lpspinner
09-05-2002, 06:50 AM
Just received 5 more Turks today, so far so good. This Friday I can look forward to my last 5 to arrive, giving me a total of 13. For sure I will be parted out with parts already promised and I probably will part out a second one.
Of these 5 that showed up today, all had cracked or broken handguards, 3 had slings, 3 have cleaning rods, all have non-matching bolts, 4 were dry, no cosmo and Turk #5 had old thick cosmo. All had a NASTY thick layer of warehouse dirt. I had wetted down a paper towel with Murphy's Wood Soap Spray and quickly wiped down the stocks. All went click when I pulled the trigger.
Turk #1 (top) mfg in 1932. This one has a very rough stock and is cracked or split in a couple of places along the butt. Repairable. The "firing pin helper" in the butt is really pushed in on both sides. It looks like someone put too much pressure in the clamping of it. The arsenal stamp is not that deep on this one. The nose piece where the front spring goes into is all broken up, like someone tried to rip out the nosecap with force. A lot of wood is gone up there. the stock also looks smaller/thinner then the rest. Prognosis for the stock....FIREWOOD
Turk #2 mfg in 1937. Now I like the finish on this stock. This one only has half a handguard. the forend of the stock has a lot of dents. Like playing sword fight type of small dents. The cleaning rod tip looks like it was poorly welded on. It looks more like the rod for the T38's. The rear band spring is missing and someone used a ting pin size nail to hold it in place. The leather sling is missing the brass button in the rear and on the inside has a name written on it. This one also had a T38 style bolt stop, unlike the others that have the part that becomes part of the stripper guides. (See additional pictures)
Turk #3 mfg in 1935. There are so many cracks and attempted repairs to this stock that it's prognosis is also Firewood. This one stock doesn't have the slot for the rear band spring, but a hole for the lower band retaining screw instead. The rear band however doesn't have a hole in it for the screw. This one had the largest arsenal stamp on the ring. The cleaning rod is the slotted head type like the T38's. The sling is the canvas web type.
Turk #4 mfg in 1936. This would've almost been nice except for the repairable crack along the forend of the stock. The handguard had minor cracks. The triggerguard has rust, but doesn't look deep.
Turk #5 mfg in 1937. The stripper clip guides was filled flush with Cosmo and well as the magazine follower and the breech face . The chamber was plug with enough Cosmo that my first though was, "Oh No, a bullet might be stuck in the barrel". I like the wood finish on this stock and the handguard is split in half. (repairable) The Cleaning rod is threaded on both side. The leather sling looks more like a used old belt with someone knotting it around the rear sling swivel.
Sorry for the novel, but considering it's 4:00am, I'm doing pretty well. :)
http://album.gunsnet.net/data/lpspinner/390_p3657.jpg
http://album.gunsnet.net/data/lpspinner/390_p3656.jpg
http://album.gunsnet.net/data/lpspinner/390_p3665.jpg
http://album.gunsnet.net/data/lpspinner/390_p3658.jpg
Of these 5 that showed up today, all had cracked or broken handguards, 3 had slings, 3 have cleaning rods, all have non-matching bolts, 4 were dry, no cosmo and Turk #5 had old thick cosmo. All had a NASTY thick layer of warehouse dirt. I had wetted down a paper towel with Murphy's Wood Soap Spray and quickly wiped down the stocks. All went click when I pulled the trigger.
Turk #1 (top) mfg in 1932. This one has a very rough stock and is cracked or split in a couple of places along the butt. Repairable. The "firing pin helper" in the butt is really pushed in on both sides. It looks like someone put too much pressure in the clamping of it. The arsenal stamp is not that deep on this one. The nose piece where the front spring goes into is all broken up, like someone tried to rip out the nosecap with force. A lot of wood is gone up there. the stock also looks smaller/thinner then the rest. Prognosis for the stock....FIREWOOD
Turk #2 mfg in 1937. Now I like the finish on this stock. This one only has half a handguard. the forend of the stock has a lot of dents. Like playing sword fight type of small dents. The cleaning rod tip looks like it was poorly welded on. It looks more like the rod for the T38's. The rear band spring is missing and someone used a ting pin size nail to hold it in place. The leather sling is missing the brass button in the rear and on the inside has a name written on it. This one also had a T38 style bolt stop, unlike the others that have the part that becomes part of the stripper guides. (See additional pictures)
Turk #3 mfg in 1935. There are so many cracks and attempted repairs to this stock that it's prognosis is also Firewood. This one stock doesn't have the slot for the rear band spring, but a hole for the lower band retaining screw instead. The rear band however doesn't have a hole in it for the screw. This one had the largest arsenal stamp on the ring. The cleaning rod is the slotted head type like the T38's. The sling is the canvas web type.
Turk #4 mfg in 1936. This would've almost been nice except for the repairable crack along the forend of the stock. The handguard had minor cracks. The triggerguard has rust, but doesn't look deep.
Turk #5 mfg in 1937. The stripper clip guides was filled flush with Cosmo and well as the magazine follower and the breech face . The chamber was plug with enough Cosmo that my first though was, "Oh No, a bullet might be stuck in the barrel". I like the wood finish on this stock and the handguard is split in half. (repairable) The Cleaning rod is threaded on both side. The leather sling looks more like a used old belt with someone knotting it around the rear sling swivel.
Sorry for the novel, but considering it's 4:00am, I'm doing pretty well. :)
http://album.gunsnet.net/data/lpspinner/390_p3657.jpg
http://album.gunsnet.net/data/lpspinner/390_p3656.jpg
http://album.gunsnet.net/data/lpspinner/390_p3665.jpg
http://album.gunsnet.net/data/lpspinner/390_p3658.jpg