don't feel too bad about dropping 275 on it.
Plus, it came with a $30 cheapie red-dot I can put on something and a probs about $30 soft case, so...
Abulg1972
Ultimate Member
SO this just arrived!
Yay!
Sadly, this is is the rest of it:
Yes, stock cartouche is sanded to nearly nothing, a butt-pad added, and the rear sight has been replaced by a picatinny rail. No cleaning rod. The rail is actually extremely cleverly (though roughly) done, modded to fit in the sight fixture with nearly no modification. HOWEVER, bubs mutilated the upper hand guard to fit the now-extended rail.
Luckily, Numrich had cleaning rods, rear sights, and upper handguards for 1912-61s. I'm not sure what to do about the butt-pad, but I guess I'll have to keep an eye out for a new stock on the electronic bay. Not a big deal since the stock is non-matching.
On the plus side the action works beautifully, and TBH, I got as a fun 7.62x51 shooter, so I don't feel too bad about dropping 275 on it.
Plus, it came with a $30 cheapie red-dot I can put on something and a probs about $30 soft case, so...
Well, please don't take this as anything other than MY personal opinion, but if it comforts you at all, I am of the view that a M1912 that has been converted to 7.62 Nato has almost no collector value, so anything else that was done to make it a nice shooter did not hurt its value. Enjoy it as a shooter. I understand that my view is not universally shared and that many people believe that such a conversion was "military", but I would just so much rather pay for and have a M1912 in original configuration that I wouldn't even consider a converted one.
reverendbeer
Stiff Member
Nope, this was my exact thinking.
I know the quality of the Steyr action...and one (and a short one, at that) in 7.62 NATO is impossible for me to pass up. I cannot abide the rail and handguard butchery, tho. Hence, the Numrichery.
Abulg1972
Ultimate Member
Nope, this was my exact thinking.
I cannot abide the rail and handguard butchery, tho. Hence, the Numrichery.
Good, I'm glad I didn't offend you . . . but I'm a purist.
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