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bnz41, Walnut Kriegsmarine stock, Norwegian K98k

Aaron

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Picked up a Norwegian K98k rechambered in 30.06 from a friend of mine. Stock matches the original rifle, HG is a mismatch. Bolt matches itself and comes off an Oberndorf, reserialed to match the rifle per Norwegian standards. TG is a mismatch along with the new sights, as is common with nearly all reworks. However, it appears everything else in terms of hardware matches the gun! This is my first actual Steyr bnz besides my bnz45, and having a walnut KM stock that goes with it sure is awesome. Here are all the pictures I could get of all the markings I could find while cleaning it up, as it has pitting and I wanted to make sure it would no longer rust. I seem to have a problem with pics reformatting to face the wrong way, so forgive any sideways pictures. Thank you to mowzerluvr for the rear sight!
 

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That's all folks, some cool stuff I noticed was the Circle "A" on the reciever, the "J" in the stock channel along with the number 3 in several spots, and lucky charms on the Radom supplied parts.
 
That's all folks, some cool stuff I noticed was the Circle "A" on the reciever, the "J" in the stock channel along with the number 3 in several spots, and lucky charms on the Radom supplied parts.

The "A" on the right side of the receiver ring has nothing to do with the German "Circle A" rifles, it's the Norwegian inspection stamp from Captain Hardy Algren, inspection officer at the Kongsberg factory.

I'm not at home and the pics are to small on my phone, later I will write more about it.
 
Great looking early bnz. Love the walnut. Were you able to work the busted pin loose on the sight leaf?
 
I find it interesting that the floor plate matches but the trigger guard doesn't. It's almost always the opposite. A Steyr KM in walnut is always nice. Enjoy!
 
I find it interesting that the floor plate matches but the trigger guard doesn't. It's almost always the opposite. A Steyr KM in walnut is always nice. Enjoy!
The TG's were all reworked to fit the new cartridge, (you can see the applied heating and the cuts to the front end) and were not kept with their rifles, however the other parts were not needed for the rework so stayed with the rifles.
 
The TG's were all reworked to fit the new cartridge, (you can see the applied heating and the cuts to the front end) and were not kept with their rifles, however the other parts were not needed for the rework so stayed with the rifles.

I think that happened sometimes though I have seen many with total matching trigger guard/FP/follower assemblies on Norway stocks. I have a 337/1940 set totally matching including the bolt, just missing the barreled receiver.
 
Not so sure how accurate that is about the trigger guard always being reworked and not matching. I have had 3 Norwegians and trigger guards all matched including this one a 1939 147. The rear sight ladder has a completely different serial, other sight parts match. Bolt handle root renumbered to the Norwegian Serial added to the receiver. Rest of bolt matches original lined out serial on the receiver. Buttplate original serial lined out and Norwegian Serial added above. All other parts are matching.

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The TG's were all reworked to fit the new cartridge, (you can see the applied heating and the cuts to the front end) and were not kept with their rifles, however the other parts were not needed for the rework so stayed with the rifles.

The first part is correct, the Norwegians reworked the trigger guards of the M/98k F1 rifles. They kept the original trigger guard and floor plate, only rear sight leafs are usually mismatching.

Like you said, the stock matches the original rifle, the handguard is a mismatch. The buttplate is a mismatch too, it should have the serial number "5742g". The buttplate got swapped during Norwegian service, I assume even later and it belong to a Norwegian Army or Norwegian Coastal Artillery M/98k F1.

The Steyr Kriegsmarine rifles with walnut stock are interesting and your rifle got assembled around June 1941. Waffenwerke Brünn Werk II was Steyr's laminate stock finisher during this period and on February 27, 1941 Werk II complained about defective laminate stock blanks manufactured by a unknown laminate manufacturer which got provided by Steyr. That will most likely be the reason that approximately 15,000 Steyr rifles with walnut stock got assembled in the "f" and "g" block in 1941.


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Your Sauer & Sohn from 1939 is a good example, even the bolt is still matching. On the right side of the receiver ring it also has the "A" marking, the inspection stamp from Captain Hardy Algren, he was inspection officer at the Kongsberg factory in Norway. By the way, your "u" block got assembled in December 1939 and if you have disassembled the rifle and you still have photos of the barrel channel, I would like to see it. I guess the stock completion was in June 1939, approximately 24th week.
 
The Steyr Kriegsmarine rifles with walnut stock are interesting and your rifle got assembled around June 1941. Waffenwerke Brünn Werk II was Steyr's laminate stock finisher during this period and on February 27, 1941 Werk II complained about defective laminate stock blanks manufactured by a unknown laminate manufacturer which got provided by Steyr. That will most likely be the reason that approximately 15,000 Steyr rifles with walnut stock got assembled in the "f" and "g" block in 1941.

More great information again Stephan! Do you know anymore about the complaint? I'd assume a glue failure where the laminate came apart when cut across the grain in some areas?
 
The first part is correct, the Norwegians reworked the trigger guards of the M/98k F1 rifles. They kept the original trigger guard and floor plate, only rear sight leafs are usually mismatching.

Like you said, the stock matches the original rifle, the handguard is a mismatch. The buttplate is a mismatch too, it should have the serial number "5742g". The buttplate got swapped during Norwegian service, I assume even later and it belong to a Norwegian Army or Norwegian Coastal Artillery M/98k F1.

The Steyr Kriegsmarine rifles with walnut stock are interesting and your rifle got assembled around June 1941. Waffenwerke Brünn Werk II was Steyr's laminate stock finisher during this period and on February 27, 1941 Werk II complained about defective laminate stock blanks manufactured by a unknown laminate manufacturer which got provided by Steyr. That will most likely be the reason that approximately 15,000 Steyr rifles with walnut stock got assembled in the "f" and "g" block in 1941.


@capt14k
Your Sauer & Sohn from 1939 is a good example, even the bolt is still matching. On the right side of the receiver ring it also has the "A" marking, the inspection stamp from Captain Hardy Algren, he was inspection officer at the Kongsberg factory in Norway. By the way, your "u" block got assembled in December 1939 and if you have disassembled the rifle and you still have photos of the barrel channel, I would like to see it. I guess the stock completion was in June 1939, approximately 24th week.
Yes I kept that one and recently disassembled and took interior pics also matching. I will post after breakfast

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Here are the stock markings on 1939 147. I assume Norwegians added magic marker? Lighting and camera make a big difference. Stock is more red than yellow, like in the natural sunlight pics taken with DSLR camera vs iPad pics taken under florescent lighting.

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