The Turks have Arrived

[fishman]

Got the two turks I ordered from century today, no bayo's of course I was charged for them..mann...anyway, one gun looks to be original, dated 1910 looks like the correct stock etc..the other is dated 1944 and has what appears to be a new/old stock on it, kinda looks like it was varnished or something at one time...usuall wear i suppose...metal is in pretty good shape on both guns, bores after a quick run thu with various solvents, cleaners, look bright and shiny...no pits that i can see, rifleing looks to be good..little pissed off on the bayo thing,p but so it seems to go in t he world of mail order firearms..
I am wondering why i got 2 guns so far apart in year? has anyone else had this experience?..and the stock on one as well, it seems not to be of that gun if you can get the drift here...anything you have will be appericated..all in all not too bad, and they gave em to me at the sale price cause they diden't ship till yesterday...its a one day delivery to me....score..4 guns. four screw-ups...batting a 1000.......

[zouavexx]

Boy you seem to be having a run of bad luck! Make sure you call Century on those bayonets. Rifles look so nekked without them :)

The two I bought both had the replacement stocks. Bores and bluing were mint. I think the guns were 4 years apart.

You will enjoy the Turks, they are a blast to fire. Ammo is dirt cheap ($4.5o for 70 rds on stripper clips.


Were yours loaded with cosmoline? Mine weren't! They were the first surplus rifles I ever got that were halfway clean.....

[fishman]

Guns are almost clean, hardly no cosmo at all so they should clean up easy..the one with the original stock is really nice, old, kinda like an old shoe...fits the gun and me as well...it is smooooth...wood looks like birdseye maple or something near that, as it is hard to see under the dirt of the ages, that one it the 1910 vintage....like I said the bores are really good and the rest of the metal looks ok..a touch up of cold blue here and there will work..I think I will strip the replacement stock and smooth it out, the other I will clean up and tung oil fininsh it...just completed a M48A tonight, looks great...10 coats of oil, 2 BLO and 8 Tung, low gloss...little cold blue on the trigger, and touch up, you can't even tell..soaked the bolt in mineral spirits for two days, she shines like new...I am really pleased with the way it came out...I might just pick up a couple more of these Turks, for the $$ they seem to be great guns, although the replacement stock one, even though its 34 years newer is not as nice as the 1910...I have acouple of russian 44's in the can at AIM...so i might add a couple of Turks to the order as well...good rifles to trade too!..or sell to upgrade the collection..here is a trick you might find handy, if you have scratches scrapes on your gunstocks, take a walnut, yes a WALNUT...crack it open and take the nut itself and rub it on the scratch, it will dissappear!.. I know it sounds nuts, but try it out...Zouave, what kind of shape were your turks in when you got them? Also it is common to have those guns so far apart in years...one last thing, looks like century dug up some bolts from somewhere and stuck em in...but they work...all in all, its part of the fun....