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Rick W. · 07-16-2018, 02:55 PM

Matt,

Certainly an interesting item. I kinda have a hard time thinking that it once was a carbine from the old world in looking at some of the attachments to the firearm. I would surmise that it was built from various parts post 16 inch barrel time, one would think that earlier than that a modification would not have included extra length on the barrel fwiw.

It appears that the forearm and buttstock was made from one piece of wood. Fairly nicely done too.

The forend hanger is affixed to the triggerguard with a small amount of contract, if silver soldered, one might wonder about how long it will stay. If welded, tis more better. Original forend hangers have a lot of wrap around on the triggerguard for strength and area of adhesion. At least the forend does not contact the barrel and add weight/resistance for function like in some later renditions sold to kids. Wrap around trigger hangers to the guard can hide the serial, which is an issue to some folks, for a newly manufactured firearm with stock..........or otherwise.

The buttstock attaching iron is probably homebrew, not easy to make; but easier than doing the curve in a rear attaching iron. I suspect that if the locking and alignment stud is not fitted well, that the stock will pivot slightly axially when lashed up.

One would suspect not much collector value at least from a non collector's point of view. As a shooter, function counts for a lot; even with some bad cosmetics. This one is not all that bad in appearance, better than some I reckon.

Some work in the carbine pictured, but hard to see a lot of money in it to buy it outright. Kinda one of those things, it is worth what you wanna pay for it. I would have a hard time putting 700 in it, but just one opinion in the many here.

If it works and guess it does from the posts, tis lots better than the carbine kits of the 50-80's from the shooter's point of view. Cost to make like that is another book, would take a while to figure that out from some point of view. Some folks have done it recently actually here on this forum.

Thanks for showing it, has some innovation and fair craftsmanship to it all in all.

Rick W.

07-16-2018, 02:55 PM	#8
Rick W. User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 339 Thanks: 81 Thanked 359 Times in 198 Posts	Matt, Certainly an interesting item. I kinda have a hard time thinking that it once was a carbine from the old world in looking at some of the attachments to the firearm. I would surmise that it was built from various parts post 16 inch barrel time, one would think that earlier than that a modification would not have included extra length on the barrel fwiw. It appears that the forearm and buttstock was made from one piece of wood. Fairly nicely done too. The forend hanger is affixed to the triggerguard with a small amount of contract, if silver soldered, one might wonder about how long it will stay. If welded, tis more better. Original forend hangers have a lot of wrap around on the triggerguard for strength and area of adhesion. At least the forend does not contact the barrel and add weight/resistance for function like in some later renditions sold to kids. Wrap around trigger hangers to the guard can hide the serial, which is an issue to some folks, for a newly manufactured firearm with stock..........or otherwise. The buttstock attaching iron is probably homebrew, not easy to make; but easier than doing the curve in a rear attaching iron. I suspect that if the locking and alignment stud is not fitted well, that the stock will pivot slightly axially when lashed up. One would suspect not much collector value at least from a non collector's point of view. As a shooter, function counts for a lot; even with some bad cosmetics. This one is not all that bad in appearance, better than some I reckon. Some work in the carbine pictured, but hard to see a lot of money in it to buy it outright. Kinda one of those things, it is worth what you wanna pay for it. I would have a hard time putting 700 in it, but just one opinion in the many here. If it works and guess it does from the posts, tis lots better than the carbine kits of the 50-80's from the shooter's point of view. Cost to make like that is another book, would take a while to figure that out from some point of view. Some folks have done it recently actually here on this forum. Thanks for showing it, has some innovation and fair craftsmanship to it all in all. Rick W.