mountaindrew
Member
Hello all. I am the happy owner of a romanian M44. I took it to the range on saturday, and after I was able to get the front sight post straight, (it was bent and my groups were off about 3 feet at 200 yards) It shot great. I got a group of about 3 inches at 100yards kneeling (good for me).
So now the hard question (here come the flames!)
I bought this rifle with the intention of sporterizing it. Sorry to all you purists, but I did select one with as little historical significance as I could. It is a run of the mill, 1954 romanian, with a cracked stock, so little collector value. I will later get an original WWII m38 to keep original.
I have already sanded and reshaped the stock significantly. I slimmed down the grip area (wrist?) a little to better fir my small hands. I thinned the stock somewhat, and I planed the top flat and added a piece of wood to raise the comb and give the stock a better countour ( it looks so much better!) I also narrowed the forend slightly for a better feel.
my first question is this: What purpose to the forend stock pieces that wrap around the stock serve? I would like to cut the stock right behind the first band. How do you remove the barrel bands from the barrel?
Also I would like to remove the bayonet lug and possibly shorten the barrel, but the importer marks are on the space between the bayo lug and the front sight. Would it be legal to remove the bayo lug/front sight?
Thanks for the advice, and sorry if I have offened you milsurp purists!
So now the hard question (here come the flames!)
I bought this rifle with the intention of sporterizing it. Sorry to all you purists, but I did select one with as little historical significance as I could. It is a run of the mill, 1954 romanian, with a cracked stock, so little collector value. I will later get an original WWII m38 to keep original.
I have already sanded and reshaped the stock significantly. I slimmed down the grip area (wrist?) a little to better fir my small hands. I thinned the stock somewhat, and I planed the top flat and added a piece of wood to raise the comb and give the stock a better countour ( it looks so much better!) I also narrowed the forend slightly for a better feel.
my first question is this: What purpose to the forend stock pieces that wrap around the stock serve? I would like to cut the stock right behind the first band. How do you remove the barrel bands from the barrel?
Also I would like to remove the bayonet lug and possibly shorten the barrel, but the importer marks are on the space between the bayo lug and the front sight. Would it be legal to remove the bayo lug/front sight?
Thanks for the advice, and sorry if I have offened you milsurp purists!