Matched but floor plate DOT43 in Walnut

[majspud]

Upgraded the DOT slot in my collection. Picked this up in trade off GunBoards. Cost me my cyqP38 in a made up rig, and I sold a nice P38 holster on eBay. So I'm down to one P38; my well worn January 1944 bring back rig.

Nice DOT in Walnut (unusual). All matched save floor plate, but the finish marches the rest of the rifle. Haven't taken it down yet; just outside pics. Bore is OK, needs a little cleaning. My last original sling; needs a keeper. Came with rod and sight hood. Rod may be original, but hood is flimsy - I think it is a repro.

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[majspud]

A few more:

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[daekken]

That stock is very easy on the eyes.
Are the Czech made K98s on par with the other producers?

 

[majspud]

Make that my byf44 r-block. I let so many pieces go recently, I've kind of lost track.

The Czechs made good guns; the VZ24 was basically a K98 and was immediately integrated into German service as the G.24(t). Some were modified into K98s by filling in the wrist swivel, adding stock disc, and sometimes cutting a sling relief into the butt stock.

Firing pin, extractor, and stock match. The stock also matches to the letter block, something I've never seen before. Front capture screw was a little stripped and wouldn't hold; swapped it out with a spare.

Barrel code: Shield/DOT13, CU, e/63

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[majspud]

Decided to lay the Karabiner children out on the patio table for a family photo; I now have 20 Karabiner, foreign and domestic. Kind of like rabbits; you've your mini-lops, Holland-Lops, Lion-Lops, French-Lops, etc.

I think I'm one short of the Duggan's 21 kids, isn't it, at the latest count?

Hello, my name is Tim, and I have a problem...

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1917 Erfurt Kar98a
1925 Vz-24, German depot modified
1934 Mauser Banner K (banner crest, built as a pre-S/42K, Chd.A marked for the SA)
1935 S/42G (Mauser)
1937 S/27 (Erma)
1938 bSw (Berlin-Suhler-Waffen)
1939 147 (Sauer)
1939 660 G.29/40 (Sauer built from a Polish receiver) Kriegsmarine
1939 237 (Berlin-Lubecker) Luftwaffe
1941 jhv G.98/40 (Femaru, Hungary)
1941 bcd Posen Depot XXI build
1942 e/359 Walther Hannover Depot XI Build
1942 ar ZF-41 (Borsigwade)
1942 bcd Mainz-Kassel Depot XII build
1943 DOT (Czech, Brunn I)
1944 DOT
1944 bcd (Gustloffwerke)
1944 DOU (Czech, Brunn II)
1945 svwMB (Mauser)
1945 bnz (Steyr)

 

[Picton]

The whole September issue of National Geographic focuses on addiction... just saying...

Nice grouping!

 

[Mountain]

Great collection & I really enjoyed the pics.

Would it be wrong of me to say, 'Hey, nice buns Tim!'? Those guys get in as much trouble as my young German Shepherd.

 

[majspud]

x4

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[majspud]

dupe

 

[mac1911]

Nice...do you have a good source for lock screws.
2 sets and soft as bunny shit..

 

[majspud]

Nice...do you have a good source for lock screws.
2 sets and soft as bunny shit..

K98k fourm "Mowzrlvr." See WTS section - he has Norwegian stocks and other parts.

I also have 8 or 10

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