[Sticky] K98 Springer Projects

Luckily, they're the mounts that were with the sight. All I did to them was to dry brush the hell out of them with some gun metal paint. I also cut the RIS sight rail in two, so the sight fits it exactly and then ground off the "excess" slots. Not having a rail over the bolt looks more "right" in my opinion. Thanks for the comment about the wood, I realised the look of the stock was paramount, so I sanded it before staining it a darker shade and then applied wood wax to bring out the grain.

Heide that looks very nice, what FPS have you got on that lovely little thing?

Not sure mate, don't have a chrono anymore. It will go through the bottom of a Stella can and leave a big dent in the top though, so it's pretty good. Once I've gotten the conversion completed, I'll be working on the accuracy and possibly adding some internal upgrades. It's already pretty accurate with .25g bb's up to about 50M but I'll be looking for better than that!

Try some 4.3's my Tanaka turned into a beast when I used them with green gas, and the bb's give out a loud thwack when you hit someone! BTW where did you get the sccope?

I have some .43's laying about I think. I'll be trying them out once I get the power upgraded. I always got very good results with previous sniper rifles using the Maruzen grand master bb's at .3g.

The scope came with the rifle, which I bought from Fandanglos at CR. It's surprisingly good as well!

Think I've got a spare M120 spring lying around, if thats any good to you you can have it, I'll bring it to the TD

Thanks Chris, that would be great. Hopefully, I'll have it finished and zeroed by then.

WOW that custom k98 looks amazing.

I wouldn't mind one of those to complement my Tanaka

Great work

Looks brilliant, Heide. Any thoughts of mass production?

To be honest Steiner, I think the cost would be prohibitive! A rough break down of what it's cost me in parts.

£70 for the stock (inc bands and upper handguard)
£75 for the donor gun & scope.
£45 (ish) for the other metal bits (cleaning rod, sights, trigger guard, etc).

On top of that, there's the sundries like the tube for the barrel, milliput, dremel cutting and sanding discs, paint, etc. If you shop around, the parts can be got for cheaper but I reckon it owes me about £220 or thereabouts, cheapest it could be done? I estimate £200. Factor in labour, and you're almosttalking the price of a used Tanaka one, at least £250.

I made this because I wanted a K98 I could use all year round and as a backup gun should my MP40 break. I might do another one for my Brother but I can't see any good in mass producing them, because of the cost and peoples' expectations when paying for something!

Well if possible I would like to fire a mag through it once your happy with it? compare it to my own k98. I've never fired a springer airsoft rifle, especially one that looks as good as your custom one.

Impressive considering what it started as, hat of to you heide wouldn't mind a quick blast myself with it to compare to the tanaka

nice work wel done fella

looking really good there!

How easily did it fit into the stock? i'm having a right 'mare with the Mosin!

It was a bit of a nightmare to be honest. Not really much margin for error, especially around the cut out for the bolt handle. I did all of my cutting with either a drill bit, a hole cutter or a dremel. I don't have a miller or a router, so it's all been done the hard way!

Best advice I can give is just go slowly! It's worth taking your time over it to get a good fit. I wanted my bolt handle to line up properly, so I had to compromise on how the body fits into the stock. In the end, I managed (or fluked!) to get the body to fit very tightly with only one bolt neeeded to hold it in place, so I can take the whole gun down in about 5 seconds with just 1 allen key but when it's put together, it's rock solid.

It was a bit of a nightmare to be honest. Not really much margin for error, especially around the cut out for the bolt handle. I did all of my cutting with either a drill bit, a hole cutter or a dremel. I don't have a miller or a router, so it's all been done the hard way!

Best advice I can give is just go slowly! It's worth taking your time over it to get a good fit. I wanted my bolt handle to line up properly, so I had to compromise on how the body fits into the stock. In the end, I managed (or fluked!) to get the body to fit very tightly with only one bolt neeeded to hold it in place, so I can take the whole gun down in about 5 seconds with just 1 allen key but when it's put together, it's rock solid.

i don't think mine will be able to be taken down easily, i've got the trigger mech and bolt fitting fine, but i've decided to machine a new barrel housing from scratch on the lathe/milling machine, to give it the lateral strength needed to bat it around in the field.

It'll mean that it should be able to take a bayonet too!

sgt heide,
where did you get the stock from, tried googling for one but couldn't find it when i looked into doing similar project.

any help on your supplier appreciated

jeks

sgt heide,
where did you get the stock from, tried googling for one but couldn't find it when I looked into doing similar project.

any help on your supplier appreciated

jeks

i'vde found a few on international ebay recently while i was looking for projects, in fact there's a laminated one on now:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/k98-laminated-sto ... 0155888234

I got my stock a few months ago from a private sale on Ebay. It took quite a while to get a good one off ebay with the front bands present, perseverance was the key. The same goes for the "sundry" bits, like trigger guard and sights, which don't seem to come along too often. This guy has them for 100 euros and charges 20 euros for post http://www.thuringenmilitaria.com/weaponrelated.html

I'm STILL waiting for the front sight to turn up. I've now filled the little gaps I found here and there and added some milliput to the bolt handle to round it out a bit. Should be finished any day now and I'll post up some better photos then.

On a side note, I see Ebay are soon going to be banning the sale of certain firearm parts completely.