This is an excellent example of a rare Steyr K98 purported to be part of an SS contract order fulfilled at Gusen camp. From Karem's book on the 98k, these rifles were coded 'bnz 43' on the receiver but assembled in early 1944.

2022年4月13日 · Fake bolt, fake stock, fake SS marking on the barrel. If you want to learn, we have a picture reference forum you should look through. Picking up copies of Karabiner 98k is also a very good idea if you want to collect these.

2009年4月17日 · SS contract 98ks. will usually show only a fp on .the barrel. The lack of army acceptance marks on the rifle is a good indicator for contract rifles.

2024年11月18日 · A rifle production line was established there in March 1943, and in June 1943 Stern signed a contract to supply the SS directly with 10,000 K98k rifles per month. This production was outside the standard Wehrmacht inspection protocol, and the rifles are recognizable as SS contract guns by having receiver codes of bnz43, bnz44, or bnz4 in ...

2021年2月24日 · The "SS" skull is associated with the original conversion to a K98k length rifle, probably from about 1939. The other skull is "SS2" type associated with SS-Waffenwerkstatt Dachau in 41-42 when many SS gew rifles were sent back to be reworked further with bent bolts and front band spring conversion.

2022年12月2日 · Yes, the receiver is an SS contract made in Gusen KL. The lack of a E/623 inspection stamp on the receiver gives it away for SS contract receivers but would need more pictures of the bolt, barrel, triggerguard to determine the rest. Stock appears to have come off of an earlier bnz 41 rifle with the E/H followed by 2 E/623 stamps.

2025年1月23日 · Here are the different classes of SS K98s as I understand. I put these in outline to help organize. I. Scrubbed Gew98 variants with commercial proofing (37-41?) II. Appropriated Heer rifles with DH on barrel and grip. (40-42?) III. SSZZA4 - scratch built or usage of salvaged receiver (ie.VZ24) in build, or depot recovery (41-43)

2018年3月22日 · This is an excellent example of a rare Steyr K98 purported to be part of an SS contract order fulfilled at Gusen camp. From Karem's book on the 98k, these rifles were coded 'bnz 43' on the receiver but assembled in early 1944. The stocks were unmarked on the side and built with the oversize 'bnz 43' marked receiver V7 Gusen marking.

2014年9月16日 · This is a "bnz 4"-coded K98k rifle made in the Gusen Camp for Steyr. The rifle is in decent salty combat condition. The rifle is mostly matching and has a good bore with strong rifling and a small amount of light frost.

This is an extremely rare, legitimate, textbook example of an SS-issued, bnz43-coded, SSZZA4, new depot-built SS K98k rifle. This is the “late build” variation, assembled out of new parts and a bnz43-coded receiver.