**Mismatched German qve45 Code K43 Sniper Rifle with ZF4 Scope

World War II

7.92x57mm. 21.5" barrel length. SN: 1016c. Blued wartime finish set in laminated wood semi-pistol grip stock with optics rail to right receiver and mounting a ZF4 rifle scope. Short stroke piston driven semi-automatic rifle fed by a detachable magazine that can be charged with stripper clips. Item mounts standard tangent rear notch and fully hooded front blade sights. Left receiver struck K 43 qve 45, indicating it was manufactured by Karl Walther of Zella Mehlis in 1945. Item shows weak waffenamt marks on the locking lugs with {Eagle/214} marks on top of the bolt body and carrier. Bolt components are mixed with body showing a non matching serial number applied via electropen. Top of barrel struck DA below handguard and qve within triangle. Scope has a fire blued metal finish with blued retaining bands. Left body of scope struck Gw ZF 4 dow {triangle} over serial number 37393. The dow manufacturer code indicates the scope was made by Waffenwerk Bruenn of Czechoslovakia. Scope base shows {Eagle/214} waffenamt to left side. Retains the turret protector for windage, and a fastening lever that is marked fest and lose. Scope base displays the rough porous external finish typical of late war German production with only the friction surfaces taken to a higher degree of polish. Magazine displays an enamel finish and is struck with the manufacturer code ave for Olympia Bueromaschinenwerke along with K43 model mark and {Eagle/WaA843} waffenamt marking. Rifle comes with cleaning rod and a period leather sling with loop stamped 2809-701. Trapdoor buttplate with stock void of tools.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.