WaA63
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Hi, after a long time I have finished now my bcd45 LSR. I wanted a representative replica of a LSR K98 sniper to enjoy shooting. This build has had highs and lows, I parked it a couple of times and resumed it later. It took me quite some time to get all done and to get the parts to complete a decent set but now I think that´s it. The base rifle is a RC bcd45 in the 84K range with a “ce” sauer marked barrel, sold commercially as “hunting carbine” by Molot mainly in the russian market: http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?277635-BCD-45-solid-stock
Eagle is peened, and it has the X in the receiver.
The main parts were re-refinished and force-matched by the factory to the receiver serial. The usual soviet electropencil marks were deleted as part of the commercial refinishing, it was phosphated or at least it looked so, all parts had a matt dark grey color, it looked like some late war K98k´s, althought darker.
The rifle is quite accurate, so I decided to make a sniper replica with it. I already had a nice, original, post war dialytan dkl (Schneider Kreuznach) scope, these scopes were mounted in original LSR´s. I had two pretty Mario norwegian stocks and sold the one that came with the rifle, that didn’t look good for a 1945 LSR. Then I had to adjust some inletting contacts metal-wood. I followed the original german bedding and wood-metal contact instructions.
Norwegian captured K98 stocks were up to 43 I think, the bands that came with the stock would look too early, so I needed unnumbered phosphated late war stamped bands and band spring, which I got after a while. Then I bought a repro sniper long safety flag and also a repro checkered buttplate. The fit of this first buttplate was so bad I had to buy another one, a different repro, and after some wood adjustments I called it good. I also added blued buttplate screws as late war originals have.
I let be some parts that came with the RC, a stamped triggerguard and stamped follower “lxr” marked. The stamped triggerguard has the holes for the capture screws. The magazine floorplate is machined and renumbered to the rifle by Molot like the TG. Both would be unnumbered if original I think, but I decided it didn’t worth to change them for a replica anyway.
I also kept the “matching” renumbered bolt, the only part I changed is the extractor, it came with a red finish extractor and I swaped it for a blued one. I also got a set of unnumbered action screws and capture screws.
The first LSR mount came from accumounts, the early solid rings type, which would have not been in an original bcd45, but was sturdier than the metal sheet type. I took it to my former gunsmith to do the drill and tap job, which he did not as fine as I wanted (thus former), and I had a hard time because the screws and pins fitting with the base and receiver were not firm enough when they were put together. I found out that a good epoxi adhesive would help me to have the base mounted flush and even with the receiver, and so I used it as a fitting and adhesive layer between the two, and at the same time made the screws and pins not to loosen.
Recently I made several final changes to get a closer look to originals. I changed the phosphate finish tone and get it closer to the original in the receiver and barrel. I also swapped the bolt dissasembly disk for a late war one.
Finally I decided I would try the metal sheet bands mount repro, the type of mount a 1945 LSR would have had. I got an old Zeiss Zielsechs with rail and my machinist removed the rail and made 2 recoil rings for both scopes. I installed the recoil rings on both, so I have now two sets to slide on the base, 4x dialytan and 6x Zeiss. So far the system is working flawlessly. It´s a great shooter, around 1-1,5 MOA on a good day with quality commercial ammo. I thought I would share some pictures.
Eagle is peened, and it has the X in the receiver.
The main parts were re-refinished and force-matched by the factory to the receiver serial. The usual soviet electropencil marks were deleted as part of the commercial refinishing, it was phosphated or at least it looked so, all parts had a matt dark grey color, it looked like some late war K98k´s, althought darker.
The rifle is quite accurate, so I decided to make a sniper replica with it. I already had a nice, original, post war dialytan dkl (Schneider Kreuznach) scope, these scopes were mounted in original LSR´s. I had two pretty Mario norwegian stocks and sold the one that came with the rifle, that didn’t look good for a 1945 LSR. Then I had to adjust some inletting contacts metal-wood. I followed the original german bedding and wood-metal contact instructions.
Norwegian captured K98 stocks were up to 43 I think, the bands that came with the stock would look too early, so I needed unnumbered phosphated late war stamped bands and band spring, which I got after a while. Then I bought a repro sniper long safety flag and also a repro checkered buttplate. The fit of this first buttplate was so bad I had to buy another one, a different repro, and after some wood adjustments I called it good. I also added blued buttplate screws as late war originals have.
I let be some parts that came with the RC, a stamped triggerguard and stamped follower “lxr” marked. The stamped triggerguard has the holes for the capture screws. The magazine floorplate is machined and renumbered to the rifle by Molot like the TG. Both would be unnumbered if original I think, but I decided it didn’t worth to change them for a replica anyway.
I also kept the “matching” renumbered bolt, the only part I changed is the extractor, it came with a red finish extractor and I swaped it for a blued one. I also got a set of unnumbered action screws and capture screws.
The first LSR mount came from accumounts, the early solid rings type, which would have not been in an original bcd45, but was sturdier than the metal sheet type. I took it to my former gunsmith to do the drill and tap job, which he did not as fine as I wanted (thus former), and I had a hard time because the screws and pins fitting with the base and receiver were not firm enough when they were put together. I found out that a good epoxi adhesive would help me to have the base mounted flush and even with the receiver, and so I used it as a fitting and adhesive layer between the two, and at the same time made the screws and pins not to loosen.
Recently I made several final changes to get a closer look to originals. I changed the phosphate finish tone and get it closer to the original in the receiver and barrel. I also swapped the bolt dissasembly disk for a late war one.
Finally I decided I would try the metal sheet bands mount repro, the type of mount a 1945 LSR would have had. I got an old Zeiss Zielsechs with rail and my machinist removed the rail and made 2 recoil rings for both scopes. I installed the recoil rings on both, so I have now two sets to slide on the base, 4x dialytan and 6x Zeiss. So far the system is working flawlessly. It´s a great shooter, around 1-1,5 MOA on a good day with quality commercial ammo. I thought I would share some pictures.
