SOG Turk 38 Stock

[Number6]

I got one of those SOG $59 Turks. The metal seems to be new (haven't cleaned and checked the bore yet.) Minimal to no cosmoline. It's marked K. Kale 1942 (or 3) with a 5 digit ser. number. The bolt came bagged serarately, but binds in the breech, when closed. I loosened the trigger housing screws and the bolt slides in without binding. I guess that means it isn't properly inletted into the stock. Don't have any experience with that, though. Trigger housing and floorplate are new, as well.

The stock is one of the rough-as-a-cob unfinished ones. I washed it with acetone to get any grease out of it, and began sanding it on Sunday. This is gonna be a LOT of work. It seems to be oversized (club-like) and I'll need to sand it so it looks and fits better. This wood is light colored with a tight grain. I bought red mahagony stain and B.L.O. to finish it up.
What is that bushing in the butt-stock region used for?
This weapon has no history and zero personality.
(Heavy sigh)

[Guinny_Ire]

I got the same gun. Did you have alot of sap on the stock? Were you able to get the cleaning rod out? Alot of minor cracks on much of the inlets also. Being new at C&R and cleaning up a gun in general please post your progress as I'd like to piggback on what you do with yours. I actually like the size of the stock as it fits my hands pretty well.

[Guinny_Ire]

I would guess that the bushing was used for storage and putting on a peg. I'd be iterested to see if I'm right or wrong on that.

[Number6]

Originally posted by Guinny_Ire
I got the same gun. Did you have alot of sap on the stock? Were you able to get the cleaning rod out? Alot of minor cracks on much of the inlets also. Being new at C&R and cleaning up a gun in general please post your progress as I'd like to piggback on what you do with yours. I actually like the size of the stock as it fits my hands pretty well.

I don't know if it was sap. Sandpaper was clogging, so I figured it was grease that soaked into the raw wood. I went outside, put acetone in a metal bowl and gave the wood two really wet rubdowns (wear rubber gloves) with a washcloth. After the acetone evaporated, the wood sanded better. I may give it another wash-down. I don't need to mention that the fumes are explosive in the presence of an ignition source, do I?

The rear sling clip is set way too deep in the wood. If the stock had been finished, I don't think it would sit that deep, so that's why I think it needs a lot of sanding, or at least make smooth. The handgrip area behind the trigger is especially rough.
The receiver inletting is very rough as well. I think that needs work, but I don't really have the proper tools to do it. I'll just have to work slow and do the best I can. I don't have a "shop", just a TV table and lots of newspaper spread around. I'll try to post pictures, but wife has the good camera (of course).

[Schuetzenman]

Originally posted by Guinny_Ire
I would guess that the bushing was used for storage and putting on a peg. I'd be iterested to see if I'm right or wrong on that.

Negative it's a firing pin disassembly fixture. You put the firing pin in the hole, push down on the safety and that compresses the spring so you can rotate the cocking piece 90° and lift off.

Read the sticky post at the top of the Turk forum, Redstar posted a post I did about Mauser bolt disassembly, it's all in there.:p :D

[Schuetzenman]

Sometimes a stock bolt is a little long and the bolt will drag on it. I've experienced this twice on used Mausers one was Swedish and one a Turk 38.