lpspinner
08-28-2002, 06:32 AM
Ok, the BBT dropped of the first 3 Turk 1903 u-fix-em's today. The order was kinda disappointing compared to AIC and RetVet's orders. But hey that's part of the game. Hopefully the next 5 will be better. I may have to order an additional 5 more, only cause I want to have more of something then Neil does. :)
Some observations I made. These barreled actions will not fit in a Turk 1938 stock. The action is too short. The rear sight seems to be a little larger then the cut out on the handguards. On the two stocks, it seems they are using the same Buttplate and rear sling holder and the screws for them. The from and rear band seems the same as well. The crossbolt has a different size hole pattern then the Mauser 98's. My Brownell's Mauser 98 crossbolt wrench will not work on this.
I did a cursory examination of the Top two and tore apart the last one. They all had bolts and rifle #2 even has a matching bolt. Two of them had cleaning rods. These rods are threaded on both ends. All have slings, but rifle #3 has a canvas webbed sling whereas the others are leather. They have have dirty but very good looking bores. They were all DIRTY! They are all capable of going BANG, which is the most important part. I say for $16.84 ea, I got my money's worth.
#1 (top one) As you can see the wood is missing from the rear band all the way past the crossbolt (recoil lug). The handguard is complete, but cracked. (Repairable) Looks like minor rust on the barrel from the exposed parts. Sling is missing the button or leather tie to secure it.
#2 (middle one) That one has a crack and a piece missing from the stock. The handguard is broken and missing half of it. The nice thing is this one had the matching bolt and I like the color and pattern on this stock. Oh well.
#3 (bottom one) This one has the complete stock. A little frazeled at the front left side. Handguard is intact. I torn this one down and the all the metal had some type of Rust spots on it. It seems to be very minor and not deep at all. The sling is made from canvas webbing, not like the leather ones on the first two. The front site is loose and I can spin it around. Underneath the buttplate, the wood shows some small cracks. the buttplate seems to be larger then the stock. The buttplate was held in on the top with 2 finishing type nails driven in and bent over to hold the palte on.
That's it for now.
http://album.gunsnet.net/data/lpspinner/390_p3376.jpg
http://album.gunsnet.net/data/lpspinner/390_p3375.jpg
Some observations I made. These barreled actions will not fit in a Turk 1938 stock. The action is too short. The rear sight seems to be a little larger then the cut out on the handguards. On the two stocks, it seems they are using the same Buttplate and rear sling holder and the screws for them. The from and rear band seems the same as well. The crossbolt has a different size hole pattern then the Mauser 98's. My Brownell's Mauser 98 crossbolt wrench will not work on this.
I did a cursory examination of the Top two and tore apart the last one. They all had bolts and rifle #2 even has a matching bolt. Two of them had cleaning rods. These rods are threaded on both ends. All have slings, but rifle #3 has a canvas webbed sling whereas the others are leather. They have have dirty but very good looking bores. They were all DIRTY! They are all capable of going BANG, which is the most important part. I say for $16.84 ea, I got my money's worth.
#1 (top one) As you can see the wood is missing from the rear band all the way past the crossbolt (recoil lug). The handguard is complete, but cracked. (Repairable) Looks like minor rust on the barrel from the exposed parts. Sling is missing the button or leather tie to secure it.
#2 (middle one) That one has a crack and a piece missing from the stock. The handguard is broken and missing half of it. The nice thing is this one had the matching bolt and I like the color and pattern on this stock. Oh well.
#3 (bottom one) This one has the complete stock. A little frazeled at the front left side. Handguard is intact. I torn this one down and the all the metal had some type of Rust spots on it. It seems to be very minor and not deep at all. The sling is made from canvas webbing, not like the leather ones on the first two. The front site is loose and I can spin it around. Underneath the buttplate, the wood shows some small cracks. the buttplate seems to be larger then the stock. The buttplate was held in on the top with 2 finishing type nails driven in and bent over to hold the palte on.
That's it for now.
http://album.gunsnet.net/data/lpspinner/390_p3376.jpg
http://album.gunsnet.net/data/lpspinner/390_p3375.jpg