Share-A-K98k bcd 4 "Dual-Tone"

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pwcosol

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Fellow collectors:
Decided the vault needed a airing out and while doing so, the pictured bcd | 4 (1945 assembly) came to mind. So, took some snaps. Got this one back in the early 1990s from a friend and part owner of a well known, So. Cal. gunshop. He acquired it during one of his annual pilgrimage/buying tours to states along and north of I-70. Since his interests were more along the lines of fine sporting, US Martial and classic western arms, he called me about the K98k. I took it home that very afternoon...

Addendum: If memory serves, "45" is stamped into the end-grain of the buttstock. Triggerguard/floorplate is "qnw". Oh yea... the bright ring on rim of tube & washer is due to reflection from overhead lighting.
 

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Thanks guys. It is interesting that earlier bcd 4 & byf | 44 rifles are seen with the reverse "dual-tone" variation... phosphate bolts with blued actions as well. My byf | 45 mit Zf41 is such an example (Nr 945)
 
pwcosol said:
Thanks guys. It is interesting that earlier bcd 4 & byf | 44 rifles are seen with the reverse "dual-tone" variation... phosphate bolts with blued actions as well. My byf | 45 mit Zf41 is such an example (Nr 945)
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under circumstances of forced labor at the assembly plant , difficult to envision that anyone would deliberately do “arty things” with components of different colors, but there it is. cool, thanks for sharing!
 
Muncher 1953 said:
under circumstances of forced labor at the assembly plant , difficult to envision that anyone would deliberately do “arty things” with components of different colors, but there it is. cool, thanks for sharing!
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We know during the German transition to utilizing a phosphate metal finish, various manufacturers of both complete rifles and/or components, did so gradually. Though unintended, this (coupled with manufacturing changes) certainly has provided a plethora of K98k variations for we collectors! Was talking to a fellow collector about the earlier bcd | 4 variant with most parts blued, and a phosphate finished bolt assembly (which still might be found with a blued component or two). He said those rifles were relatively scarce in his experience. They typically had milled or speed-milled parts as well...
 
Yeah those phosphate finishes are interesting in their own right. Imagine it took less time and labor of course. We are seeing more matte finishes on our modern hunting guns these days I have noticed. Have read a deep glossy bluing requires polishing of the metal before bluing is applied like a rust or hot dip bluing. Can see why by 43-44 a glossy bluing was the least of the germans concerns!
 
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