bruce98k

July to Aug.44

Rifle appears to be commercial long rifle in standard 8mm and not a Wehrmannsgewehr (8.15x46R). Regardless of the later wartime...

I would not overthink this mark, my best guess is thats its as stated, an in-house acceptance/inspection stamp used internally at...

Rutche, I am not sure if the rifle remained in Reichspost service or was it transferred to another organization, or even the military. I...

At least from the situation in Ohio, the shows upcoming seem to have taken a huge hit. I know that the upcoming OGCA table count in...

Thanks...meaning of "Nachrichten" ? B.

That's not the case since a large number of M937-B rifles were diverted to the German Army when the contract went south in 1942.

Here is a corollary to the commercial in-house inspection marks. For military rifle production beginning in 1934, a 'Gothic S' was used...

I have not been as active as I usually have been in the past. I expect that to change once I fully retire next month and will have...

Buddy has S/155G with 35 dated frog. Unit mark is 2./N.42 Thoughts?

The first 33 dated Banner K I took apart has that marking, along with one other.

For reference here is a wartime accepted receiver prior to the French occupation.

'an' denoted the firm of C. Beutenmüller & Cie. Bretten/Baden-Württemberg. I would assume the Wa101 was the inspection team assigned to...

The roll mark is the "Mauser Banner" regardless whether its a military or commercial rifle or pistol. Mauser used the term Stand.-Gewehr...

That marking is an early Obendorf in-house acceptance/inspection stamp. There are other Gothic style inspection stamps associated with...