ACHTUNG! Two K98k zf41 Sniper Rifles

[Coyote Ugly]

Approximately 125,000 ZF-41's were made, out of roughly 14 million K98k's. Less than one percent.

Two K98k zf41's. The one with the sling is the ar42 code, the other without the sling is the ar43 code.
The scope with the sunshades is made by cag and marked Z.F. 41/1 and the mount has bevelled rollers.
The scope without sunshades is marked cxn and the mount has flat rollers. (Last Picture)
The scope can is marked jvb and has a serial number.
The sling is 1942 dated and maker marked.
Notice the transition from flat to cupped buttplate from 1942 to 1943.

 

[dak47]

Damn...... , Nicely done and all that!! Now if you can help me with my nice, un-scrubbed but mismatched K98
Frig, I never stumble across that kind of score!!

D.K.

 

[CanadianAR]

Nice Greg!!

 

[collector67]

Nice! I'm curious what the field of view looks like through those scopes. Looks like you'd really have to squint to get a sight picture?

 

[Coyote Ugly]

Nice! I'm curious what the field of view looks like through those scopes. Looks like you'd really have to squint to get a sight picture?

http://www.nramuseum.org/guns/the-g...erke-k98k-zf-41-bolt-action-sniper-rifle.aspx

 

[Coyote Ugly]

Nice Greg!!

Thanks Andrew.

 

[jbmauser]

You've been holding out on us!

Nice stuff!

 

[Remembering]

It's great to see a couple nice '41's like that up here. Is it me or are the stock cuts slightly different at the rear?

 

[gaff]

do you have any good pictures of the scope bases on the rifles.

 

[Coyote Ugly]

do you have any good pictures of the scope bases on the rifles.

Yes, but it's on my old Windows 98 computer. I need to pickup a USB Memory Stick to transfer them, I think.

 

[Coyote Ugly]

Another interesting fact about the zf41 k98k.

Approximately 125,000 ZF-41's were made, out of roughly 14 million K98k's. Less than one percent.

 

[jbmauser]

I believe they intended to build a lot more but war pressures put an end to that.

 

[CanadianAR]

I think they likely diverted a lot of resources to the k43 scopes and mounts. Their goal was similar to modern army's, each soldier made better with an optical sight.

 

[sgt.rock]

selling? lol

 

[Coyote Ugly]

Hoarding! lol

selling? lol

 

[jbmauser]

Hoarding! lol

It's called collecting.

 

[catnthehatt]

I really like seeing the old sniper rifles from way back, be it WW1, 11, or even the civil war and 'Nam!
very cool.....
Cat

 

[brts28]

Nice

 

[Coyote Ugly]

It's called collecting.

It's also known as a non-curable disease called Mauser-itis! lol

 

[Cdn303]

Nice! I'm curious what the field of view looks like through those scopes. Looks like you'd really have to squint to get a sight picture?

From what I have been able to glean these were not to be issued as a dedicated sniper rifle, but rather as a designated marksman rifle at the platoon or company level.