Well, the board is either fixed, or it's going to run terribly. Cross your fingers and hope for the best. I'm at my technical limit right now.
1944 BYF
1944 BYF
I bought this a labor of love project, it came to me as a chopped stock sporter which fortunately the person didn't cut the barrel or drill into the receiver. Kind of sad as it would seem to be a totally matching action, even the serial number in the stock matched.
I eventually purchased one of those stock kits from classic but the metal parts are all Yugo marked which I do plan on swapping out once I get an appropriate spanner wrench. It may be because it's not the right recoil lug or maybe not, but there is a fair amount of play in the action, it slides forward and back a milimeter or two so since replacement I haven't really shot it.
Another thing is that I prefer the look of the later war welded barrel bands so I may buy those eventually and swap them out too but the Yugo ones work for now.
The front sight is a commercial marble but the base appears to be unmodified and the rear sight ladder is from a Spanish Mauser, they're pretty low priority on replacement at the moment.
Otherwise, it's a pretty big improvement though it would have been nice if classic differentiated between stocks with the wrist repair.
I eventually purchased one of those stock kits from classic but the metal parts are all Yugo marked which I do plan on swapping out once I get an appropriate spanner wrench. It may be because it's not the right recoil lug or maybe not, but there is a fair amount of play in the action, it slides forward and back a milimeter or two so since replacement I haven't really shot it.
Another thing is that I prefer the look of the later war welded barrel bands so I may buy those eventually and swap them out too but the Yugo ones work for now.
The front sight is a commercial marble but the base appears to be unmodified and the rear sight ladder is from a Spanish Mauser, they're pretty low priority on replacement at the moment.
Otherwise, it's a pretty big improvement though it would have been nice if classic differentiated between stocks with the wrist repair.
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Very nice.
I am in a similar situation with a 43 dou. But a previous owner chopped an inch or 2 off the butt for a recoil pad, filled in the sling cutout and removed the sling bar on the lower band.
I am in a similar situation with a 43 dou. But a previous owner chopped an inch or 2 off the butt for a recoil pad, filled in the sling cutout and removed the sling bar on the lower band.
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Re: 1944 BYF
Real nice improvement .. already looks 165% better
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I have the same problem with the cross bolt nut in the restoration of a CE43. I've used a small punch and lightly tap it with a small hammer to get some cross bolt nuts off, but this one is going to need the proper tool.
Looks good and thank you for saving a piece of history.
Looks good and thank you for saving a piece of history.
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Looks good. Nice to get it back to military even if it is not correct.
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Shes got the look!
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Re: 1944 BYF
always satisfying to save another one.
for me it looks better in its original form as its designer intended.
for me it looks better in its original form as its designer intended.
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Re: 1944 BYF
Oustanding! I always cringe when I see sporterized Mausers, for some reason it's worse for me when they're German.
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