Anyone got any pics/measurements of how the BM59 Para stock is put together?
Where the wood was cut, shaped, how it is attached to the skeleton stock folding assembly?
Thanks

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I've seen the grips sold by themselves within the last year or so.

Yes I had Shuff build this years ago before the BM59 kits hit the US. It took me some time to gather all the parts and paid more for them than what those parts sell for today

How long ago did you get the para tricomp?  I've been trying to find one for three years.  I've only seen one for sale that was not one of the cut and shortened Reese ones, and it was in Italy.  It included the grenade sight that was shaped to clear the wider dimensions at the rear of the para tricomp.  By the time I found someone in Italy willing to get it for me and ship it here (the seller didn't want to ship outside of the EU), the listing was gone.  Good price for it, too.  Maybe a couple hundred.

Wow, I might have to sell mine at that price. I had 4 of them at one time and sold them all off for less than $100 ea

I built mine in 2012 when most BM59 parts where real hard to find. I see these stocks come up for sale on various auction sites and gun forums now and then. You just cant mess around when they do as they don't last long. Go over to Shuffs forum and ask, someone may have a extra

Stocks are around.  Sad thing is that some European vendors have them in decent numbers and at great prices, but won't ship to the U.S.  Prices are substantial here, and they tend to be on the rougher side, but you can still get one if you want one.

The para tricompensators are another story.  Very rare to see one come up for sale, and when they are available, the price tends to be very high and they get snatched up quickly.  In recent times, WTB ads I've seen on Shuff's forum have pretty much been responded to with, "Good luck."

Nice.  On the one hand, I wish I'd seen that (and I would have been bidding on it for sure).  On the other hand, it went above what I can afford to pay right now, so it would have been a bit frustrating to finally have one come up for sale, only to be unable to get it.

Getting a Garand receiver at a decent price has also been an issue, especially if I don't want a Springfield.  I'm over trying to get an Italian receiver for this build, although I wouldn't pass one up if I had the money and opportunity.  You can almost get a complete rifle from the CMP for the prices I'm seeing.

Unlike my AR and FAL builds, I can't break down the BM-59 into more affordable bites.  Seems like I'll have to have some good chunks of change saved up for each of the next steps (Garand receiver and then getting it sent to Shufflin for work).

Getting a couple of extra standard tricompensators to turn into ban-compliant devices (one CA-compliant, retaining the compensator, booster chamber, and bayonet mounting capabilities; and one that should be compliant with all bans, only retaining the booster chamber function) has also been an issue, as most vendors seem to think that the device are not legal in CA (which isn't really true, although having one on the rifle would be a problem, making it an AW).

$700 is crazy money, I would buy a complete field or service  grade, use the receiver and sell off the rest of parts to recoup some of your money.

$500-700 is what I'm seeing for American-produced receivers right now.  I'd be willing to pay $500 for an Italian receiver, and probably not much more than that, but it's a tad much for an American receiver.  Might as well buy a CMP Garand and sell off the other parts at those prices.

Pretty much, although I don't think you can get an Italian Garand through CMP.

I wish those cheap Italian receivers in Canada were available here. I think they were or are going for $50 or something like that up there.

No you cant get a Italian garand through CMP. Just use a American receiver, the Italians used American parts in their rifles so whats it matter. You are just making a BM59 clone anyways as the originals were select fire

I'm going to use an American one for this build, but I have a future project for which I'd like a Beretta receiver (to clone one of the early BM-59s) and as many PB-marked parts as possible, with a really nice stock and handguard.  They looked like a Tanker Garand, albeit a tad shorter.  Select-fire versions of this style were also made, including ones with reduced firing rates and also limited to three-round burst.

Of course, American receivers seem to be going for almost the same money for some reason right now, so if I had a choice between an American one and Italian one for similar pricing, I'd go with the latter.