[ithacaartist]

This gun is part of three RIAC lots I won about four years ago, my second time to win something at one of them. Hammer price $750. It was born an LP.08, as evidenced by the typical relief for the tangent sight at the front of the receiver. It was property stamped with the 1920 above the 1917 manufacture date. The 100mm replacement barrel has the Nazi proof on its right side, back close to the flange. The barrel has the matching serial number, 5850 r, stamped on, but in a slightly different font. It has 5 marks stamped on the right side of the receiver. The take-down lever's number, 50, matches the rest--but it is an incorrect, Erfurt-proofed part, which I have had listed for a while in both WTB and WTS sections, in hopes of buying or swapping for one from DWM.

I re-did the straw color on the appropriate parts over last weekend, and applied the grips I bought from Ollie on eBay, which had enough meat left on them to completely re-do the checkered pattern. They fit nice and snugly and cover the frame pretty darned well, although they are not as thick as original--which can be felt in the hand.