Pretty Good Deal...

[Junk Yard Dog]

As a rule everything is for sale, you just have to meet the not for sale price.

[qz2026]

Pull the barrel off and look in the cutout (may be in the cleaning rod cutout also). There will be a purple ink stamp. That will be the date in "Polish" of the month and year it was made.

Yes. I included a picture of this in the second set of small detail photos. The month was a little smudged...

[Darryl]

As a rule everything is for sale, you just have to meet the not for sale price.

Oh yeah. Everything I have is for sale except ..............
wait a minute ...... no, that's for sale too.

[Rongo]

A great deal on a great rifle. If it was mine I would be knocking on Rongo's door to get a key to the showcase.

I would gladly open said door... That's a fine find!!!!

[qz2026]

As a rule everything is for sale, you just have to meet the not for sale price.

Oh yeah. Everything I have is for sale except ..............
wait a minute ...... no, that's for sale too.

[qz2026]

That's a nice score on a damn nice rifle!

The pictures are great, and I've learned about a new gun metal cleaner too. I hadn't heard of Big 45 until now. I'll have to pick up some of it and give it a try!

You can get Big 45 here. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=bi ... noapp=true. I've even seen it at gun shows. These pads remove surface rust without removing the bluing. Magic to me... And, like above, they are a very good option for stubborn bores. Highly recommended.

[djbuck1]

http://www.big45metalcleaner.com/

[B24]

Right place at the right time and the thrill of the hunt! Great score.

[zeebill]

Somebody offer Bill $1000 for that rifle, I want to see what happens

You're too late! Oh it's still in the safe by the way. Bill

[qz2026]

A great deal on a great rifle. If it was mine I would be knocking on Rongo's door to get a key to the showcase.

I would gladly open said door... That's a fine find!!!!

Hummm, maybe I will after all since I don't see a Polish M-44 out there

[Junk Yard Dog]

Somebody offer Bill $1000 for that rifle, I want to see what happens

You're too late! Oh it's still in the safe by the way. Bill

Somebody offer Bill $2000 for that rifle

Somebody offered you a G for a Polish 44? You know you could have sold it, bought another just as nice within 6 months for $600, and spent the other $400 on ammo to shoot in it, or wasted it on food and such. I got more shit than I can remember, and none of it is for sale unless somebody meets the not for sale price. It's happened a time or two, so far only with commercial sporters. I had a brand new Savage 110 in .300 mag I ended up with ….well, just because....customer of mine heard about it and offered me $900 for it. This was 20 years back, thought it would make the perfect bear rifle. Sold! Bought three M1903-A3's and a 1917 Eddystone with that money. I had maybe $250 in that rifle, was never going to shoot it, not milsurp so who cares, not for sale price met. Got rid of a plastic fantastic SP1 for stupid money one time, afterwards I went on a milsurp buying spree. For those not knowing, a not for sale price is what you have to offer me to sell something I don't feel like selling, and have no need to sell. Blue book, and whatever it last sold for on GB do not enter into the equation 'cause I don't care.

[ffuries]

Somebody offer Bill $1000 for that rifle, I want to see what happens

You're too late! Oh it's still in the safe by the way. Bill

Somebody offer Bill $2000 for that rifle

Somebody offered you a G for a Polish 44? You know you could have sold it, bought another just as nice within 6 months for $600, and spent the other $400 on ammo to shoot in it, or wasted it on food and such. I got more shit than I can remember, and none of it is for sale unless somebody meets the not for sale price. It's happened a time or two, so far only with commercial sporters. I had a brand new Savage 110 in .300 mag I ended up with ….well, just because....customer of mine heard about it and offered me $900 for it. This was 20 years back, thought it would make the perfect bear rifle. Sold! Bought three M1903-A3's and a 1917 Eddystone with that money. I had maybe $250 in that rifle, was never going to shoot it, not milsurp so who cares, not for sale price met. Got rid of a plastic fantastic SP1 for stupid money one time, afterwards I went on a milsurp buying spree. For those not knowing, a not for sale price is what you have to offer me to sell something I don't feel like selling, and have no need to sell. Blue book, and whatever it last sold for on GB do not enter into the equation 'cause I don't care.

So in other words if it's something we really want, we better step-up and make you an offer you can't refuse........Otherwise don't waste your time or our breath!

[Junk Yard Dog]

I like big round numbers I learned long ago that I ain't married to any of this shit, whatever I part with today I will replace with more cool shit tomorrow. Problem for potential buyers is that I don't need to sell anything, or particularly want to sell anything so it takes a pretty impressive profit to get me to part with crap I haven't already decided to sell.

[ma96782]

I got an older brother (1953) to yours. I picked it up at a gunshow a couple of years back in Oregon. At the time, I was just looking for an M44 (any M44). There was a cheap 2x7 scope mounted on the rear sight block. Lucky for me, the seller had kept the original rear sight parts.



Aloha, Mark

[bunkysdad]

That's a nice one QZ. You'll never lose money on this rifle.