AC43 G.41 trials sniper rifle

[Dave Roberts]

Hi Dave, yes got pictures of you - but you told me that this mount is reported to be in French hands? Do you know who in Germany had this?

Attached more pictures of the rifle. And yes, the rifle that Terrill had shown pictures of is the only one I am aware of being complete. I tried to contact James D. Julia and to put me in contact with the buyer of the gun, to which I never got a reply.

Georg
I know who sold this mount to the French Collector , I received the Pics I shared with you from the German Collector . I don`t want to say his name over forum but will in private if You want to know .

Georg
Whats the Ser# of Your G41 please .

 

[Absolut]

The story continues ... with the help of fellow members here we re-located a mount which was once not identified, but when comparing it to pictures of a known mount, we knew what it was.

The in-the-meantime buyer considered the high offer I made and it now finally arrived with me. No doubt it is the correct mount for this rifle, and it also gives the answer what the cheekpad was intended for. I need to admit that it doesn't fit that well (dovetail on the mount seems to be larger than on my rifle), but they might had been hand fitted or probably someone altered it after WWII, who knows. At least it locks in place and looks good the way it is now.

The WaA63 and the other marking on the mount seem to have been added later, at least I suppose it to. But I consider this to be a luxury problem. Note that even the top of the split rings were numbered/marked (even on both sides!) for the mount on the inside, plus the small lines showing the right position for the scope rings in the upper scope mount. The side adjustment is also possible, as with the Short Side Rail snipers, via a dovetailed rear ring.

I fitted the first spare scope from my display. The rings however look like they still have space for a thicker tube, and therefore I suppose the CAD or the H4/60, having a half-a-milimeter-thicker tube would be the correct one for this rifle. Good that I have a spare CAD which a friend is currently cleaning .

Looking forward to comments on the now re-completed rifle. And in the meantime I gotta go and get some lottery tickets while I'm on the lucky streak....

 

[Absolut]

... and the last three pictures, showing the rifle with the mount.

Edit: I'm inclinde to believe the "288" inside the dovetail might have been the serial of the rifle it was originally issued with. But of course would need a second mount to compare it to. Since most of these rifles were in the no-letter block, it would fit!

 

[Stana]

Amazing

 

[tbied2]

g41 .........

... well now ;;;... that rifle looks very nice with that mount, and scoped. ... t

 

[mdarnell19]

Very cool to see. I would imagine that these were hand fitted and you will see a lot of variation in how mounts will fit to bases that aren't numbered to each other. Thanks for sharing. It's like the first German version of the M1-C (which also requires a check pad).

 

[CanadianAR]

Quite the discovery!

 

[Hellraiser]

nice!

 

[Dave Roberts]

... and the last three pictures, showing the rifle with the mount.

Edit: I'm inclinde to believe the "288" inside the dovetail might have been the serial of the rifle it was originally issued with. But of course would need a second mount to compare it to. Since most of these rifles were in the no-letter block, it would fit!

Georg
As mentioned it is a small world , You got what You needed and the other member got what belonged to his Rifle . It really is strange how Karma works . Maybe when the other member gets his mated back up You and he can tell the whole story of what took place and how they were brought back together .

Its great to see that another one of these Rifles is back together . If I am not mistaken isn`t Yours the one that is most complete?. I know there is other Rifles like this but unaware of there completeness . Congratulations . Best Regards

 

[Amberg]

The rings however look like they still have space for a thicker tube, and therefore I suppose the CAD or the H4/60, having a half-a-milimeter-thicker tube would be the correct one for this rifle.

Georg,
would a H/4x60 with side bar fit?
Thanks

 

[Absolut]

Quite a good idea Wolfgang .. measured distance between front and rear scope ring on several SSR of mine, and the G.41 mount. All are slightly below or above 57mm. So I suppose a H4/60 with the side bar should work!

Why do you think of the side bar scope, if you don't mind me asking?

 

[Amberg]

Quite a good idea Wolfgang

Why do you think of the side bar scope, if you don't mind me asking?

There are 10 types of people in the world.
Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Just an idea!

Thanks

 

[vintagescope]

Nothing to do with original mount .... Totally fantasy WaA ! WaA 63 pre war .... and some very strange stamps

Good repro from Julia pictures for me !

 

[iron bender]

Why the imperial proof next to prewar WaA63 on the mount? Any chance this is a pre 1919 scope mount repurposed?

 

[Amberg]

Why the imperial proof next to prewar WaA63 on the mount? Any chance this is a pre 1919 scope mount repurposed?

Sorry, but I don't think that stamp should represent an imperial German marking.
We had quite a number of monarchies over here after WWI.
Many G41s were sent to the Kingdom of Romania.
Any collectors from Rumania here? who might confirm that stamp?
Thanks

 

[Absolut]

Hey JP, where it came from had absolutely to none connection to a G.41. And to me it looks like someone wanted to raise the value before selling it. But I don't care upon this, at least an original mount.

PS: WaA63 was also on SS DBL Claw DOW+ mount .. So not only pre-war.