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yellowsled
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order yours yet?
It is very discreet on the barrel under the front sight.
Schweet. I may just have to buy a couple more while they are still available.
Too rich for my blood!
Don't you have like 4 of them? Sell a couple and think of it as an upgrade for a newer model.
Machodoc
Old Guy
I'm pretty sure they are all sold out.
Very nice - Congratulations!
Excellent condition ones are sold out, the mint/un-issued ones are still in stock. If they'd knock $100 off I get one.
What are the first three digits of the serial numbers?
reverendbeer
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Abulg1972
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I have since learned from Gunboards personality "Bob in St Louis", who is the reigning expert on Spanish Mausers, that the stock probably has not been refinished and that the varnish was likely applied by La Coruña or the arsenal to which the rifle was sent. I was going to strip the stock but someone suggested that the varnish might be original and to research it before I did anything to ruin the stock. I'm glad I asked.
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What is the serial number range on those beautiful K31s? I'm guess those are some of the last ones made, probably 2XXXXX (they started over the serial numbers at 100,000 when they hit 999,999).
Machodoc
Old Guy
That may be, and the gun may look different in person, but from what I can see in the photos, the finish that's on it appears to be semi-gloss polyurethane, rather than old-school varnish. Also, you'll notice that there's a darker patina toward the grain ends of the the furniture, and the wood is not very patinated at all when you get away from those ends. Usually, an unmolested finish and the wood beneath it darkens pretty evenly.
In the last two photos it looks like the finish that's on it now has been flowed into old scars. Again, it's hard to be certain from photos, but that's how it looks. When a scar or scrape happens to the original finish, you don't get the flowed-in appearance that seems to be there. Of course, since there are so few of those showing on your stock, it's tough to tell for sure, but you should be able to look specifically for that when you examine the rifle ... is that finish going into the scar on the wood, or is the scar going into the finish?
Again, it's hard to tell for sure from photos, and that's all we have to work with, but what you showed really looks like someone stripped that stock, probably sanded it a bit, and then put on a couple of coats of modern semi-gloss finish. You'll have to make that determination, though. You're the one who can hold the gun in your hands and examine it.
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