G/K43 prices are now INSANE check this one.

[Tiger 2 Tank]

First, these photos are not mine and are from Rock Island Auction. This rifle is from an auction that has already happened and the photos are here for study.

The rifle is a BLM G.43 e block.

So, this rifle sold for (hammer drop price) $11,000 + 17.5% bidder premium + 8.25% tax. The parts are matching except we don’t know about the gas cylinder as to whether it matches, is the correct type or what. No further photos were provided of the stock stamps except these. I had a couple of collectors ask me about the rifle and I advised them I had concerns about the stock not being correct. To me, it looks cleaned up, too new (like the ‘70’s clean job we all come across every now and then). Fortunately, my two friends did not bid on this rifle. One found a really nice, totally correct K.43 ac45 c block before this auction. It was expensive too, but nothing like this. I think they dodged a bullet by passing this one up. Just my opinion. It was a “pretty rifle”, but I thought that was part of the problem. That, and not having it “in hand”. So, I don’t know what it was like “in hand”.

 

[RyanE]

Ugly bleached stock. Some idiot thought he was buying a mint gun.

I think most of these guns came from one guy who made all of his guns look "new" by doing this.

 

[AN-94]

I knew RIA prices came from folks with more money than brains (which is why I never bother watching their auctions) but that's ridiculous, that's NFA levels of money right there. I know if I had nearly $14k to burn, it'd be going towards an MG08/15 instead! I hope I don't ever have to compete against these idiots in my search for a nice BLM G/K43...

 

[bigwagon]

Ridiculous. How could any knowledgable person think that is a reasonable price to pay? Compared to that, the mint unissued ac45 K43 I bought earlier this year for $3500 was the bargain of the century.

 

[Tiger 2 Tank]

Actually, $3500 for a totally correct example is long ago price tags. They’ve
far exceeded that range. That’s a price I see on shooters now. So, congratulations on that buy! Well done.

 

[RockinWR]

Guess the buyer wanted to make sure he didn't have to declare a profit.

 

[Tiger 2 Tank]

Years and years will go by before he even attempts to make a profit. And!, all he has to do is "intend to make a profit".

 

[mdarnell19]

I have never understood the desire to have a stock that looks like that. I think it looks like crap when they bleach the stock. Absolutely hate it.

I would say maybe someone has the matching mount but that is probably too early to be a sniper.

 

[Caesar1]

There was a (I believe) really nice ac45 k43 that only brought $3750, I guess you never know

 

[Tiger 2 Tank]

Never saw that one! Nice one and cheep too.

 

[Marcus]

I have never understood the desire to have a stock that looks like that. I think it looks like crap when they bleach the stock. Absolutely hate it.

I would say maybe someone has the matching mount but that is probably too early to be a sniper.

But Mitchell's Mausers Museum director Dr. Igor von Scheissdreck assured me those light colored stocks on all those mint unissued original 98K rifles "Dishonest Don" Mitchell recovered, from the secret Nazi SS sex dungeon he discovered the entrance to under Eva Braun's bed, were 100% original. I even got a "Certificate of Authenticity" to prove it, just like the one I got with that SS helmet with the unique colored rune shield.

Don't try to low-ball me, bro, I know what I got!

 

[mdarnell19]

There was a (I believe) really nice ac45 k43 that only brought $3750, I guess you never know

But the buyer won't pay $3750 before it's all said and done. Probably closer to $4800. So about market these days. Not a deal

 

[bigwagon]

Here are some shots of the ac45 I bought a few months ago for $3500. It popped up at a local gun show along with a few others that were supposedly bought at auction out of a collection in Indianapolis. All the others had mounts and scopes and were priced really high. This one kind of went under the radar and I was able to make a great deal on it. It appears to have never had a cleaning rod, but may have had a sight hood, as there are some marks on the front sight base. A rod won't thread into the channel and I'm not sure if it has a nut in the stock. It's all matching but the bolt and carrier appear to be factory renumbered/restamped from another rifle. It's packed with old grease, which I just left alone since I have no intention of ever shooting it.

https://imgur.com/a/L8yDbEI

 

[Tiger 2 Tank]

That looks like a nice one. Interesting about the cleaning rod. Who knows? Maybe there isn’t a nut in the stock?

We don’t know what the firing pin housing‘s numbers are and it’s hard to read the locking lug’s numbers, but it looks like all that is needed is an unnumbered armorer’s bolt carrier to make it “all matching”. They come up for sale every now and then. It looks like it would be eligible for one if all the other parts match up. Of course, if you find an armorer’s bolt carrier, keep the old re-stamped bolt carrier as it’s part of that rifle’s history.

If it were me, I’d hunt for an armorer’s bolt carrier and a front sight hood. Fortunately, that seems to be all it needs and those parts aren’t impossible to find.

 

[Hambone]

Ugly bleached stock. Some idiot thought he was buying a mint gun.

I think most of these guns came from one guy who made all of his guns look "new" by doing this.

Yes, I know who was doing that. West Coast. One well known collector with much of his stuff on the internet was a big customer of the pimper. He was making all these G/K.43s (and K98ks too) "mint" by rebluing, touching up, and bleachpimping that wood. He had a blue tank, obviously. Back in the early 90s there were certain collectors fascinated by "blonde" laminate stocks. A filthy, ugly, untouched one:

K.43 qve 45 and Zf.4

K.43 qve 45 and Zf.4 pics

www.k98kforum.com

 

[bigwagon]

That looks like a nice one. Interesting about the cleaning rod. Who knows? Maybe there isn’t a nut in the stock?

We don’t know what the firing pin housing‘s numbers are and it’s hard to read the locking lug’s numbers, but it looks like all that is needed is an unnumbered armorer’s bolt carrier to make it “all matching”. They come up for sale every now and then. It looks like it would be eligible for one if all the other parts match up. Of course, if you find an armorer’s bolt carrier, keep the old re-stamped bolt carrier as it’s part of that rifle’s history.

If it were me, I’d hunt for an armorer’s bolt carrier and a front sight hood. Fortunately, that seems to be all it needs and those parts aren’t impossible to find.

All the numbers are matching. The carrier and bolt were both remarked from a different gun to match this receiver. The firing pin carrier and locking lugs all match the numbers on the receiver, bolt and carrier. It looks to me like a matching bolt and carrier from a different rifle was used for this one and reserialized. Keep in mind the C block was made right before the Walther plant was captured, so they were cobbling guns together and there's a pretty good chance this one was liberated straight from the factory.

Here you can see that the serial 8623 was ground off the bolt, which was then electro-penciled with the number 8635. Same with the carrier, which was overstamped from 23 to 35.

 

[Tiger 2 Tank]

Ok. Yes, I see that now. I initially only saw the bolt’s e penciled matching number and thoughtlessly forgot Walther didn’t e pencil bolt serial numbers. Ooops