G\K43 rifles

[Live4therut]

Hi folks,

I notice there's not really a place for these, with over 400k of these being built I imagine there's some nice ones out there. Here's a matching example I picked up and imported earlier this year. I got the optic yesterday from a fellow collector and friend, its mismatched to the rifle but correct type and finish for the ac44.
























Cheers
Patrick

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[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

Only seen two in the wild.
How does she shoot?

[Aragorn243]

I'd love to have one but can't afford it.

[Live4therut]

Only seen two in the wild.
How does she shoot?

Don't know, probably won't find out. Original parts are irreplaceable, and with plenty of vopo's and Bubba'd ones out there to shoot.

[jonnyc]

I love mine, it's a great shooter. I have all the bits, but no scope. I had a spare Soviet PU scope lying around and using a small strip of leather as a shim made it a "perfect" fit. They ain't cheap, but worth it if you can find a good one.

[Sarge]

I developed a great liking for the G/K 43 rifles immediately after I got my first one in 1953. I had been hunting deer with a bring back K98k and the 43 became my new deer rifle. Don't remember when I got my first scope & mount.
I long ago quit using a matching rifle as a hunting rifle! My current - for the past maby 40 yrs is a mismatched G. I shortened the bbl by 2 inches just for the hell of it since it wasn't a collector piece and replace the sporterized stock with a new one made w/o the butt trap and put a K98k butt plate on it along with the regular 43 kick plate. My current scope set up is a repro scope mount with a ruskie SVT 40 scope on it. NO way am I going to use an original scope & mount, which I did for years!
I currently have somewhere around 15- 18 G/K 43s and at least 4 scopes & mounts + 4 extra scopes, 4 original mag pouches/mags and an extra original stock. Here is some of the heard.
Sarge
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[jonnyc]

Sarge, how did you shim the front of your PU/SVT scope?

[philb]

thin yourself you can have a working one....bloody stupid laws they have over

[browningautorifle]

Nice looking rifle, wonder how many of those went into Halifax harbor at wars end? That would be one that the troops would bring back for sure.

[Calif-Steve]

I never had much shooting my K43. I used Canadian WWII 7.92 rounds and it over-powered the rifle. I saw a real VG-1 at the Phoenix SAR show early December. I wouldn't owning one of those semi-auto little rifles.