99% matching bcd41 K98k Norwegian 30/06 conversion

plymouthmauser

plymouthmauser

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My bcd41 Norge conversion arrived today. All matching to the conversion save the rear sight leaf has a different SN and is proofed to Borsigwalde, and the butt plate is a Sauer, but the SN is so close I did a double take. German serial 6149g is lined out and renumbered 25002 on the shaved edge of the receiver. Basement pictures came out well, save I couldn't get a bore pic, but the bore is medium bright and good plus.

The bolt is not original to the rifle but scrubbed and matched to the conversion with SN .002. The cocking piece, shroud, and safety are scrubbed and not renumbered. The bolt body was supplied by Astrawerke and the firing pin by Steyr/Austria, but the serial numbers do not match. Excellent Norwegian sling (no crosshatching). I swapped the IDF sight hood it had with an original German one. The rifle also came with a rubber muzzle cover.

The stock and hand guard match with stamped numbers and penciled-over numbers. The weird thing is the stock code under the butt plate - 42341; 1942, 341st day, which comes out to 12/7/1942. I assume the year code is wrong.

I've got 3 cans of HXP coming from CMP to keep it happy. Both the Sauer and the bcd are going to the range tomorrow!



















T.
 
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Nice looking Norwegian K98k! I have yet to add this variation to my M98 collection.

I noticed a large "circle A" on the receiver, which we know was a mark used by the Germans on rejected parts but this is also a mark applied by the Norwegians right?
 
In the case of the Norwegian conversions, the Circle A is stamp of Kongsberg inspector Hardy Ahlgren.
 
Range report

At the range today with great weather for what we've had lately - mostly sunny and 45 degrees. Shot 30 rounds of 1978 Yugo M75 for the '39 Sauer and 30 rounds of 1978 HXP out of the bcd41. The hits combined as the targets were stacked on the frame.

The Sauer was the top target. Started low left and walked them up to the center. Rifle functioned flawlessly. No sling, one elbow on the table, 75 meters - the target brackets were under ice at 100M.

The bcd41's first shot was low, the second a bulls eye. I then used the sling without checking and pulled all the rounds high left - I think the sling was too tight. I'll do better next time. Bore pic is the bcd41.

T.



 
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