petersen43
Well-known member
Hi Everyone,
I just picked up an original long side rail sniper and wanted to share some pics. This rifle was brought into a shop near me where the owner (reportedly the grandson of the WW2 vet who brought it back) asked to have the shop clean up the rifle so he could begin to shoot it. Apparently the grandson had only recently found it in the attic. Long story short, I saw the rifle sitting there when I went in to pick up another k98 I was transferring in and managed to buy the rifle through the gunshop from the owner a week later. The rifle is a phosphate bcd4, s/n 93081 no letter suffix. Aside from cleaning the bore, I didn't do a thing to it. The scope & mount, floorplate/spring/follower, and rear action screw are missing, but otherwise the rifle is as good as it gets. It's all matching, the stock is unsanded, and the bore is perfect. I did briefly disassemble it, and it turns out the stock and handguard are un-numbered as well as the bands. Bands & triggerguard are stamped, qnw marked triggerguard has no provisions for "capture" screws. The owner told the shop he believed there was a magazine in the attic for this rifle, which was interesting, but I would think it likely have had only a floorplate. It is interesting to note, that the floorplate locking pin in the triggerguard is missing which may or may not support the mystery mag story. Any help in locating replacing the missing parts with correct items would be sincerely appreciated. What do you guys think?
I just picked up an original long side rail sniper and wanted to share some pics. This rifle was brought into a shop near me where the owner (reportedly the grandson of the WW2 vet who brought it back) asked to have the shop clean up the rifle so he could begin to shoot it. Apparently the grandson had only recently found it in the attic. Long story short, I saw the rifle sitting there when I went in to pick up another k98 I was transferring in and managed to buy the rifle through the gunshop from the owner a week later. The rifle is a phosphate bcd4, s/n 93081 no letter suffix. Aside from cleaning the bore, I didn't do a thing to it. The scope & mount, floorplate/spring/follower, and rear action screw are missing, but otherwise the rifle is as good as it gets. It's all matching, the stock is unsanded, and the bore is perfect. I did briefly disassemble it, and it turns out the stock and handguard are un-numbered as well as the bands. Bands & triggerguard are stamped, qnw marked triggerguard has no provisions for "capture" screws. The owner told the shop he believed there was a magazine in the attic for this rifle, which was interesting, but I would think it likely have had only a floorplate. It is interesting to note, that the floorplate locking pin in the triggerguard is missing which may or may not support the mystery mag story. Any help in locating replacing the missing parts with correct items would be sincerely appreciated. What do you guys think?
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Still keeping an eye out for the missing mount (and hopefully accompanying scope and base) from mine.
It's great to see such a thing happen.
