I lob the grenade and grab the carbine trigger with one movement. But the barrel catches in a limb, and the burst whizzes to my right. The gunner spins the tip of his weapon toward me. "Grasping the carbine in my left hand and a grenade in my right, I step suddenly from behind the rock. Later I discover that my lucky shot got him in the heart." (Audie Murphy, "To Hell and Back", Chapter 15) The kraut is sprawled in front of the gun. It is only a few seconds, perhaps, but it seems much longer before I can see. Frantically I try to blink the dirt from my eyes, knowing the German will not miss again. The bullet kicks dust in my face as my carbine goes off. I see him as he lowers his rifle upon me and whip up my carbine. "Within a moment I am involved in a duel with a German who climbs upon a cannon to get the advantage of elevation. NOTE: Due to recent changes to Reddit's rules we will not permit discussion of any firearms or ammunition sales or transfers, including solicitation ("WTB"), trade ("WTT") and offering ("WTS"). How To Buy Through The CMP - Advice From u/Ellijah92 Jury is still out, at this point.THE place for M1 Garands, M1 Carbines, M14's, and Mini-14's!Īs well as any variants of these firearms:įulton-Armory - Handcrafted U.S. Still undetermined if this stock is an "original", or something else. I have no doubt that some folks will down-rate the value of the stock due to its' being modded, but some potential buyers, having the correct long-range rear sight might jump at it, and pay good money for it. Commonly done back then, and a "Period-correct"' mod. Likely true, but a "Period-Correct" mod is one thing, as opposed to a Mod that occurred decades later, for a device not available at the time when the stock was relatively new.įor example, I have a 1903 Springfield (C) stock which was modified with a cut-out on its' side for a long-range aftermarket rear sight. No doubt a purist will say that such a mod diminishes the value as compared to an "unmolested" stock. Someone adding a sling stud to the fore-end is suggestive of their wanting to add a bipod attachment point, but certainly not definative.Īn "original" owner might have made such an alteration, and as such, would be a "Period-Correct" modification. Pix of grips (and attachment screw) are probably the most indicative things as to whether the stock is an old Ruger folder, or something else. New grips are of a different composition, and likely much stouter than original grips. Originals were of Bakelite, a cloth-impregnated resin compound. Not an expert on old-time OEM Ruger folder pistol grips. View QuotePix of the inside of the stock seem to indicate a previous owner applied some grey bedding compound. In either case, not sure why someone would have gone to the trouble to mount the sling stud. OEM Ruger Minis which were originally sold with a folding stock have a sling swivel mounted on the side of the gas block, as opposed to the standard gas block which has a sling swivel mounted at the bottom front of the gas block. That might not be definitive, because if Ruger makes the parts for the new, stainless steel Samson, such "new" stainless steel "Samson" parts might also have the "K", due to the "K" being engraved into the mold for the parts. Which parts on the "mystery" stock have the "K"? Might be instructive to compare a known original Ruger Stainless Steel folder with a known original Ruger Blued folder, and see if the "K" is present on the same, non-stainless parts on the Blued Ruger folder. IDK if the parts that Samson uses also have the "K". IIRC, Ruger uses a "K" prefix to denote stainless steel parts. OTOH, such screws are fairly easy to replace, so not definitive. IIRC, some screws on the Samson have different screw-heads as compared to the original Ruger folder, possibly including the attachment screw for the hand grip, as well as the screws that attach the metal folding unit to the wooden stock. I don't know of anyone making "repro" OEM Ruger folder hand-grips, but certainly possible. As noted, grip looks like an Original, OEM Ruger item. View QuoteCan't tell for sure from the pix, but aside from the added-on sling stud, I don't see anything amiss.
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