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Title: Polish Honorguard
Post by: Loose}{Cannon on November 30, 2014, 06:51:12 PM

Hey....  its a start!    chuckles1

Always wanted to do a 'correct' Polish honorguard rifle.  Picked up a stock complete with handguard and ORINGINAL buttplate.  Interesting to note, I have looked at the butplates on these in every original exaple I can find and some look 'in the white' and some look dark as if it were blued.  When I received this stock, the buttplate was heavily worn from years of slamming yo the pavement and scuffing on boots etc and it had no external finish to speak of what so ever.  Upon removal of the plate, I found several indications on the underside indicating that these buttplates were originally blued, including the screws.  So thats how mine will be. 

Anyhow....  here she is.   Need to pickup a russian that bubba decided yo drop in an aftermarket stock and I'm all set.    :)


(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/mrcoinring/IMG_20141128_091752_930.jpg)

(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/mrcoinring/IMG_20141128_081009_634.jpg)

(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/mrcoinring/IMG_20141128_091953_910.jpg)

Title: Re: Polish Honorguard
Post by: Worm on November 30, 2014, 07:18:42 PM

Nice. That really is a gorgeous stock. Find yourself a decent Ruskie for that beaut..

Really is neat to have one of the rarer stocks out there, from an oddball country that never made the sks itself, that we know of.

Lucky!

Title: Re: Polish Honorguard
Post by: fenceline on December 01, 2014, 07:35:40 PM

You might be on to something with the blued butt plate...

(http://www.realworldimage.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/1/0/10401.jpg)

Title: Re: Polish Honorguard
Post by: Loose}{Cannon on December 01, 2014, 07:50:31 PM

See....  these guys used these like walking sticks.    Underside of mine had bluing, and the threaded portion, shank, and under the head of the screws were blued.

Title: Re: Polish Honorguard
Post by: Phosphorus32 on December 02, 2014, 08:14:10 AM

That's cool. I learn something new every day here. I didn't know the Poles restocked Russian SKSs for their preference in appearance and/or specific use.

It's interesting in that honor guard picture that the soldier on the right (direction of march) has his bayonet extended but the one on the left has his folded. Seems rather non-uniform.

Title: Re: Polish Honorguard
Post by: Loose}{Cannon on December 02, 2014, 08:54:44 AM

Looks to me like the were just moving from one location to another in that pic.... not exactly marching.

Title: Re: Polish Honorguard
Post by: fenceline on December 02, 2014, 10:20:47 AM

Blued and worn away... Or in the white???

(http://www.dfwstangs.net/coppermine/albums/userpics/10013/polishSKS.jpg)

Title: Re: Polish Honorguard
Post by: Loose}{Cannon on December 02, 2014, 11:40:11 AM

Judging by the bluing I had on the screws and under the plate itself.....  I say blued and heavily worn away on shoes ans pavement.

Title: Re: Polish Honorguard
Post by: fenceline on December 02, 2014, 12:12:57 PM

I kinda wish I could see underneath mine now.  Mine is pitted pretty good.  Still in one piece, just has some pretty good signs of use.

Title: Re: Polish Honorguard
Post by: Loose}{Cannon on December 02, 2014, 12:33:11 PM

The underside was pretty rusted, but you can see areas with blue.

(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/mrcoinring/IMG_20141127_131009_618.jpg)

(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/mrcoinring/IMG_20141127_192103_203-1.jpg)

(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/mrcoinring/IMG_20141127_192130_617-1.jpg)

Title: Re: Polish Honorguard
Post by: Dannyboy53 on December 07, 2014, 12:32:02 PM

Congrats LC, good find! That's a beautiful stock.