dou. 42 G.24(t) and Kar.98k

[Hambone]

dou. 42 G.24(t) and Kar.98k

 

[Hambone]

dou. 42 G.24(t) and Kar.98k 2

 

[Slingblade]

Very nice!

 

[touhy]

wow. I think i need to broaden my interest into earlier rifles

 

[tsmgguy]

Beautiful, Ham!

My own dou 42 98k, 5235b, is later than yours, yet has the earlier style "H" shaped milled upper band.

Added on edit: Oops! Didn't see the "i" in Craig's dou 42 serial, so the "b" block would be earlier, I guess.

 

[Pat]

Oooooohhh man. Those are REALLY nice, great job! I would love to find examples like those.

Pat

 

[bjarne]

Real nice,and beautiful clear stamps too

 

[Hambone]

Thanks guys. TSMG, that's not unusual, but in my experience the H banded dou.42s are much more difficult to find than these speed milled closed bands.

 

[THunter]

Those are great rifles Ham! Ive got a dou 42 e block k98 and a j block 24(t) but theyre nowhere as nice as yours.

Interesting thought on the H band, my e block has one. I Just assumed the early ones received H bands and the later speed milled... unless youre talking about the majority of dou 42 k98s youve personally seen had a speed milled band.

tsmgguy, It looks like Ham's 98 is an 'i' block...so yours would be earlier?

 

[Austin1914]

Those are nice! I think mines not too far away from yours numerically.

 

[plymouthmauser]

Nice transition bookends.

t

 

[timothy]

Agree two very nice rifles! timothy