See if you guys like this set up better.
I know a couple of us were posting our C&Rs in the other thread, but here, I’ll break this thread in…
I just got this last Friday afternoon.
The tag has two names, but this is the more prominent one.
Mr. Fuchs.
It’s effin awesome.
(redacted)
top to bottom
SMLE
M1 Garand
1903-A3
1898 Krag
All shooters!
My No.4 had some varnish and stain beforehand, (so someone already touched the stock). All I did was remove this prior finish back to its natural state.
The upper handguards are walnut, and the stock is beech. Now they got a natural tone and feel to them. We sanded down the rough scratches (there were some going against the grain! , and this also took out the nasty plasticky feel the wood had).
After sanding to an ultra-fine texture, I went over the wood with seven coats of BLO. It feels good now.
The wood will darken over time. At first I wasnt too sure whether I was going to dig the two tone look, but it’s not bothering me and the wood feels nice and clean.
(Devil is in the details here).
Here is some pics of other rifles…
I was just having some fun with these guns and the camera.
A few from the stable:
Here are two of mine.
Is that an all #s matching Mauser?
I can play this game…
I took all these to a D-day shoot a while back. 
Those are awesome!
Early type Saginaw S’G’ original with all matching parts
1921 NM M1903 with star gauge record
Savage No4Mk1* converted to 7.62 Nato with Canadian Arsenals Ltd 7.62 barrel and Sterling 7.62mm Conversion mag.
Underwood M1 Carbine 1944
Here is a random picture…
Trapdoor:
Garands should always be obtained in groups of three. Here’s why:
M1941 Johnson and M50 Reising:
Some M1903s from the collection
SA and RIA have grasping grooves, bottom 3 are Remingtons
Pair of Remingtons
Remington British Lend Lease, as sold by MOD (I have copies of the original 1950s MOD release paperwork)
Another Remington from same shipment with cosmoline cleaned off
