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Glad to hear you walked away from it. For me, apart from the fact it had been sporterised, the mismatched bolt would have been a deal breaker. Lots of people will tell you it doesn't matter, but, the manufacturers thought it did. What do they know?
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06-19-2017 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by
harry mac
Glad to hear you walked away from it. For me, apart from the fact it had been sporterised, the mismatched bolt would have been a deal breaker. Lots of people will tell you it doesn't matter, but, the manufacturers thought it did. What do they know?
What exactly is it you expect is going to happen with a mismatched bolt? Were Germany
's manufacture standards so poor that they had to number everything just so they could be sure it functioned correctly. I guess the screws, the barrel bands etc were also critical as they are numbered also. The US didn't number much of anything except the receiver.
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The Germans numbered everything for a reason. The rifle was built and numbered in the white. Then sent up to the bluing shop and disassembled then blued. Then re-assembled. Numbers helped keep track of everything. Very slow process, indeed, but they had it worked out.
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The parts were numbered to keep track of them after the rifle was issued . The parts were blued before the rifle was put together , barrel threads were a crush fit . Stamping was the last thing done to a complete rifle . Parts were interchangeable , screws where not hand made for each rifle . The German building steps are clearly documented , no need to make things up .
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NO, NO and NO. Please see/find/borrow a copy of "Backbone of the Wehrmact The German K98k Rifle" The Author's Revised Edition, study pages 86 to 138. See pages 121 to 123. See the following "However, all the components were as yet still in-the-white (unblued) and unserialled, and had to be completely disassembled again before the serial numbering and the bluing process could be preformed." Further on you will see "28. ....the parts were then stamped with the rifle's Fertigungsnummmer (serial number)...Following this...the rifle ...passed on to the bluing shop". However, you are correct that there is no need to make things up.
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