So I ended up with an extra Steyr K98k stock in decent shape that I didn't use on my last K98k sniper build (a ZF41). What to do with it? Then I ended up with a bnz43 barelled action that used to be in Danish service and had been D&T on the rear bridge for a target sight. Hmm, says I. Time for another build for your viewing pleasure. Off came the not so nice barrel, and the work began.
Here we see the bnz43 receiver. The rear bridge holes have been filled with cut-off screws. The front and rear receiver tops have already been draw-filed true and polished to 180.
A little MIG welding does wonders. You dress the welds down and recoup surface area for the soldered-on mount bases. You see, we're sticking with the Steyr theme and going for a single-claw sniper kinda setup
Regrets that I lost a couple photos due to my camera being accidentally wiped by my darling bride, but what you missed is the dressed welds, the mounts being lapped to the receiver with valve grinding compound, re-polish, the front and rear receiver tops being tinned, the mounts being tinned, the rear mount being drilled and tapped in the mill, the mounts being levelled first at hte rear using a parallel on the mount and one on the bottom receiver flat, soldering, then the front mount being paralleled to the rear mount, clamped in place and soldered.
I then spent a couple hours going over everything to remove excess solder, flux, etc. and you end up with this.
I still have to do a little inletting at the front ring, but you get the idea.
More to follow as time permits.
Here we see the bnz43 receiver. The rear bridge holes have been filled with cut-off screws. The front and rear receiver tops have already been draw-filed true and polished to 180.
A little MIG welding does wonders. You dress the welds down and recoup surface area for the soldered-on mount bases. You see, we're sticking with the Steyr theme and going for a single-claw sniper kinda setup
Regrets that I lost a couple photos due to my camera being accidentally wiped by my darling bride, but what you missed is the dressed welds, the mounts being lapped to the receiver with valve grinding compound, re-polish, the front and rear receiver tops being tinned, the mounts being tinned, the rear mount being drilled and tapped in the mill, the mounts being levelled first at hte rear using a parallel on the mount and one on the bottom receiver flat, soldering, then the front mount being paralleled to the rear mount, clamped in place and soldered.
I then spent a couple hours going over everything to remove excess solder, flux, etc. and you end up with this.
I still have to do a little inletting at the front ring, but you get the idea.
More to follow as time permits.
