Gustloff-Werk (bcd) G-43 Rifle

**pitfighter** · 04-14-2013, 12:00 AM

no, lol - they would take the mechanism out of the stock for shipping.

**Wagriff** · 04-14-2013, 12:15 AM

by Jason L

The nicest G-43 I have seen.Why did they start calling them K-43 towards the end of the war?

The "K" designation, I believe, was to denote "Karabine".

**dustyr55** · 04-14-2013, 02:08 AM

Very nice. I have a BCD-43 K-98.

Dusty

**severin** · 04-14-2013, 11:40 AM

by Jason L

The nicest G-43 I have seen.Why did they start calling them K-43 towards the end of the war?

In 1944 the barrel was shortened by 50mm and the trigger guard was enlarged. Then it became the K43.

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