Sniper or not

["Tim"]

Now it's complete

 

[mrfarb]

Cf barrel code puts this in 1944 production.

 

[Absolut]

A bit late to this thread, nevertheless: long time since I've seen a sniper rifle this nice. Thank you for sharing it.

 

[Remfan]

Thanks for sharing! Great to see a fine example.

 

[Turbo Archie]

I know a 43 Single Claw would not or should not have a Checkered butt plate , the lack of serial number on barrel is what had/has me confused .

What about the white glue??

 

[Dave Roberts]

What about the white glue??

What about it ??

 

[Turbo Archie]

What about it ??

Is that common on a single claw?

 

[flynaked]

Plenty of 43/44 Steyr in WGL.

 

[nirvana]

With a matching scope can? Jesus.

 

[Lanz]

Hello and good day,
I've been a silent reader of the K98 forum for a long time and only registered here a few weeks ago because of the pictures. Is it possible that the Steyr single claw mount is a replica made by Gerd Neuhaus from Germany? He manufactured a large number of these mounts professionally around 20 years ago. I myself am also from Germany and have had a reproduction single claw from him, and this reproduction single claw looked 100% identical to the mount shown here. Are these reproduction mounts by Gerd Neuhaus known in America?
Best regards from Germany
Lanz

 

[Turbo Archie]

Plenty of 43/44 Steyr in WGL.

You left out "single claw"

 

[flynaked]

What would be the difference if they are pulled from normal production. I’ve seen at least a couple of WGL SC off the top of my head.

 

[mauser99]

very nice example you have there..

 

[mauser99]

Now it's complete

and you have the friggen can !!! wow...

 

[mdarnell19]

You left out "single claw"

Single claws where regular produced rifles that showed higher accuracy levels so were converted to snipers. So any single claw sniper will pretty much have all the same features as a regular production rifles.

The scope mounts where added, safety shortened, checkered butt plate added (in 1944) and a final proof placed on the barrel. Besides that they are the same.

 

[Absolut]

I really wonder if it was Mahrholdt himself to fit the checkered buttplates, or if they did this at factory already?

 

[mdarnell19]

I really wonder if it was Mahrholdt himself to fit the checkered buttplates, or if they did this at factory already?

I guess we will never know but I would guess the factory since we see the same butt plates from Sauer, Mauser and Gustloff. I would think Steyr also shortened the safety before Mahrdolt received the rifles.

 

[Lanz]

...and a final proof placed on the barrel.

Was this final proof (placed on the barrel) different from the regular weapons? Was there a double proof test?

 

[Absolut]

I guess we will never know but I would guess the factory since we see the same butt plates from Sauer, Mauser and Gustloff. I would think Steyr also shortened the safety before Mahrdolt received the rifles.

Well we do know the unfinished LSR snipers by Gustloff feature checkered buttplates.. are you also aware of unfinished snipers by Mauser that feature checkered buttplates?

Personally I would guess that Mahrholdt was fitting the Buttplates and shortening the safeties, because there still is the chance that these rifles would not fire great after the conversion, and then I would expect them to be rebuild to normal service rifles. But well, what do we know. Could also be that Mahrholdt and/or his employees actually outcarried the sniper conversion at Steyr factory.

 

[flynaked]

That’s an interesting question and thought, I would presume they were sourced from Mauser, since they were getting other stamped parts in Berlin anyway? I would assume they probably did not go to the factory for such work, since we have that shipping document listing delivery of 98k’s to Mahrholdt. Steyr was already dispersing so much as the SC rifles were being produced, and at a shortage for space, I would bet sourcing the work to their Innsbruck shop was a welcome arrangement.