[Trueno]

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... =171595027


So, a matching T2 bolt and front stub + neato gas tube and a cool buttstock, but besides a smattering of T3 parts, what else is there?

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[Dutchkma]

I've been watching it too. Looks like it spent a lot of time near a wire wheel. It'll build into a nice rifle with some loving care. Go for it Wynn.

 

[Turbothis]

i get the feeling they took a t3 stock and sliced in the section for the longer tang.

 

[Trueno]

Nah, just looks like a repair on the left side of the stock. Think I'll wait, depending on how things go on that other auction believe all I'll lack is a gas tube, front stub and selector.

So what's there?

T2
buttstock
rear trunnion
front stub
bolt
gas tube

T3
barrel
lower handguard
selector
rec'r cover
recoil assy



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[Trueno]

By the way, what makes that a T2 rec'r cover?

Length of the bump at the front?


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[dskeet]

By the way, what makes that a T2 rec'r cover?

Length of the bump at the front?


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My 1955 T2 kit has a lot of T3 parts. The top cover doesn't have that bump. My kit is all matching numbers. So I'd say that bump is likely what makes it a T2 cover.

Whats makes a T2 gas tube different from a T3? I thought they were the same... but I'm admittedly new to the T1 and T2 game.

 

[dskeet]

By the way, what makes that a T2 rec'r cover?

Length of the bump at the front?


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My 1955 T2 kit has a lot of T3 parts. The top cover doesn't have that bump. My kit is all matching numbers. So I'd say that bump is likely what makes it a T2 cover.

Whats makes a T2 gas tube different from a T3? I thought they were the same... but I'm admittedly new to the T1 and T2 game.

Ok I just looked at my SAM7 classic. The topcover on it has the bump on the top and a stamped edge down on the bottom as described in the sticky post that shows the differences.

So I suppose my kit has a T2 topcover and the GB kit has a T3.

 

[Trueno]

My 1955 T2 kit has a lot of T3 parts. The top cover doesn't have that bump. My kit is all matching numbers. So I'd say that bump is likely what makes it a T2 cover.

Whats makes a T2 gas tube different from a T3? I thought they were the same... but I'm admittedly new to the T1 and T2 game.

Your T2 kit is all-matching,
your cover doesn't have the bump...

...but the bump makes it T2.



huh?

 

[dskeet]

1955 T2's were a mix of T3 parts because the T3 was in production that year. So the cover could be a T2 or T3. My kit isn't the best for figuring out the differences between T2 and T3 parts.

But like I posted, my SAM7 has the bump on the topcover.. hell, my SGL does too(its not a ribbed cover), so I really don't think the bump is what makes it a T2 topcover.

 

[Trueno]

side note: I have upper handguards that look exactly like the one in the auction, random surface pattern.

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[Trueno]

ah the suspense, wish this thing would sell so I can go and get some tacos.


:twirl:

 

[Trueno]

Well, at least it stayed in "the fold".


congrats fredieusa :hail:

 

[lordofwar2]

i lost that kit by $5 because i was watching a movie.do not know if that was a curse or a blessing.

 

[fredieusa]

Well, at least it stayed in "the fold".
congrats fredieusa :hail:

Thanks.

 

[mike_r123]

why did it sell so low?

im not up on t2/3 but $585 seems a bit low?

wtf happened to that thing it looks like one of those mexican drug lord chrome blinged out monstrosities...

 

[dskeet]

why did it sell so low?

im not up on t2/3 but $585 seems a bit low?

wtf happened to that thing it looks like one of those mexican drug lord chrome blinged out monstrosities...

It's a grab bag of parts. Looks like mostly T3 parts, which isn't correct for a 1953 T2 rifle. It's like an unmatching T3 kit that just happens to have T2 receiver stubs.

It'll be a fine rifle, no doubt. It's just not a kit that will catch big bucks from the collectors out there. I would have bought it if I didn't already have a T2 kit.

 

[mike_r123]

why did it sell so low?

im not up on t2/3 but $585 seems a bit low?

wtf happened to that thing it looks like one of those mexican drug lord chrome blinged out monstrosities...

It's a grab bag of parts. Looks like mostly T3 parts, which isn't correct for a 1953 T2 rifle. It's like an unmatching T3 kit that just happens to have T2 receiver stubs.

It'll be a fine rifle, no doubt. It's just not a kit that will catch big bucks from the collectors out there. I would have bought it if I didn't already have a T2 kit.

ahhhh

 

[ItchyFinger]

Still a good buy IMHO.