Steyr bnz 41 serial number study

[Stephan98k]

I looked for it but couldn't find a Steyr bnz 41 serial number study in the forum.

As is well known, there are two different variants of the Steyr K98k with "bnz 41" coded receiver:

- "Large Font" Steyr receiver with e/623 Waffenamt acceptance
- "Small Font" Radom receiver with e/77 Waffenamt acceptance

What is the highest known serial number with Steyr receiver and the highest known serial number with Radom receiver?

This question is very important, thank you very much.

 

[Aaron]

Does code "bnz 40" exist?

I think this is loosely relevant. I just got this mg34 Kit. When I was first told it was dot 1940 I didn't believe it as I couldn't find anything online. I asked s fellow member to look in the mg34/42 book where he found only one is known to exist, a 945 code which is a cutaway. These also show...

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There is a post in this thread by Loewe that may help, further down is a norwegian "bnz40" marked 1319L. What's interesting is this later example has the earlier acceptance stamps along the side, which may indicate they took quite some time to get accepted, as my j-block has the later style proofing on the top of the reciever.
Not that it helps, but my bnz41's are:
5464f (restored) small font Radom e/77x3 e/623 x1
5742g (norwegian) large font Steyr e/623 x4
5990j (restored) small font Radom e/77 x1 e/623 x1, this rifle has the final acceptance moved to the top of the receiver.

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Nevermind, just finished reading the whole thread and saw you were already in it, my bad.

 

[heavy_mech]

Aaron didn't say who made the receiver on his j block, but highs I was able to find are 4705i for Radom and 7995j for Steyr.

 

[heavy_mech]

I found (I believe) 5308i here for a Radom receiver. Gun is a mess and it's hard to make out the serial number, but I think I got it. https://www.k98kforum.com/threads/seeking-info-on-bnz-41.42617/

 

[Aaron]

I found (I believe) 5308i here for a Radom receiver. Gun is a mess and it's hard to make out the serial number, but I think I got it. https://www.k98kforum.com/threads/seeking-info-on-bnz-41.42617/

I concur its an i block, also my post should be up to date, my 5990j is a Radom reciever.

 

[Dm1]

I have 8816G a kreigsmarine rifle in walnut. WaA623 accepted.

 

[a j s]

My matching 41 6848g Kreigsmarine has the 4 Waa623 reciever proofs.

 

[heavy_mech]

My matching 41 6848g Kreigsmarine has the 4 Waa623 reciever proofs.

I think I saw yours in an older post about a bnz 41.

 

[Stephan98k]

Thank you for your support, like I said, it's very important.

There are many new facts in the Steyr area, some of the old information are unfortunately wrong and need to be corrected.

In the other thread with the bnz 40 I have written:
"The "bnz 40" belong to the "660 1940" order/production run. The K98ks with the code "660 1940" and "bnz 40" in the "k" and "l" blocks got assembled in April/May 1941."
"By the way, in 1939 there was no K98k production, the assembly of the first order "660 1939" started in January 1940. By January 27, 1940, a total of 1,440 K98ks had been accepted."

One of the most important things: The previously assumed 1941 Steyr production numbers are not correct, due to the high number of K98k an error in the old document was assumed but it was a wrong assumption.

Correct is:
In 1941, the K98k production numbers was not lower than in 1940, but higher. The production numbers for 1941 even exceeds the numbers for 1942.
The "Large Font" Steyr receiver with e/623 Waffenamt acceptance and the "Small Font" Radom receiver with e/77 Waffenamt acceptance are a separate assembly run. These two assembly lines at Steyr-Daimler-Puch in Steyr assembled K98k at the same time, but one of the two lines started with the bnz41 first, the other assembly line followed a little later with the bnz41 receivers. These two K98k assembly lines at Steyr were strictly separated from each other, the K98k from the second assembly line even had its own name.

I have analyzed all Steyr production numbers up to and including 1942, so this is not a assumption.

You see, it's a very important topic and I'm not a Steyr collector, so I need your support.

 

[trinxet]

My contribution
bnz 41 8341 h (norwegian) large font Steyr e/623 x4
bnz. 41 3220 a (depot repaired?) small font Radom e/77 x1 e/623 x3