Hey guys,
Today I was lucky enough to have a few hours to spare - so I headed to the range with my "new" G.29/40. From my understanding, this rifle would have started off as a Polish Wz.29 rifle (perhaps just semi completed parts) which was initially made sometime in 1939 prior to the German invasion. Once the Germans successfully "defeated" the Polish military and occupied the country, captured equipment and arms were sent to one of the third reich's arms depots at Steyr, whereby they utilized slave labour to turn out Kar98k's for the German military. This rifle happens to be one of those pieces, and was likely completed around 1940 or so.
The rifle itself is a bolt/stock mismatch as the original stock (which I have) was sporterized somewhere along the way. All parts however are correct for the arsenal and era. As close as I can realistically get to a matching Kar98k given my student budget. The bolt is a Polish bolt that was also reworked by Steyr (possibly around the time of the rifle?) The bore is in really good shape, and it showed very promising results at 50m with S&B hunting ammunition. I am quite sure that with dedicated reloads the groups will shrink considerably.
Some pictures from today:
50m 5 shot group
50m 10 shot group - my "flier" for sure
Some of the markings. Everything is properly marked WaA77 - Kromolowski Radom and WaA623 - Steyr-Daimler-Puch. The rifle is literally covered in small waffenampts and stamps.
Very clear eagles/swastikas
Matching trigger guard/trigger/floorplate/screws/sight/sight base etc..
Proper sight hood?
Clear Polish Eagle
I bet if this rifle could talk it would have quite the story to tell.
Matt
Today I was lucky enough to have a few hours to spare - so I headed to the range with my "new" G.29/40. From my understanding, this rifle would have started off as a Polish Wz.29 rifle (perhaps just semi completed parts) which was initially made sometime in 1939 prior to the German invasion. Once the Germans successfully "defeated" the Polish military and occupied the country, captured equipment and arms were sent to one of the third reich's arms depots at Steyr, whereby they utilized slave labour to turn out Kar98k's for the German military. This rifle happens to be one of those pieces, and was likely completed around 1940 or so.
The rifle itself is a bolt/stock mismatch as the original stock (which I have) was sporterized somewhere along the way. All parts however are correct for the arsenal and era. As close as I can realistically get to a matching Kar98k given my student budget. The bolt is a Polish bolt that was also reworked by Steyr (possibly around the time of the rifle?) The bore is in really good shape, and it showed very promising results at 50m with S&B hunting ammunition. I am quite sure that with dedicated reloads the groups will shrink considerably.
Some pictures from today:
50m 5 shot group
50m 10 shot group - my "flier" for sure
Some of the markings. Everything is properly marked WaA77 - Kromolowski Radom and WaA623 - Steyr-Daimler-Puch. The rifle is literally covered in small waffenampts and stamps.
Very clear eagles/swastikas
Matching trigger guard/trigger/floorplate/screws/sight/sight base etc..
Proper sight hood?
Clear Polish Eagle
I bet if this rifle could talk it would have quite the story to tell.
Matt
