Kar 98k BSW 1939 with LuftAmt
- Thread starter droulz
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That is a great way to start.
Warrior1354
ax - hole
Indeed a very nice way too start thanks for sharing.
Kammerjaeger
Well-known member
A matching BSW, well, you don't see that every day. 
KJ
KJ
Stephan98k
aka 8x57IS
Droulz, is it possible you check behind the buttplate for the stock completion date code? I guess there is the laminate supplier "Br" and maybe a completion date in late 1940.
Regards,
Stephan
Regards,
Stephan
Stephan98k
aka 8x57IS
Hambone, pic sticky was a good idea! Do you can also help with your stock completion date code?
Regards,
Stephan
Regards,
Stephan
Stephan,
I'll have to dig it out the safe, but I'll put a post it note on my safe so that the next time I dig through there I'll pull it out and get a pic of that info for you. My rifle is in Vol.2 of the K98k book on p.834 and 835.
Kind regards,
HB
Stephan98k
aka 8x57IS
Thank you very much HB!
It's a funny coincidence, in the morning I was writing a email to Mike and I was asking if he could contact the owner of serial number 2867e and ask for the stock completion date code. So far I only have the data of two rifles and yours would be a great help. Please tell me if I can help you with something in return.
Regards,
Stephan
Thank you very much HB!
It's a funny coincidence, in the morning I was writing a email to Mike and I was asking if he could contact the owner of serial number 2867e and ask for the stock completion date code. So far I only have the data of two rifles and yours would be a great help. Please tell me if I can help you with something in return.
Regards,
Stephan
Stephan,
In digging out the rifles I sold I dug down and pulled this one for you and removed the buttplate:
Stephan98k
aka 8x57IS
That's a great surprise, thank you very much Hambone!
The stock completion date code "BH 1 42 40" means October 14, 1940. Up to your Luftamt rifle sn 2867e I have now three stock completion date codes and all are between September 24, 1940 and November 11, 1940. Also the laminate supplier "BH" is interesting, until today the ealiest one which I knew was from 1941 and your data helped a lot.
Regards,
Stephan
Glad that it helped. You've been a wealth of excellent information, found nowhere else
The theory / conventional wisdom has always been that these were made up during the "great rifle shortages" leading up to and during Barbarossa, such that they were assembled in mid/late 1941 and 1942. Are you seeing that trend?
The theory / conventional wisdom has always been that these were made up during the "great rifle shortages" leading up to and during Barbarossa, such that they were assembled in mid/late 1941 and 1942. Are you seeing that trend?
Stephan98k
aka 8x57IS
Glad that it helped. You've been a wealth of excellent information, found nowhere else
The theory / conventional wisdom has always been that these were made up during the "great rifle shortages" leading up to and during Barbarossa, such that they were assembled in mid/late 1941 and 1942. Are you seeing that trend?
Yes, I agree with the theory and I think the majority got assembled in late 1941. Unfortunately we don't have documents which show in which Luftzeugamt the rifles got assembled. Maybe in L.Z.A. Küpper near Sagan, also possible is L.Z.A. Kölleda.
Regards,
Stephan
WreckTangle
Mad Dog 20/20 Connoisseur (RIP Brother 06-05-203)
So your the one that owns that beauty in the book. I drooled all over it. You are one lucky man. Very nice rarer rifle.
Thank you WT. What's funny is that rifle and another dou. 44 were the first two rifles I bought off the internets with my C&R. They were listed on a trader site, I think the old "Gun and Knife" site as both coming from the same estate. $900 for both, listed as matching, from a vet's estate, no pics. I rolled the bones. I thought I was getting a straight up bsw 1939. I think this was 1991 or something.
