[ricknoon]

I've been looking for a nice m38 to add to my collection for awhile now. Turns out the local pawn/gun shop has a good m38 but the stock is refinished and ruined, the price tag on it said $150. Next to the m38 is a m44 in excellent condition with all stamped matching numbers and is not counter-bored; price tag for the m44 is $170.

So, do I get the m38 and find a new stock? Or see if the shop will swap the stock with another m44 before I buy it? Is the m44 too nice to pass up? I could try to find a dealer to order a m38 from a distributor sight unseen, or I could just wait it out?

Whaddaya think?

 

[Gosha]

Too much for the conditions you described. I would wait.

I bought a M-38 sight unseen and was very pleased with the piece. If you buy from a sponsor, you will not be disappointed.

 

[Acutus]

I'd wait too. Sounds like you have just as good or better chance of getting a nice one from one of the Sponsors like Gosha said.

My next choice, if you couldn't live without it would be to see if they'd at least swap a M44 stock and sell it to you.