Finished with my restoration project!

Well I thought I would share my finished restoration project on my 20th District Depot rifle. It was previously sporterized with a cut up stock and the lip of the rear sight base ground off where the handguard sits.

Here is an old thread I started about the rifle and got great information here. http://www.k98kforum.com/showthread.php?22047-20th-District-Depot-K98k

I thought I did okay of a job with resto except for the rear sight base I used to replace the sporterized one with is kind of damaged around the base screw. The damage was done by who ever removed it from a previous barrel.

The bolt was matching to itself and it was a bSw bolt. The bSw bolt I traded off for some extra parts and another all matching e/280 bolt. I thought a member here could use the bSw bolt more than I could since it was just 10 numbers different than his bSw rifle.

The upper and lower band I found on ebay. They are armourers spares e/1 marked without serial numbers.

The stock I bought from a member here. It is a C marked stock e/18 without any serials. The handguard I bought somewhere on the net. C and e/18 marked and no serial number.

The original sling I bought from jbmauser. To finish it off.

Thanks to all that helped out on information to get this project done.

Great looking rifle and very motivating, many of these rifles are worth saving and this goes to show that if you find the right one it can be turned into a worthy restoration. Nice Work!!

bowietx said:

Great looking rifle and very motivating, many of these rifles are worth saving and this goes to show that if you find the right one it can be turned into a worthy restoration. Nice Work!!

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Thanks. It was a fun project and the end product is more of accomplishment than it is worth money wise, but very happy it's back to military configuration.

Great job! Some tough parts to find on that one.

Bigdibbs88 said:

Great job! Some tough parts to find on that one.

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Thank you Bigdibbs88. Yes hard to find parts!

Nicely done Lee! You worked hard to restore it with proper parts and the results show. I know from experience those armorers spare bands and stocks aren't cheap or easy to find.

Very nice - congratulations !

papahound said:

Very nice - congratulations !

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Thanks.

jbmauser said:

Nicely done Lee! You worked hard to restore it with proper parts and the results show. I know from experience those armorers spare bands and stocks aren't cheap or easy to find.

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Jeremy, I couldn't have gotten it done without you experienced members here on the K98k forum with all the historic data to get the right parts. Thank you.

racerlee said:

The bolt was matching to itself and it was a bSw bolt. The bSw bolt I traded off for some extra parts and another all matching e/280 bolt. I thought a member here could use the bSw bolt more than I could since it was just 10 numbers different than his bSw rifle.

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This has me interested. Pics?

nirvana said:

This has me interested. Pics?

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Well I don't have the bSw bolt. I traded it off to a member here. I guess I should have worded it a little different. I got some other parts and the e/280 bolt for trading off the bSw WaA4 bolt.

racerlee said:

Well I don't have the bSw bolt. I traded it off to a member here. I guess I should have worded it a little different. I got some other parts and the e/280 bolt for trading off the bSw WaA4 bolt.

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Yeah, from ME !!! not for sale.. lol. It was 10 digits off from one of my 39' bSw's. R Lee Ermey(nickname given by me) gave me a good deal, I traded heavy for a superb bolt. Great looking rifle Lee. The long wait seems to have paid off.

mowzerluvr said:

Yeah, from ME !!! not for sale.. lol. It was 10 digits off from one of my 39' bSw's. R Lee Ermey(nickname given by me) gave me a good deal, I traded heavy for a superb bolt. Great looking rifle Lee. The long wait seems to have paid off.

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This is an outstanding rifle and it has some super parts on it, very nice job! Mowzerluvr has helped me a lot in the past and I’m glad he got a neat bSw part out of it! Thank you OP for sharing this with us.


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M1903A3 said:

This is an outstanding rifle and it has some super parts on it, very nice job! Mowzerluvr has helped me a lot in the past and I’m glad he got a neat bSw part out of it! Thank you OP for sharing this with us.


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mowzerluvr said:

Yeah, from ME !!! not for sale.. lol. It was 10 digits off from one of my 39' bSw's. R Lee Ermey(nickname given by me) gave me a good deal, I traded heavy for a superb bolt. Great looking rifle Lee. The long wait seems to have paid off.

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Thanks guys. I appreciate the great comments.

I'm really glad to have helped you out mowzerluvr on that bSw bolt. Don't forget about that stock now!

Oh yes, will not forget that.

Gorgeous rifle, thank you for sharing it. Excellent job.

mowzerluvr said:

Yeah, from ME !!! not for sale.. lol. It was 10 digits off from one of my 39' bSw's. R Lee Ermey(nickname given by me) gave me a good deal, I traded heavy for a superb bolt. Great looking rifle Lee. The long wait seems to have paid off.

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I mean, I'd like to see the bolt and the gun. Same letter block and everything? That's crazy.

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I mean, I'd like to see the bolt and the gun. Same letter block and everything? That's crazy.

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Nahh, no letter block made it easier. With bSw production there aren't many letter blocks to sift through anyway.

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Nahh, no letter block made it easier. With bSw production there aren't many letter blocks to sift through anyway.

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Nice bSw mowzerluvr!

That's really cool! Even the wear pattern matches!

Good job,well done