K43 Sniper

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sturmgrenadier

Senior Member

• Apr 2, 2020

• #1

I picked this up last year, however kids and work prevented me from posting pics until now. This rifle was on GB out of Connecticut with limited photos, so I took a gamble. The rifle appears to have sat in a closet since the war, all internals match and all the spare parts were present in the butt stock as well as the manual. The rifle came with 2 late aye mags (both have a "+" on them). Mods feel free to tag this or add it to the photo gallery as I know we're short on rifles in the sniper section. It may be difficult to see, but rifle is a b block.

 

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sturmgrenadier

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• Apr 2, 2020

• #2

Stock is Walther supplied, c10 handguard. Single lug, reverse "45" on top of bolt carrier.

 

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sturmgrenadier

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• Apr 2, 2020

• #3

last bunch

 

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sturmgrenadier

Senior Member

• Apr 2, 2020

• #4

BTW scope is a Voigtlander ddx s/n 59331

 

mdarnell19

Beavis Moderator

Staff member

• Apr 3, 2020

• #5

Very nice rifle. Love the chatter in the stock. Thanks for sharing.

 

Tiger 2 Tank

Senior Member

• Apr 3, 2020

• #6

This is absolutely a nice rifle. Prime example of what to look at and compare things to.

 

Absolut

Senior Member

• Apr 3, 2020

• #7

What a great rifle! Tough to upgrade this one, congratulations! How much did you pay for it? There are hardly any references for matching numbers G/K43 sniper rifles.

 

Brian Kowalski

Grandpa Apfeltor

Staff member

• Apr 3, 2020

• #8

Stg, thank you for sharing the pics of this one! Really a nice rifle.

 

40caliber

Senior Member

• Apr 3, 2020

• #9

Beautiful rifle

I don't know much about these.

Were the scopes numbered to the rifles?

 

Titan

Senior Member

• Apr 3, 2020

• #10

Very nice!

 

Bigdibbs88

"Ach du lieber!"

• Apr 3, 2020

• #11

Great rifle!

 

ugafx4

I buy capture paper guns

Staff member

• Apr 3, 2020

• #12

What a rifle!

 

mrfarb

No War Eagles For You!

Staff member

• Apr 3, 2020

• #13

Great rifle man, one to be proud of. Are both mags phosphate?


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johnstanley

Member

• Apr 3, 2020

• #14

I loved my g43, but unfortunately had to sell it for funds. Ironically for its rough appearance it was amazingly accurate and with the p635 ammo I twice shot 5 round under 2 moa groups at 100yds. It was a k block ac 44, one of those with the Durofol hand guards (if you look at the percentage in this block with those hand guards, I'm sure it was what they were issued with). Anyway I wish I could find another, especially one like this beautiful example.

 

robber3

Member

• Apr 3, 2020

• #15

Sniper

Very Very Nice ! A textbook example of a very Rare original sniper !

 

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sturmgrenadier

Senior Member

• Apr 3, 2020

• #16

Thanks for all the comments guys, I’m sorry it took so long to post. If anyone needs any other photos just ask.

 

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sturmgrenadier

Senior Member

• Apr 3, 2020

• #17

Absolut said:

What a great rifle! Tough to upgrade this one, congratulations! How much did you pay for it? There are hardly any references for matching numbers G/K43 sniper rifles.

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George, it went for low 9s, however after discussion with SEVERAL members of the forum, I was prepared to go higher. The fact that the seller refused to take the rifle down to reveal internals; or answer requests for specific photos is the only reason it went so low IMO.

 

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sturmgrenadier

Senior Member

• Apr 3, 2020

• #18

mrfarb said:

Great rifle man, one to be proud of. Are both mags phosphate?


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Mike they’re both typical late war AYE black paint over phosphate, the mag in the photo came from Gene.

 

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sturmgrenadier

Senior Member

• Apr 3, 2020

• #19

40caliber said:

Beautiful rifle

I don't know much about these.

Were the scopes numbered to the rifles?

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At the beginning of G/K 43 sniper production, the mounts were serial numbered with both the rifle number and the scope number. Due to quality/ accuracy issues with the mass produced zf4 scopes, that practice was dropped shortly after it started and only the rifle serial remained on the mount until the end of the war.

 

jack944

Senior Member

• Apr 3, 2020

• #20

Super

You hit the jackpot! That one has it all.

My matching mount guns are no letter 45 and d block..