bnz44 KM in painful detail. Dialup.....dont bother

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CanadianAR

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This rifle was posted a little while ago. a fellow member MXZXops found it. I helped authenticate it for him, and expressed interest should he wish to sell. He offered it up, I didn't hesitate. Nice condition large font bnz44 Kriegsmodell. With a very interesting barrel. An FN barrel this late in uncommon.

I just found the forum really slow lately so I figured Id post as most guys here dont frequent my other haunts.



Sight hood - blued

Front sight base - blued

Front band- blued, stamped, KM

Rear band- blued, stamped, KM

Band Spring- NA

Bayo lug- NA

Hand guard- Red glue, no serial

Sight leaf- blued, e/623, serialled

Sight slide - blued,

Rear sight base- blued, e/623

Ramp- blued, e/18, serialled

Barrel- serialized, proofed, blued

Barrel Code: ch Ag e/waa140

Receiver- blued, bnz44 large font, final accepted on top. e/623, circle V7 on right rear bridge

Trigger guard- phosphate. byf, e/135

Floor plate - phosphate, byf, e/135

Follow- blued, lxr

Bolt- blued, round gas holes but has guide rib, serialled, e/623 bottom flat, fire proofed rear flat

Safety - blued

Bolt Sleeve- blued, serialled

Cocking Piece- blued, last two of serial

Firing pin- white. last two of serial

Extractor- blued

Ejector box- blued

Ejector screw- blued

Front action screw- blued

Rear action screw - blued

Trigger- blued

Sear- white

Stock- Red glue lam, no serial, blank under buttplate, e/H

Butt plate- unmarked, red oxide primer
















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Wow! :rockOn: Another one of "them old army rifles with some kind of oddball ammunition" :p

That is one gorgeous rifle! :xes

Thanks for sharing!
 
Why do I suspect that rifle was issued to a Volkssturm member who surrendered to the Allies first chance he got?? :d:d:d

The rifle is in awesome shape though!!!!

Can a Mauser expert tell us why there's no bayo lug on the front band?
 
First off Andrew that is a gorgeous rifle, congrats on new acquisition, definitely at home as part of great collection

shredder said:
Why do I suspect that rifle was issued to a Volkssturm member who surrendered to the Allies first chance he got?? :d:d:d

The rifle is in awesome shape though!!!!

Can a Mauser expert tell us why there's no bayo lug on the front band?
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I'm not an expert but that's known as a kriegsmodell (km). Late war the third reich eliminated some features off the standard k98 (bayo lug, take down disk) to stream lime the manufacturing and assembling process
 
live4therut said:
First off Andrew that is a gorgeous rifle, congrats on new acquisition, definitely at home as part of great collection



I'm not an expert but that's known as a kriegsmodell (km). Late war the third reich eliminated some features off the standard k98 (bayo lug, take down disk) to stream lime the manufacturing and assembling process
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Pat is correct. Just a lot less materials and energy put into a rifle.
No cleaning Rod
No band spring
No bayo lug
No take down disc
Simlified gas holes in bolt
No guide rib on bolt
Slab style cocking piece
Rough unfinished bolt shroud
Fewer larger wood laminations.
And abbreviated numbering
Were all later war adjustments designed to apeed up production. Rifle wouldn't exhibit all of these traits, but some get a lot of them.
 
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