Verify K98k 'byf' 44

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1944 was the peak year of production for the byf 98k's. The 44 byf is the most commonly found K98k in this country. The rifles with the 5 digit single letter serial # are the last ones made toward the end of the war.. They are sometimes called the "Kriegs Modell"(war model) rifles. By the time the 5 digit single letter production occured it was common for only the reciever, bolt, gas shield, and cocking piece to be numbered to the rifle. Also at the end of production(your rifle)stamped parts were used for the front and lower bands, band springs, trigger guard, floor plate, and folower. Stocks were not numbered but are occasionally found with the serial # written inside the stock in pencil. The later guns also had a black phosphate bolt with two round gas holes. The byf barrel shield was used for the first time in 1944. The stock you have has a flat buttplate so it would be from a rifle no later than early 1940. The numbers on the stock indicate an R/C, so does the force matched milled floor plate and trigger guard.

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