K98 Sniper Clone, Looking for build advice!

Made this one for my daughters.
It's a wearing a repro SSR with a 1950's vintage Kahles. That and awful wood stain to hide the wood fill in the cracks and voids...:redface:

There is a rock about the size of a pillow at 335 yds ( lazered ) on the hill above the 'V' in the coulée there. This scope gets dismounted everytime the rifle is used.
It holds zero quite well. Fired 5 rd's out of 'The Sled' ( takes all human error out; unlike a 'Snipa' I consider myself capable of error) and chalk dust was flying.
I've a 9.3 x 57 HusKy with a similar mount. They work to my satisfaction.
It's worn old, poorly treated ( prior to me), scrubbed K98, but it works a lot better than appearances would suggest.
The SSR mount adjusts for windage, thus no windage adjustment on the scope ( I know; thanks for the tip, Tips)

Over 500 $ in mounts and glass on a 150 $ rifle...think I like Milsurps much?
Oh; and a 100$ Timney trigger.
Kind of a 'Sleeper' lol
 
I'd have to do a little research on that one friend.
I spent a long time and a disproportionate amount of money on this old gun.
My daughters love it too.
 
Spielnauer makes excellent scope mounts and has written one of the best books on WWII Snipers. And to answer another members questions - yes they are worth the $400-500 for mounts.

Senrich also made a very good book on K98 snipers.

"Kriegsmodell" has the best detailed coloured pics.

HT I'd go with Speilnauer mounts. Short Side Rail (SSR) I'd go with Corwin-Arms. Corwin also referenced a very good ebay seller. Often has Original and Post war scopes and advertises them properly. I bought Soviet scope/mount from that seller.

For an LSR - there is a good banded rifle put together at Milarm in Edmonton. It is built on an RC bcd4, with a zeilsechs (WWII or post war scope). Mounts are milled with waffen amts. Safety is waffen amt and is a good repro with no fitting and it has the cross hatched butt plate.
It isn't cheap - but when you add up the parts $600 (RC), $250 (LSR Mount), $100 (Butt plate), $80 (Safety), $500-$600 (Scope), $50 (Site hood, cleaning rod and capture screws), etc. Plus the wood and metal work - probably not a bad deal especially as you get an original Zeiss Scope.





Coyote Ugly said:
http://k98k.com/?hg=0&nr=0

http://k98k.com/shop/

My mounts were made in Austria. That's his website in Austria. They say these are the best and as close to original as you will get. The detail and fit is incredible.
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That's a nice looking LSR... But it needs some stamped and welded barrel bands to satisfy this cat, :) Does it have a straight bolt handle?

$3000 is too steep for repo no matter how much time and money was put into it. Drilling and tapping cut the inflated non-matching RC value in half anyways.

$1500 tops... I think Milarm is trying to pull a fast one.

If it we're built from a bubba or sporter with a matching bolt on the other hand...
 
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One I'm building. Its a Isreali K98 7.62x51 that was already drilled and tapped. Figured those old weaver tip off were close to high tower. I got a K4 60B on route with the post reticule.
 
a couple repops

the lower one has an original wartime scope (note solder stain from original ring)

the scope has a triangle stamp which signifies acceptance?...or waterproof?....I honestly forget now..

 
Look for Swiss Kern scopes and mounts. Israel used them on israeli FN 308 k98 Mauser rifles. I have two of them that I
got with some israeli m14 sniper rifles with israeli contract Leatherwood ART 2 3x9 scopes. The ART scopes have aluminum
mounts where as the US ones I have are steel
 
Found a post war scope that seems to look alright from the seller many of you have recommended from ebay. Good price tag on it too, thought on this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-GERMAN-rifle-scope-GELLER-UHLENFLUCHT-6x-98K-Schmidt-Bender/111492913317?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D27538%26meid%3D2334a8cd7add435fa1e8cf14a4cb249f%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D11353%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D111492635314


Also that FG 42 is amazing! Guess when I win the Lotto Max draw ill have another project...:eek:
 
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