243 1939 Kriegsmarine

Picked this up off a member here, Id been looking for one without any issues or questions for sometime, but everytime one came around i had no cash. Finally got this one. All matching to the screws, except rod. Very happy to get this one.


Data:

Sight hood - No slots

Front sight base - blued, e/26

Front band- blued, milled H, e/26

Rear band- blued, milled, e/26

Band Spring- Blued, serial numbered, e/26

Bayo lug- blued, serial number 2 digits, e/26

Hand guard- red glue lam, serial and suffix

Sight leaf- polished surface, numbered both sides, serialized, e/26 e/26

Sight slide - Blued, serialized, e/26

Sight Lock- Blued, serialized last 2, e/26

Rear sight base- blued, e/26 e/26

Ramp- blued, serialized, e/26, spring e/26

Barrel- blued, proofed, serialized,

Barrel code: 316/39Do e/26 e/26 e/26

Receiver- 243 1939, blued, serialized, proofed, Right side, e/26 e/26 e/26

Trigger guard- blued, milled, serialized, e/26 e/26

Floor plate - blued, milled, serialized, e/26

Follower-blued, serialized last two, e/26

Bolt- blued, serialized, proofed e/26 e/26

Safety - blued, serialized, e/26

Bolt Sleeve- blued, serial-led, e/26 e/26

Cocking Piece- blued, serialized, e/26

Firing pin- white. Serialized last two, e/26

Extractor-blued, serialized last two, band and ex e/26

Ejector box- blued, serialized last two, e/26, spring has e/26

Ejector screw- blued

Front action screw- blued, notched, e/26, serialized.

Rear action screw - blued, notched, e/26, serialized

Trigger- blued, e/26

Sear- white, serialized last two, e/26 e/26

Stock: Red glue laminate, 4.26.39 Br under buttplate, serial and suffix in channel, serial and suffix on comb with two E/26, side is E/M, E/waa26 X2

Butt plate- flat, serial and suffix, e/26

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Looks like an excellent example to me. My Dad's bringback is also a 243 but 1940 and stock has the "H" for army issuance. Cleaning rod on mine is correct length but has no marking or stamps at all. I heard rods were marked until around 1941. Other than that it is all matched bolt and all luckily. Sling is a L&F. Father retrieved this rifle from a building in a town the Germans had retreated from.

Very nice, it has to be a relief to get such a variant AND 100%. I just paid through the nose for a matching bSw to find the band spring was blank. You did well here.

Remfan said:

Looks like an excellent example to me. My Dad's bringback is also a 243 but 1940 and stock has the "H" for army issuance. Cleaning rod on mine is correct length but has no marking or stamps at all. I heard rods were marked until around 1941. Other than that it is all matched bolt and all luckily. Sling is a L&F. Father retrieved this rifle from a building in a town the Germans had retreated from.

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My only family in the war was two uncles, but they didnt bring home any guns. Id give my left nut to have a k98k brought home by my dad. Nice history.

mowzerluvr said:

Very nice, it has to be a relief to get such a variant AND 100%. I just paid through the nose for a matching bSw to find the band spring was blank. You did well here.

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Oh no!!! Totally bank? Any waa?

Nothing, just a blank, unmarked piece. I was bummed big time. I put an e/4 spring (m/m of course) on it as it feels more correct than a blanko to me. But it came with a proofed and serial numbered hinged muzzle cover. You are blessed to have this one you just got. All matching pre-war's are very tough to get. Much less KM models.

Thats a nice rifle Andrew congrats on another nice 98k too your collection.

Congratulations, that is a beautiful rifle. Did you have to have it import marked?

I like the new pics! Always a relief when something arrives safe and sound.

-Steve

mauser202 said:

Congratulations, that is a beautiful rifle. Did you have to have it import marked?

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No not yet!!

Andrew , I thought You were looking to add a Bubba Gun to the collection this aint got no scope on it !!!!! .

Sure looks like a keeper to me even though it made it past Bubba
Congrats on great addition . Best Regards

I'm loving that ink stamp on the stock! Very nice condition overall. You need a Luft marked one now to round things out.

Nice rifle Andrew. Thanks for the good pictures.

Beautiful rifle, but a good citizen would just go ahead and import mark it themselves!! Ha!

I'm glad it arrived in one piece.

Very nice, don't see these very often. Love the KM take down discs. Thanks for posting

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Congrats to your new Kriegsmarine K98k, it's a beautiful example and I really like the patina.

We knew this rifle already, thank you very much for the new photos and additional data. The stock completion date June 29, 1939 suits perfect into the KM range.

Fantastic example. Congratulations.

Nice find! I have an all-matching 243 '39 "t" block in the 8K range that's Heer issue.

oldcorps said:

Nice find! I have an all-matching 243 '39 "t" block in the 8K range that's Heer issue.

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In the early "t" block I know Luftwaffe rifles and then Kriegsmarine rifles, the first Heer rifles which I know are in the "u" block. Do you show some photos of your K98k?