Sniper pictures
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jk111
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Dave,
Some of the Finn m39/43 Ajack were delivered with final adjustment and sunshade
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Very nice
Blackpowderresearcher
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Allerberger mentions that he came across a platoon of youth who were equipped with sniper rifles. He didn't give them much of a chance.
I came across an account of a GI whose captain was fired at by some sniper. The GI hunted the "sniper" down and shot them in their backs as they ran. When he turned them over, he found he had killed teenagers who were sharing a scoped rifle. He relived killing them in his nightmares. The GI gave the rifle to the captain who took it home as a souvenir.
I am speaking of and or referring specifically to those Ajack 4X90 Scopes that were used by German .
I could easily believe that they are 18-19 years old and given that many sniper school attendees were selected to attend after basic training or certainly follow on infantry training due to very high marksmanship performance and probably other qualities, I could see many being in that age range. As for the period, sometime in 1944 would be a good bet but stamped front rifle bands were being used in some quantity by Mauser O/N by the second half of 1943.
Absolut
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Taken from eBay, front bottom reads "Karelien 1943" over "Onkel Peter Lieb, Unterstand", what translates to "Karelia 1943, Uncle Peter Lieb, Dugout".
Backside reads "Gebirgsjäger Polizei" over "2 x Groß Onkel Peter Lieb Gebirgstruppe Weltkrieg 1939/1945", what translates to "Mountain Troops, Police" and "2x Great Uncle Peter Lieb, Mountain Troops World War 1939/1945".
Not fully sure, but looks like either SSR or SC to me? Due to date and scope appearing to be an Ajack 4x90 with focal adjustment maybe more SS SSR?
Backside reads "Gebirgsjäger Polizei" over "2 x Groß Onkel Peter Lieb Gebirgstruppe Weltkrieg 1939/1945", what translates to "Mountain Troops, Police" and "2x Great Uncle Peter Lieb, Mountain Troops World War 1939/1945".
Not fully sure, but looks like either SSR or SC to me? Due to date and scope appearing to be an Ajack 4x90 with focal adjustment maybe more SS SSR?
Georg
Its definitely a SSR and not a SC if You have a close look you can see the front of receiver ring is bare with no base/ring on it .
By the way thank you for sending me the link to the auction I purchased this photo .
Its definitely a SSR and not a SC if You have a close look you can see the front of receiver ring is bare with no base/ring on it .
By the way thank you for sending me the link to the auction I purchased this photo .
It sure looks like it has a rubber eyecup , hopefully I will be able glean more detailed info once I have the photo in hand
I agree with what you said about eye cup and there is something wrapped around the front portion of rifle . I believe your correct about focal ring also , as I mentioned hopefully once in hand the focal ring can be verified and maybe some other details which are not being seen at this time . For me at this point in my collecting I am and have been totally focused on SSR rifles .
I recently bought a Unknown P.Kohler SS variant of SSR Scope , I paid next to nothing for it off gun broker and almost passed on it until something specific caught my eye at that point I could not hit BIN fast enough .
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Beautiful SAUER HT with DKL Scope , this one of my all time favorite photos
Foto Panzer Division Vormarsch Stalingrad 6. Armee 1942 WW2 Sniper Training | eBay.de
Einsatz 1941/42 in Ukraine und Russland, Heeresgruppe Süd. WW2 2nd World War. from the estate of tank soldier Friedhelm Müller, Kyritz / Prignitz.
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Absolut
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Just saw these two very interesting pictures too. Unfortunately they are already sold.
First picture:
Looks like a butchered SVT40 scope mount turned 180° and soldered (?) to the receiver of a K98k rifle. Sellers description reads as:
Second picture (two times):
Looks like a PEM top mount, somehow crudely welded(?) to a side plate that got attached to the side rail of a K98k rifle.
Sellers description to this picture reads the same as the above image.
First picture:
Looks like a butchered SVT40 scope mount turned 180° and soldered (?) to the receiver of a K98k rifle. Sellers description reads as:
Second picture (two times):
Looks like a PEM top mount, somehow crudely welded(?) to a side plate that got attached to the side rail of a K98k rifle.
Sellers description to this picture reads the same as the above image.
