CE44 1041o

[hale1940]

I’ve seen Stuka’s rifle in person. Honestly a really nice example. Aaron yours is great too. I really dig the late ‘44 rifles from most manufacturers.

 

[stuka12358]

Looks like the metal is in great shape to me! Was the stock refinished or something? It certainly doesn't look to be in lesser condition to me. Probably my favorite barrel band combo, welded rear band and solid milled front band.

The stock is still in its original condition. Just has some dings/scratches near the buttplate along with some finish wear on the metal, especially the front band and floorplate.
What really interesting to me are the imperfections under the wood.

 

[Cav Trooper 19D]

After 7 years in the hobby it finally happened, my first matching K98k. A nice Late JP Sauer with crisp duffelcut. Thanks to a dear friend for the heads up.

Congratulations

 

[Hambone]

There is one CE44 o block in the picture reference from 2011 and it has way less pictures, would it be out of line to ask to replace that post with this one?

Well done and congrats Aaron Pic stickied for ref.

 

[Aaron]

Thanks Hambone! I don't know about you all, but for awhile I had issues getting photos you could actually select and open with zoom option on them, along with keeping them oriented properly. From my phone, I took the photos then cropped and rotated as needed. loading these directly from the phone will revert to the original crop and orientation. However, I went to my icloud, which is a computer-accessible storage for your phone data. I downloaded the files as jpegs after the crops and rotations were updated, which resulted in new files that keep their format and have a zoom function.

 

[JJM]

NICE RIFLE.CONGRATS

 

[Warrior1354]

That is a very nice rifle Aaron congrats to you buddy.

 

[JJM]

I had a CE 44 K98 MATCHING ABOUT 7 YEARS AGO MISS IT.SOLD IT .LIKE A DUMMY KEEP IT CANT GET THEM EASY ANYMORE

 

[Jstealbird]

Beautiful gun. Just got my first matching JP Sauer recently too. It is a 43 production. What is the marking on the magazine follower?

 

[Aaron]

Beautiful gun. Just got my first matching JP Sauer recently too. It is a 43 production. What is the marking on the magazine follower?

"lxr" a common 3 letter code for later subcontracted followers. Do not recall the maker name.

 

[Jstealbird]

"lxr" a common 3 letter code for later subcontracted followers. Do not recall the maker name.

Interesting. The magazine follower on my CE43 is unnumbered. Is that common?

 

[stuka12358]

Interesting. The magazine follower on my CE43 is unnumbered. Is that common?

SN was dropped from follower as well as some minor parts starting from 1942( d block?). So the unnumbered follower is correct for your CE43

 

[indianadam]

Nice rifle

 

[Aaron]

Was reading the ERMA/FEIMA section of the K98k books for a project and realized that with the Gothic script and e/280 WaA, that this receiver had its start at ERMA/FEIMA prior to making its way to JP Sauer, which I thought was pretty neat. Its remarkable how much I forget and relearn by visiting the books again.

 

[Jdt]

Very nice and a lovely example of a late war rifle. I hope to get a BYF, CE and AR 44 dated examples. Already have DOU, DOT and BNZ although the BNZ has some questionable features. Fairly positive the action, bolt and bottom metal are legitimate tho. Stock, handguard and barrel bands are the issue.

 

[RavenOps]

Very handsome rifle, well done.

 

[yellowkid]

Beautiful congrats! Been on my list for a while great find.

 

[MaxBerlin]

In 44 they do not numbered the upper handguard?

anyways the rifle looks gorgeous!

 

[Aaron]

In 44 they do not numbered the upper handguard?

anyways the rifle looks gorgeous!

It's stamped the light just makes it difficult to see.