bnz45 Kriegsmodell

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bnz45 Kriegsmodell. late and rough. Reclaimed bolt body, mix of blue and phosphate.




















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And a shot of the sisters.

Q block all blued, S block phos and blue, and T block, almost all phosphate





And just for fun, opposite day. Phos gun with blued bolt, and blued gun with phos bolt.

 
Outstanding. Can I have dibs? ;) jks hahahah

Great find buddy :)

The rough look and mix of blue/phosphate parts is so visually appealing.
 
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I love these late war examples. Any additional info on the reclaimed bolt? What did it come out of originally? It looks like a latewar body.
 
Claven2 said:
I love these late war examples. Any additional info on the reclaimed bolt? What did it come out of originally? It looks like a latewar body.
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It is from an earlier S block, who knows why it was pulled out of that gun, maybe the bolt didnt work at all, and then they made it half work like it does now? haha. You can see the suffix in the trough that wasnt scrubbed.
 
The bolt is the most interesting part for sure. Not common but a known variant in late S block production. They must have had a shortage and were scraping the bottom of the parts bins for previously rejected bolts to get the rifles out the door.

There are several known examples of reclaimed bolts in late MO production as well.

The lack of the top final is also intriguing.
 
So out of curiosity, I've never had a very late war bnz45, but from the look of them, they suggest working the bolt would feel like someone through a handful of pea gravel into a nice mauser's action. Is that about right?

I'm always fascinated that any GIs brought back the latewar guns. Earlier production guns of much finer make were lying around everywhere and were infintely more suitable for a nice trophy or the basis of a nice hunting rifle back home (stateside mostly as war trophy rifles were almost an obsession with WW1 and WW2 GIs, and the practise was sanctioned by the US Army at the time).

Only thing I can figure is some guys preserved these to show their friends back home just how bad things got as Germany neared the end.

Either way, I'm glad some are preserved like this - they are perhaps the most interesting K98ks to collect IMHO.
 
Claven2 said:
So out of curiosity, I've never had a very late war bnz45, but from the look of them, they suggest working the bolt would feel like someone through a handful of pea gravel into a nice mauser's action. Is that about right?

I'm always fascinated that any GIs brought back the latewar guns. Earlier production guns of much finer make were lying around everywhere and were infintely more suitable for a nice trophy or the basis of a nice hunting rifle back home (stateside mostly as war trophy rifles were almost an obsession with WW1 and WW2 GIs, and the practise was sanctioned by the US Army at the time).

Only thing I can figure is some guys preserved these to show their friends back home just how bad things got as Germany neared the end.

Either way, I'm glad some are preserved like this - they are perhaps the most interesting K98ks to collect IMHO.
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The bolt is really hard to own or close. The T block is the same. They aren't oiled but dragging the bolt backwards, it isn't smooth at all. Lol
I know slot of bnz45 were brought home due to availability. Story has been heard from several guys buying doct from American vets.
They captured Steyr and these guns were in the factory and In crates in train cars. So a large supply of new stuff, easy pickings. Probably why the guys grabbed them.
 
Thanks for sharing. The Kriegsmodell guns are some of the most interesting. Quality was almost as low as all the Russian junk I collect!
 
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