bcd/ar 42 vs 43 scarcity and value

[chadaz34]

i have a chance to trade for a bcd/43 dual code
most that i see in search are bcd/42
is there a ballpark guess as to how many were made 1942 vs 1943
thank you
chad

 

[bruce98k]

bcd/ar43 is very tough code to get.
Took me years to work a trade on one.
Another recently appeared on an auction site and my buddy got that one.

5 to 1 ratio of bcd/ar42 vs. bcd/ar43...IMO from my experience. This is on existing examples, not actual production data.

 

[chadaz34]

bruce the few 43s i have seen all had sniper scopes.. weather they were added or not i could not say..

this one im looking at is a standard k98

 

[bruce98k]

Some are Zf41 so not unusual.

 

[agentcq]

Any dual code is pretty scarce or uncommon. Generally they were recycled or contracted receivers etc and as a result it is almost impossible to determine production numbers. From personal experience maybe 1/20 to 1/50 are dual codes that I have come across?? I would put them on the same level as a BSW coded rifle. Again this is just my own experience and opinion.

 

[Hambone]

bcd/ar dual codes

bcd/ar dual codes

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[Muncher 1953]

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[Hambone]

After collecting since the early 80s I can say that the bcd/ar 43 is far harder to find than the bcd/ar 42 variants. Finding one original, matching, unmessed with in excellent condition is extremely difficult.

 

[bruce98k]

As Ham correctly stated, the 42 dated dual codes are far more common.
The super rare 43 dated dual code from the Berlin plant would be a ce43 receiver supplied to Borsigwalde and finished there (E/26 receiver inspection).

 

[chadaz34]

here are some pix