Honor guards

[MikeT]

Happy to show more of these, but they are in full honor guard trim.

I just thought it was neat as they are really quite old and the 1957 is very late in the serial range.

[Phosphorus32]

Two of them    Very cool 

I would definitely love to see more of these, full rifle pictures etc. Whatever pics you want to post.

[MikeT]

Yes for sure. It's busy this week and next as the CAF has me out of town. But once I settle in I'll take these out and get some detailed photos for you folks.

One item I'm having trouble assessing is the serial on the 57. Quick searches are telling me the serial exceeds the known the range for that year.

[running-man]

One item I'm having trouble assessing is the serial on the 57. Quick searches are telling me the serial exceeds the known the range for that year.

Doesn't exceed it, but it's one of the final few thousand made in year 2 for certain:




Neat to see these Keng's Honor Guards made from early carbines.  I've seen S/N ranges from six digit /26\ through letter series, all the way to year 8 or 9. 

[MikeT]

[MikeT]

Woods has been refinished sadly. I have some other HG I may pull their original stock from to make this more complete.

[MikeT]

Thx RM - this is why I come to this forum when I get curious or scratch my head at something. You guys have such a fantastic knowledge base on these.

[Phosphorus32]

Nice 

The Honor Guard carbines had glossy stocks, so I can't tell if it's refinished. I'm guessing these are some of the honor guards that were actually used and then sold surplus, as opposed to the HGs imported and sold as such. What are the importer's marks on yours?

[MikeT]

No import marks on these. In Canada - don't often see them.

[running-man]

Neat stuff.  Surprising to me that you have side swivel stocks.  The Keng's honor guards in the US seem to have mostly gotten bottom swivel replacement stocks except for one or two that I have in my files.  There are KSI imported chrome or nickel plated type 56's that have totally different plated parts (whole receiver, entire bayonet, etc) that are different from yours and the Keng's Imports and those have side swivel stocks, but the sling swivel is a simple plate, no loop to actually put a sling through... 

I wonder if yours is the original stock, simply heavily sanded and refinished?  I can't make out discontinuities where the stock S/N should be.  They could have sanded heavy there I suppose.