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Yea, I know, another date code thread.....but this one has a slightly different twist. I have a HK91 with an IC date code that I purchased as "unfired". I haven't disassembled it yet but from what I can see externally (cocking handle, magwell, ejection port) it fits the description. It also comes with the original styrofoam box and shipping box with shipping labels, etc.
The one thing that doesn't seem to "fit" is the A2 stock. In the recess where these stocks are date coded it shows "2/73 H". If 1973 this would be an extremely early HK91 stock since 1974 was the first year of importation with 50 HK91's. Does it seem plausible that HK would put a 1973 stock on a new 1982 rifle? It wouldn't surprise me....but to assume that is pure speculation on my part, and I'd like to get a more definitive answer if possible. The rifle was originally an A2....on the shipping box is written "91-A2". So the question that comes to mind is why would someone take the original stock off an unfired rifle and replace it with a non-original, then put it back in the safe until they sell it?
This might seem trivial to most of you but, since this package does have some collector value, I thought I'd try to find an answer before I ever represent it as all original. Thanks.
The one thing that doesn't seem to "fit" is the A2 stock. In the recess where these stocks are date coded it shows "2/73 H". If 1973 this would be an extremely early HK91 stock since 1974 was the first year of importation with 50 HK91's. Does it seem plausible that HK would put a 1973 stock on a new 1982 rifle? It wouldn't surprise me....but to assume that is pure speculation on my part, and I'd like to get a more definitive answer if possible. The rifle was originally an A2....on the shipping box is written "91-A2". So the question that comes to mind is why would someone take the original stock off an unfired rifle and replace it with a non-original, then put it back in the safe until they sell it?
This might seem trivial to most of you but, since this package does have some collector value, I thought I'd try to find an answer before I ever represent it as all original. Thanks.