"G33/40" 8mm kurz

[BB75]

G33/40 barrel and stock... presumably. Hollowed out bolt handle. Lightening cuts in the receiver. Serial number in the barrel channel in the walnut stock does not match the receiver and barrel. Stamped "43" on the sear with two proofs with crowns over something also on the sear. Safety stamped "29." Indecipherable markings, one might be a circle around an "x", not a "z", at the base of the bolt handle. Wa63's on the barrel. That's it for markings except for the enigmatic "KURZ" on the barrel. Parkerized finish (?), nice bore, chambers and shoots 7.92x33 just fine (cannot stack more than two rounds in the magazine) within ice primer dents. Receiver length about 8 3/4" and barrel 19"+.

Not in 10mmx33 as one picture might indicate, but rather counterbored at muzzle about on inch into the barrel. Lack of hand guard and barrel bands indicate that is probably a super scarce late war experimental Kriegsmodell (har har) but provision for cleaning rod means it is possibly a labor of love for a skilled gunsmith.

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bolt handle

handle hollowed out

[pitfighter]

Nice - I think you're on the money with your analysis - a labor of love for someone with a sporterized G33 he wanted to have fun with!
Regardless an interesting one to take out and shoot.

[bodes]

Why is it that all parts including recoil lug, take down disk, and butt plate are phosphate finished?....These would be the first indication it's not in wartime configuration....Bodes

[HAF]

it's not in wartime configuration....Bodes

yes you are right

[Promo]

Can you please post a picture of the receiver ring markings? Is the action G.33/40 marked on the side wall of the receiver?

Check the barrel if the fields and rivers are exactly the same thickness, to my knowledge the G.33/40 has a very special barrel profile differently from the K98k.

[BB75]

Here is the receiver. 33mm in diameter; no markings (i.e., no "dot" and no "945"). And also a very bad picture of the left of the receiver with no "G33/40"

[BB75]

Here are pictures of the barrel showing a joint near the front sight and the profile of the barrel. 24mm in diameter in front of the receiver, 19.5mm near the rear sight, 14.5mm near the front sight. No "step" in it like on a 98K; more like a taper. I was not sure what you meant by the fields and river. Do you mean grooves and lands in the bore? it is a 4 groove bore.

[Bob in OH]

Is the receiver, really from a 33/40?

It's either heavily scrubbed (no side rail or maker on the top), or its been fabricated from something else. The receiver font is diff then the barrel, which does look correct. The "lightening cuts" seem suspicious too... but out of focus. Bolt hollowing too is not orig, IMO...

[HAF]

Is the receiver, really from a 33/40?

looks like new made stuff,for sure not from ww2 g33/40

[BB75]

I concur but I believe the barrel and stock are original from a G33/40, though will gladly be corrected. I do not know how else someone could have come up with the Wa63s stamped in it. The lightening cuts show no machine marks, unlike roughly done cuts I have viewed on one example on the internet. The receiver dimensions seem to match those of a small ring sporterized Mauser 98A I have; maybe that was used? (I wonder if this rifle's creator is reading this and smiling.)


Quote "It's either heavily scrubbed (no side rail or maker on the top), or its been fabricated from something else. The receiver font is diff then the barrel, which does look correct. The "lightening cuts" seem suspicious too... but out of focus. Bolt hollowing too is not orig, IMO..."

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right side of receiver

[AndyB]

Looks like G33/40 reciever, most real scrubbed down the marking, anyway its postwar phosphated. So way there is a 8x33 chamber, hard to say . best regards,Andy