#AIRSOFT GERMAN MAUSER RIFLE SERIAL#
Interestingly, low turrets in the k and i block will have the letter prefix included on the front scope ring along with the rifle serial number. However, production of the low turret continued for a short time. The earliest high turrets seen to date are in the k block of 1943 dated rifles. While the front base was simplified, it did not change in height. One of the results of this simplification was the front turret being 4mm taller. The reasoning for this simplification was most certainly to produce a more cost effective, easier to produce sniper system. In late 1943 the front base and front scope ring of the low turret was modified and thus became the high turret. Sauer began production much later then Mauser and only assembled the low turret for a few months before changing over to the high turret. Sauer did produce a small number of low turrets in late 1943 and early 1944. While the vast majority of genuine low turrets found today will be Mauser produced rifles dated 1943, J.P. It would appear from the number of authentic examples observed that it would not be until 1943 that rifles could be produced in significant numbers. Suffice to say, initial production was slow. The most commonly cited issues were mounts breaking and scopes having parallax sighting errors.Ĭurrently, these are the only production totals known. Despite rifles being completed, Mauser was facing issues in the initial production. In May a total of 1,340 rifles were completed and delivered. In April of that same year, 875 rifles were completed and sent to the Army Ordnance Office Ulm. According to Mauser documents, 200 rifles were equipped with scopes. In January of 1940, Mauser produced the first low turret snipers. The first mounts produced under this new program were the low turret, so named for being slightly shorter then their counterpart, the high turret. It seems clear that the development of this new system was done at Mauser Werke A.G. The designation for this new sniper system was the Zf.39. The turret system was the first scope mounting system that was specifically designed for the K98k. Prior to this, only commercial mounting systems, such as the short side rail and objective mount, were used as sniper rifles. The turret sniper was the result of this program. In 1939 the OKW supposedly initiated a directive to start a sniper program.
0 kommentar(er)
