An other bnz43

08/15 · May 14, 2020

Hello
This is my first post in this forum.
I´ll give my best.

This is one of my 98k´s.
It was found in apartement of an old man, who died a few days before.
A Karabiner 98 from WW1 was found there too.
This bnz43 seems to be interessting.
I don´t know, if it has been made by Steyr, or if only the receiver was made by Steyr.
The gun was may be made with parts of other producers in a plant, who only assemled guns.
Serialnumbers are only on the barrel, the sight and plate of the magazin (Magazinkastendeckel).
No numbers on bott stock, butt plate, rings....
May be someone could tell more about this gun.

I hope I was able to express myself clearly.

morticianman1990 · May 14, 2020

Can you get a picture of the barrel codes? Seems to me like an SS contract. Serial number 1924 (confirmed SS contract) also has WaA135 floorplate with big bnz font. Very cool! The stock bolt cutout looks Steyr to me? You can't find any serials or marking near the bottom of the wrist or sides of the buttstock?

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heavy_mech · May 14, 2020

Looks like a nice SS contract piece and seems to fit right in. Serial number on barrel. Floor plate serialed, bands nicht. If you could give the barrel code that would be great but you'd have to take the action out of the stock.

Thanks for sharing! I kind of had a feeling it might be interesting.

Humbarger · May 14, 2020

Thank you very much for showing us this. Very nice! I will be following
This thread. Oh! By the way. Welcome to the best K98k forum on the
WWW.

08/15 · May 14, 2020

Thanks for your replies.
I will take the action out of the stock tomorrow, or in the day after tomorrow.

Where these 98k´s assembled at Steyr, or at other plants?

heavy_mech · May 14, 2020

08/15 said:
Where these 98k´s assembled at Steyr, or at other plants?

By Steyr at Molln with parts from Gusen. Good discussion here

Absolut · May 14, 2020

Tolle Waffe! Sehr erfreulich, dass sie gerettet werden konnte und nicht verschrottet wurde. Als eine Waffe die für die SS gebaut wurde, ist sie sehr selten. Noch dazu in einem so unberührten und guten Zustand. Die andere Waffe, ist das ein Gewehr 98 oder ein Karabiner 98? Hast du diese auch bekommen?

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To all others: Sorry for the German. Thought it would be easier for him. I basically congratulated and asked on the other gun he had mentioned.

Guillaume d'Orange · May 14, 2020

Nice rifle out of the cupboard ! The wood color is quite light, is that laminated beech ? White glue ?

08/15 · May 14, 2020

Yes, it´s beech.
But the kind of glue... (?)

morticianman1990 · May 14, 2020

08/15 said:
Yes, it´s beech.
But the kind of glue... (?)

Here is a picture of a white glue laminate, then a picture of my BNZ 45's red glue laminate.

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Remfan · May 14, 2020

Sure is a great find for sure. Looking forward to hearing more.

SVW1945 · May 14, 2020

Nice fine. You are a lucky guy.

SVW1945

GulagACapella · May 14, 2020

Great find! Always happy to see more Steyr in good hands.

heavy_mech · May 14, 2020

I have a question. Later on Steyr would go cuckoo with hardness test punch shots but any thoughts about this one on the trigger guard? The proximity to the acceptance, in the area where a spot weld reinforcement is kind of seems legit. The size, depth and type of punch seem consistent to my eyes.

08/15 · May 15, 2020

morticianman1990 said:
Here is a picture of a white glue laminate, then a picture of my BNZ 45's red glue laminate.

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Ah,...!
I see.
O.k., than youre right: It´s white glue.
I've never noticed that before.

08/15 · May 15, 2020

Here are some pics from the barrel underside.
Not much, what I found there....

heavy_mech · May 15, 2020

08/15 said:
Here are some pics from the barrel underside.
Not much...

No thank you. It fits exactly in the period of barrel supply disruption when they scrambled to find barrels anywhere. This is the 2nd reported from Werke Bystrica in that cluster.

08/15 · May 15, 2020

Thank you.
So if I understand correctly, everything fits together and it is a typical 98k for the SS from 1943-1944?

mrfarb · May 15, 2020

08/15 said:
Thank you.
So if I understand correctly, everything fits together and it is a typical 98k for the SS from 1943-1944?

Yes, this rifle was produced in 1944 by Steyr specifically for the SS. The factory also produced rifles for the Heer, but the SS contract guns are serial numbered in a different way. This gun would have been delivered to an SS arms depot and issued from there, or stored there until the war ended (you can never know).

08/15 · May 15, 2020

Absolut said:
Tolle Waffe! Sehr erfreulich, dass sie gerettet werden konnte und nicht verschrottet wurde. Als eine Waffe die für die SS gebaut wurde, ist sie sehr selten. Noch dazu in einem so unberührten und guten Zustand. Die andere Waffe, ist das ein Gewehr 98 oder ein Karabiner 98? Hast du diese auch bekommen?

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To all others: Sorry for the German. Thought it would be easier for him. I basically congratulated and asked on the other gun he had mentioned.

The other was Karabiner98.
Yes, Ive got it too.

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