Gew 249A Hechenshutze Spezielle

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Here are a couple of photos of my re-stocked Austrian sporter as might have been made for a Waffen SS sniper (if such a thing existed). The stock is CMP with very light sanding and boiled linseed oil finish. Most of the hardware was found on ebay as unissued GI except the upper band, which came from Dupage Trading. The sling is a cheap Indian copy.
It took a fair amount of work to get the action seated properly with the barrel centered in the stock a lightly resting on it.
I have fired it and have a photo of a 100yd shoot with a grouping of 10 in about six-inches with the scope acting up and the fear of scope-eye from hot Fiocci rounds holding us back a little. Couldn't get it to down-load. With the TE guaging at 6 and muzzle wear at 2.5 the rifle may never be a tack-driver (scharfenschutzengewehr).
Sorry about the cocked condition - I put the scope on after operating the bolt to show a divet in the stock or the modified bolt handle and, in my haste, neglected to de-cock it.. That file is too large to upload right now. The hand guard is slightly off-center at the end and moves a little in the upper band.
The scope is going back for a re-do. Adjusting the elevation causes the cross-hairs to move and the eye relieve seems really short. Something's not right.
Hechenschutze should be Heckenschutze.

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