Mauser Karabiner 98k

Yves TAR a écrit:Salut
ce qui me surprend est que le bois semble être du noyer
or, en 45, les bois étaient essentiellement du lamellé collé
peut être y a t-il récupération d'un 98 précédent ???
ou alors c'est une autre essence ?
les poinçons devraient "parler"
super
beau boulot en perspective

In 1943 Steyr rifle stocks can be found made of either laminate or solid wood and were numbered
both inside and outside. All metal parts were milled, numbered, and proofed with
combinations of Waffenamt “623” and “77” proofs. The primary difference from
1942 production is that the range graduation scale on the underside of the rear-sight
leaf was deleted. Stamped bands, triggerguards, and floorplates begin to appear in late
1943. The known serial number range is from 797 to 596u, with an estimated
production of 230,000 rifles. Steyr also made K98k rifles again for the German Navy.
There is usually a deeply stamped letter”M” on the right side rear of the stock on these
rifles.
Standard 1944 Steyr production used a single digit to denote the year of manufacture. One will
occasionally, perhaps rarely, encounter a “bnz” with the double digit 44 date stamp These were the last lot
of the SS rifle contract (note the absence of the military “WaA623” waffenamts).
The “bnz 4” variation used stamped parts. The use of Waffenamt “135” parts
becomes quite common. Waffenamt “77” and “WaA77” parts are found in large
numbers and barrels made at F.N. (proofed “WaA140”) are often found. 1944
also saw the first use of the “bnz” barrel shield. Many of the receivers used by
Steyr in 1944 were made at Radom as evidenced by the Waffanamt “77”
proofing and the string of odd and assorted 'squiggle' proofs found on
the receiver bottom sides under the level of the stocks. Steyr stocks
have a distinctive bolt grasping clearance compared to other makers such as “byf” and “CE”.
The 1944 and later Steyr stocks also have crude inletting for the sling. Bolts on the 1944 “bnz”
K9Bk's commonly exhibited the round gas holes and the milling is quite rough. Steyr did not go to the
phosphate finish in 1944. All seem to have gone to the Army and the stocks were still H stamped but no
longer externally numbered. The known serial number range is from 744 to 4917q, with an estimated
production run of 280,000 rifles.
The “bnz” rifles are interesting as there are several sub-variations that appear in sufficient number
that a collector can expect to find good examples of all but one of them. Strong evidence indicates that in
1945 unlike the normal practice of the earlier years Steyr continued the sequential serial numbers of the
1944 rifles into 1945 and did not stop the numbers and start over again with number 0001, no letter block.
The highest “bnz” 4 rifle noted is serial number 4917q and the lowest “bnz” 45 is number 4186q. No
1945 “bnz” rifles earlier than the q serial number range have been reported.

extrait de "THE STEYR K98k - Written by Bob Jensen and edited by Peter Kuck 06/11/2002"