History of rifle?
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heavy_mech
RKI- Reasonably Knowledgable Individual
Sure is. V7 on the receiver is a Gusen made part 'giveaway'. e/623 marked rough rear sight base is another. Obviously bands (and most probably stock) are replaced, but the rest is correct.
heavy_mech
RKI- Reasonably Knowledgable Individual
Here's about where yours would fall in the production timeline.
pabs.mauser
Member
Hi everyone I'm also trying to find out as much as possible from my bnz 43 and whether it's a true ss contract rifle. I love this rifle and would never sell it and she also shoots great.
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The bolt handle is not a good sign at least not matching I think. We need pics of the receiver ring.
pabs.mauser
Member
There is only two more ways your rifle could be SS and that's if it's a Radom production receiver that was diverted from the army contracts to the SS contract. (See link below)
bnz 43 single rune
Testing out a few new photo settings so I pulled out this bnz43 single rune to take pics of (don't think I ever did). This is a pretty cool rifle- the bolt is from a G29(ö)! Everything else is typical bnz43 single rune- Radom receiver, Steyr barrel, unnumbered small parts. The stock has been...
www.k98kforum.com
To clarify, SSZZA4 marked rifles are builds from the 4th SS depot. Check out our picture reference section and scroll down to the Steyr section till you see single rune, SS or SSZZA4.
Muncher 1953
Senior Member
try emailing those pics to yourself, that usually shrinks them enough to post here. because the site archives photos
‘forever’ there are limits on image size. It would be great if you started your own thread, so folks can comment on each of these rifles separately, on their own features.
heavy_mech
RKI- Reasonably Knowledgable Individual
Certainly could use more photos, but what I see so far is promising. Serial number on barrel, no suffix. Floor plate numbered and trigger guard not. Looks like no top final inspection.
As mentioned, I suspect bolt is mismatched.
