Pair of Consecutive Number BNZ 45 T-Blocks

Been meaning to get pictures of this pair up since I got the second back in February and finally got some time. Pair of consecutive numbered BNZ 45's, picked up both within 7 months of each other and completely separate sources. Picked the first one up from a shop in Kentucky, it supposedly came out of a large collection they were disposing of, and I saw the second one come up for auction on GB and liked it for other reasons but the serial number kept bothering me and went back to look at mine and, well, figured I really needed to get it. For being consecutive numbered rifles and theoretically on the shop floor at the same time they are very different and have examples of many of the late SDP features which I thought pretty cool, consecutive numbers of something you would think they would be exact duplicates but not the case here. Laminate versus Walnut stocks, BNZ 45 marked receiver and a late used BNZ 44 receiver, sidewall with Mod. 98 and sidewall blank, and then a pinstripe handguard on the laminate. Both rifles have RS stock proofs and both came without hoods, judging by the front site base I think both did have hoods so I've found one Steyr type to add back but still looking for a second. I had a couple of late war slings that were almost duplicates of each other in terms of color and condition so added those to the rifles. I feel really fortunate to not only find the pair but for both to be in collector condition, outside some buggered screw heads on the band screws they are what you like to find condition-wise.

Nick

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Those are awesome! What a cool find. It’s crazy how different they are

So cool to see the two of those together. Glad you got 'em Nick.

After all these years, simply amazing.

Very late for a bnz44 receiver. Fantastic set.

Absolutely amazing ❤

thanks guys, the guy who did the splotchy solder job on the rear and front site bases seems to have worked on both of them, lol. I did forget to post pictures of the bolts and the endcaps. The cocking piece on 321 the 1 is an over stamp over a 6, and on the underside one bolt is e/623 proofed and the other just has in house marks.

thanks, Nick

That’s really awesome Nick. Congratulations on pulling them into the same collection

Great set! I really like the variance between the two in regards to the receivers. Interesting they came up for sale within a few months of each other.

Great set! Lots of variation between the two. Very cool!

Funny how different these are. I have seen other consecutive pairs posted that were also very different. Kind of flies in the face of the old factory movies with racks of identical K98k’s. Great eye remembering the serials. Thanks!

Fantastic pair. Doesn’t get much cooler than this.

Congrats Nick! You must be living right! Pic stickied for ref. Great pics too. Well done.

Deadly! Just deadly. Well done Nick.

I also have a pair of consecutives.

They are Argentine Model 98-‘09’s . . . . .packed in grease, wrapped in translucent American “invasion bags”. (same bag as seen in newsreels of the Normandy invasion)

They both still have the sight-in/testing targets wrapped around the butt stocks. (a mite greasy but there they are)

Dunno’ how much alike they are from one-another ‘cause I have never “unbagged” them. (I did one of them, partially, to look at the target)

I always wondered just WHERE these were tested . . . .Germany or Argentina . . . .’cause the information on the target is in Spanish.

Nice pair! Go for the third

Awesome pair! Do both bolts have the plunger assembly or the modified vk98 retrofitted plunger? I doubt they occur much after the s block but they are really low numbers.

Very nice! An interesting example of the occasional randomness of the assembly line with different receiver and stock types.