Peter-Paul
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Hi all,
I wanted an objective mount K98k sniper rifle, so I made one!
First, a couple of things.
- I have no gunsmithing experience so judge accordingly.
- I used a RC JP Sauer & Sohn from 1939
- Accumounts mounts
- Hensoldt Dialyt scope with claw mounts fore and rear
- The rifle's serial number is 8004h. I don't think anyone would mistake this for a real one, but it is a good representative piece. There seemed to be a lot of turrent mount and SSR K98k snipers around, but probably not many of these as repros?
The amount of hand fitting that went into this was insane. I had to cut the rear mount to fit as the Accumounts and RSM mounts are meant for commercial mausers with no stripper clip lip or ridge. I also filed sight channels into the mounts.
I learned how to silver solder via Youtube specifically for this project. I used old motor oil on the surface of the mounts when I soldered them on in order to hot blue the mounts - this added a little color to them. I had previously removed the old finish.
Walnut is from a heavily shellacked Preduzece K989K. It is ex German. I took the old shellac off and applied Linseed Oil.
I still need to drill it and tap the rear received mount, and install the screws I made by hand for this to fit.
A bit of white colored pencil from my step-daughter's room helped to then bring out some of the markings.
The scope is on tight, goes on and comes off easily, and is completely centered (however the point of the picket is 10" high or so at 100 yards). Frankly this shocked me when I put the scope on for the first time.
Again, the amount of hand-filing and hand work that went into making sure everything fit was insane. The Hensoldt claws needed to be reshaped to fit. I also had to do some work on the mount slots/channels. It is completely obvious to me now why armorers would serial number the rings to the bases or rifle.
All in all, total cost for the parts (not including solder and other tools) was 770 dollars. It took me three weekends to knock it together. I didn't work on it during the week - and I did all work on the back porch of my 3rd floor apartment.
Thank you so much for looking, I am happy to answer any questions for lessons learned.
I wanted an objective mount K98k sniper rifle, so I made one!
First, a couple of things.
- I have no gunsmithing experience so judge accordingly.
- I used a RC JP Sauer & Sohn from 1939
- Accumounts mounts
- Hensoldt Dialyt scope with claw mounts fore and rear
- The rifle's serial number is 8004h. I don't think anyone would mistake this for a real one, but it is a good representative piece. There seemed to be a lot of turrent mount and SSR K98k snipers around, but probably not many of these as repros?
The amount of hand fitting that went into this was insane. I had to cut the rear mount to fit as the Accumounts and RSM mounts are meant for commercial mausers with no stripper clip lip or ridge. I also filed sight channels into the mounts.
I learned how to silver solder via Youtube specifically for this project. I used old motor oil on the surface of the mounts when I soldered them on in order to hot blue the mounts - this added a little color to them. I had previously removed the old finish.
Walnut is from a heavily shellacked Preduzece K989K. It is ex German. I took the old shellac off and applied Linseed Oil.
I still need to drill it and tap the rear received mount, and install the screws I made by hand for this to fit.
A bit of white colored pencil from my step-daughter's room helped to then bring out some of the markings.
The scope is on tight, goes on and comes off easily, and is completely centered (however the point of the picket is 10" high or so at 100 yards). Frankly this shocked me when I put the scope on for the first time.
Again, the amount of hand-filing and hand work that went into making sure everything fit was insane. The Hensoldt claws needed to be reshaped to fit. I also had to do some work on the mount slots/channels. It is completely obvious to me now why armorers would serial number the rings to the bases or rifle.
All in all, total cost for the parts (not including solder and other tools) was 770 dollars. It took me three weekends to knock it together. I didn't work on it during the week - and I did all work on the back porch of my 3rd floor apartment.
Thank you so much for looking, I am happy to answer any questions for lessons learned.
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