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Added the 9th lady to the family ;) All matching Type 53. The stock seems waayy to good looking to me to be original so im voting bubba but im sure yall will correct me if im wrong! She I a beauty though so without further adeu
And im working on getting lady #10 tomorrow if I can work it out. She will be a nice one! Lemme know what yall think ;)
@ Buckeye several things good friend. 1. Jeez I just got home from picking this up and you didn't even gimme a chance to get the pics uploaded lol. 2. No spilling the beans on what I have in the works
Nice rifle, but I am thinking you are right about Bubba fooling with the stock finish.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
The commerce which maybe carried on with the people inhabiting the line you will pursue renders a knowledge of these people important ~Thomas Jefferson~ (to- Lewis and Clark)
By gosh that sure looks awful nice doesn't it? I have one that is all matching and one that is awful close and one that was a presentation piece. The all matching one I highly suspect was refinished but shows few signs and just that nice even finish like yours. Whatever it is a nice rifle and I wouldn't kick it out of bed! The Hungarian 02's are not circled as far as I know so I doubt that is anything other than an inspectors mark. Bill
Well I like it even if it has been bubba fied. At least it wasn't ruined with some crazy stain or black paint. And I needed a Type 53 gotta have as many variants as I can get lol