Gary50
Regarding your little Swedish carbine. I was asking you for a date beneath the gevarsfaktori and you replied there was no date, but it said Interarmco G33/50. I have checked with my Swede experts. What happened is Interarmco ground off the date and stamped these numbers on instead. This puts Interarmco into the category of motherf*^^&%$ and a$$&&*(). By their defacing of the gun this would diminish its value to the collector, whether it would ruin its collector value I am not sure. So, you can get a barrel for it, new ones are readily available. I have seen them for about $40. Check with a gunsmith because it would take an expert to change barrels as well as to fit it to the new stock, probably have to bend the bolt some more for the scope. Anyway they are very accurate- no problem shooting deer at 300 yards. They are great deer rifles. I have one that I am going to restock and put a scope on next year.
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Thank you for the clarification. I really appreciate the help. I will have to bring to a collector and see what they think. 0 -
You might not be so fast to cuss Interarmco...If I'm not mistaken...The FEDS.... the DC folks we send ##to in the form of taxes... require that all importers of firearms mark them permanently with their name & /or logo... There was a post that touched on this not too long ago Re: "Interarms" couldn't find it... sombody else may be able to... Don't know when this stupid marking requirement started...anybody out there know????
Edited by - jim stark on 09/28/2002 08:05:220 -
Yes the importer is required to mark the rifles. But they are not required to mark them the way Interarmco marked this rifle. They ground off the date of manufacture which is an important part of the original military configuration to a collector. It also tells whether the rifle is legally a modern firearm, or if it is an antique. Interarmco could have marked the gun out on the barrel near the front sight. 0
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