BYF43 walnut stock from FRANCE

[ate79]

Dear friends, here's my plain jane K98 BYF43 from FRANCE. It's a "E" block.
It's an all matching except the bolt, which I guess was made by ERMA.

Feel free to comment!

The rifle was found as is, it was hidden under a sink.

 

[Muncher 1953]

Great find!

of course, they had to hide it somewhere damp……

 

[Welder1]

Amazing. I’d love to hear more details about where it was found.

 

[heavy_mech]

I find it interesting that it's a bolt m/m and wonder how it came to be so. I'd think most German Soldiers would be too anal to grab the wrong bolt but who knows?

 

[Rculver]

That's a nice rifle. If it was under a sink in France there is a good story there. Any import marks?

 

[Rculver]

French Resistance captured maybe

 

[PatickD]

That's a nice rifle. If it was under a sink in France there is a good story there. Any import marks?

Import marks are unfortunately an America thing. This rifle is still in France.

Probably right though, has a good story I bet.

 

[waw44]

I think I can guess the story…

 

[ate79]

Amazing. I’d love to hear more details about where it was found.

It was found in my grandpa's farm in LORRAINE after his death a couple of years ago.
The bolt mismatch was a common thing.

 

[ate79]

French Resistance captured maybe

No, it is sure that it wasn't a resistance capture. My place saw heavy fighting between American troops and German troops in november 1944. It was in occupied Elsass-Lothringen. No resistance there unfortunately.

 

[AN-94]

Nice to see another e block in walnut! Under the sink is an odd place to hide one but curious about the bolt mismatch. My e block in walnut also appears issued but managed to stay matching though most other e blocks that survive today appear to have been unissued or very lightly used.