The FINAL K98 sniper design is so rare in real life that the ones you are likely to ever see are "built clones". It was a great concept that came at the wrong time but by todays standards think of it as a Aimpoint Micro on a AR-it makes shots much easier but its NOT a sniper rifle scope. Once zeroed it was by all accounts a damned fine "marksman rifle" scope, and a generally lousy sniper scope-and thats the problem, too many real snipers were handed the ZF41 and told to go kill the enemy. By all accounts they were a bitch to zero, requiring a fixture to hold the rifle steady between shots and while pins were used to move the reticle (not in the modern Up/Down style) in a figure 8 pattern until the sweet spot was found. Again it had the Heavy No1 reticle and had a BDC adjustment for range. Its a LONG eye relief scope that was mounted on the side of the rear sight, so it sat above the rear sight. The ZF41 is the "scout scope" that Cooper patterned his Scout Rifle idea. The scopes were designed and intended to be carried OFF the rifle in a leather (later metal) case and only mounted when actually sniping. ALL the mounting methods allow use of iron sights when the scope is mounted. They sit on the top of the receiver also but the scope "twists" on to the front base then locks into the rear. The last method (sorta) was the Turret mount (high and low).
Claw mounts were a draw from the civilian world. Claw mounts have hooks or "claws" on the feet of the rings that lock into bases on the receiver top (in a traditional American position). The original side mount was a SHORT side mount, this was followed by a LONG side mount, which was "needed" to be more secure.
They used screws and pins to secure the mount base. The side mounts attached to the left side of the receiver.
There were side mounts and claw mounts and turret mounts. The ZF39 had several different mounting systems, each with its own pluses and minuses. They had built in range adjustments with a "pretty good" bullet drop comp built in based on the trajectory of the 8x57 round. Its relatively fast to use and "reasonably" precise give the scopes of the day. Typically German scopes had a No1 reticle (HEAVY pointed post with HEAVY side bars. So the ZF39 is a traditional scope that you could use today. The Germans werent the only ones to do this, especially in the pre and early war years. Actually the original scopes were sporter designs. Basically there were three kinds of K98 snipers (actually more but we'll keep it sorta simple).įIRST was the ZF39-think of this as a sporter rifle in military dress.
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I started looking at WW2 Mausers and from there sporterized full stocked Mannlicher style rifles and finally to K98 snipers.įoe those not in the "know" and for you guys who dont measure screw threads to see if they are English or metric before handing over cash heres a short and very flawed course but itll get you started. After several false starts and a few new rifles for me. Today's pondering comes out of a search for a hunting rifle for my bride.
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It usually sparked by some other issue or maybe a simple as watching an old movie (my recent Martini Henry search was fueled by watching Zulu and Zulu Dawn). Every once and a while I go off on exotic tangents, OK weird tangents. I put this in the Bon Vivant section because its more of a quest for a shooter toy than a serious sniper rifle.
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