8X57IS' resuscitation of the LK5 thread had me 'rediscover' this one, which I thought I'd posted before. This is a standard configuration Model 1924 rifle made in Kragujevac in 1939. It is an original all-matching rifle, and was captured and processed through a mobile repair unit or some level of depot. Like the rest of the LK marked arms, this one lacks a typical depot stamp. The functional modifications it received are the change to the shoulder of the magazine follower (stopping forward movement of the bolt on an empty magazine) and the addition of a bolt take down ferrule through the stock and its Petar II stamp. Lesser changes include the stamped numbering of the butt plate, firing pin and both barrel bands, and the electro-penciling of the magazine follower and the rest of the small bolt components. The bolt had also been blued.
Unlike the majority of LK marked rifles, this one is obviously not French. Otherwise it bears the same consistencies as other LK rifles, with the stamp on the butt stock and an added number of unknown significance ('38' in this case) added on the top wrist of the stock, instead of the usual underside of the stock placement for these. Part of the discussion of LK marked rifles has explored the possibility that they were almost dedicated training weapons at least at some point in their service life. If that was the case, this one and some others are a little different by having some very functional modifications made to them. This could mean nothing more than that it was used to familiarize the trainees with some basic K98k features, or that LK5 occupied a more active role in operations. Another possibility is that features like that weren't added until after the weapon had been redeployed from a training to an operational role.
Pat
Unlike the majority of LK marked rifles, this one is obviously not French. Otherwise it bears the same consistencies as other LK rifles, with the stamp on the butt stock and an added number of unknown significance ('38' in this case) added on the top wrist of the stock, instead of the usual underside of the stock placement for these. Part of the discussion of LK marked rifles has explored the possibility that they were almost dedicated training weapons at least at some point in their service life. If that was the case, this one and some others are a little different by having some very functional modifications made to them. This could mean nothing more than that it was used to familiarize the trainees with some basic K98k features, or that LK5 occupied a more active role in operations. Another possibility is that features like that weren't added until after the weapon had been redeployed from a training to an operational role.
Pat
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