Just acquired this dual guide d block AC45 tonight, with the scope and mount as well. The whole set has been together quite awhile, but no way to know if the scope and mount were added postwar. Acquired from the Vet's nephew-locally which makes it all the better. Came without a buttplate, so far now I threw on a Reproduction I had until something better comes along. Notice the chatter marks in the wood from latewar production. Even though I haven't it stripped it down, the bolt carrier is unnumbered. I'm wondering if it went out of that factory that way at such a late date of production... Chris...
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Some more pics...also lacking a front sight hood...any input on that, I've read some sources that say at this late date some rifles left the factory w/o a hood. -
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Some of the scope...optics nice and clear (after I removed all the dust over the one lens)Comment
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K43 pickup
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Nice!! That is definitely a good score!Comment
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Yeah, that is a wonderful score.....I wouldn't worry too much about a front sight protector as it may not have been fitted with one....However, since it's missing a cleaning rod as well, they may have been taken away around the same time.....Curious as to why they removed the buttplate....Unnecessary tampering, which truly is a shame.....An original will be tough, but not impossible.....The scope mount is clearly Walther proofed and unquestionably an original......Bodes
btw.....Is the stock proofed at all?......I don't see any Walther ones....Comment
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wow! super!Comment
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I've never liked the look of these rifles because it makes me feel they are unfinished...but it is a great item
and wouldn't mind having one.
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Bet this rifle was taken off of the factory floor during capture and was never fully completed, maybe waiting for final numbereing on a rack someplace. Hence the lack of a numbered bolt carrier and no sight hood. I have seen several like this in the "d" block...the last block at Walther, prior to capture by Allied forces. They then picked up a scope/mount somewheres along the line also.Comment
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I love those very late war G43s!
I own AC 45 serial # 22XX d and, for your reference, it has both the sight hood and the numbered (matching) bolt. And the laminatd stock has no waffenamt proofs.
Congratulations!
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good looking K43! Yup they were still making snipers in 45. No, yours did not leave the factory the way it is now. The mount would have been numbered to the gun.
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I don't see any wear at all on the front sight to indicate that a front sight hood was slid over the base and installed. I'm thinking it's correct as is. Who knows what happened to the buttplate?
This is a case where the internet helped this rifle along. The owner was considering sporterizing, then decided to do some research, saw what parts were selling for on ebay, decided on possibly parting the rifle out (God forbid), and then luckily saw my want ad posted on the internet. I picked up the rifle for what he considered the parted out parts might be worth...which wasn't entirely accurate. I gave him a little more to make it a fair deal. He appreciated that and told me he'll be calling me after the new year about some more rifles.... Karma comes back... Chris...
BTW-no serial numbers on the underside of the stock, but there are some waffenamt stamps in the wood on the underside.
I haven't dug out my Weaver book yet, but does anyone happen to know the highest reported serial for these? Wondering what the reject rate for acceptance was for these as well? I think I remember reading that Walther P38's were at a high reject rate in 1945.Comment
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The stock wouldn't be serial numbered.....Only BLM numbered their stocks up until the war's end.....Does your stock have C10 proofs?.....This was a subcontractor who made stocks for Walther.....BodesOriginally posted by ChrisCook View PostComment
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Great score! I especially like that scope/ mount, and a scope marked "K43" is tough to find.
Willi
Preußens Gloria!
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Chris,Originally posted by ChrisCook View Post
Weaver's book reports 7668d as the highest serial number found.
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