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Before I comment, just a question......can the current owner provide a list of the marked parts? I see the gas cylinder is Italian w/ a "K" on the bayo lug, which I believe is Danish contract. You will want to know how many marked parts are on the rifle before you trade / purchase it.
Anyone else care to chime in and help flip out????Welcome to the Addiction!
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Originally posted by flipmasterj View PostWell, the trade fell through. Seller was thrown off by the amount of questions I was asking. No harm done, if he was thrown off by that, he's probably aware of a problem with the rifle and is trying to get rid of it. Oh well, life goes on.Welcome to the Addiction!
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Beech is an interesting wood for stocks and European Beech was used quite a bit but often considered a substitute for Walnut. I wonder if the Danes, like the Italians, used European Walnut more frequently than Beech (or Birch). The photos posted look like European Walnut, That stock has all the characteristics of that variety. It was fairly plentiful and great to carve. Walnut from the mountains of Turkey is considered the ideal Walnut, and other European species are close behind.
American Black Walnut is what you see on most of our rifles, and I would assume the wood used on most Garands. I have some never issued M1D rear handguards that are European Walnut and have a very nice figure, they show more dark streaks than American Walnut, plus some curls and dots (hard to describe) in the grain that we don't get here. It is reported that it's
more resistant to cracking and fracture as well.... Just wondered as I looked at that YouTube video Jersey Devil posted. Very interesting rifle.Last edited by Bulletguide; 09-12-2015, 02:55 PM.Bruce Herrmann
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