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I always wanted to create this image with text and a blown up angle of the close-up to share. I consider it an interesting find. Enjoy!

Another day, another rifle telling me something. When I pick up a German .22, especially a standardized rifle like a DSM, I look at in in many lights. Literally, I swing the thing around, letting the light above me, next to me, where ever, hit the stock especially, in horizontal directions...

Okay, I found my unicorn. Need to share now that I'm done photographing it, taking it apart, and thinking about it.

My boss picked up this scrapbook a couple years ago in Kassel, Germany. Here are some images that we wanted to share.

This is small beans. I swear I've seen this before but can't place it. Any ideas?

Wondering if anyone has ever laid eyes upon a few models: Simson 317k, BSW Sportmodell, and a Gustloff Sportmodell? I wonder the same about a BSW 315, but I have seen an image on a Russian forum, but in low resolution and not confirming the s/n.

I'm trying to wrap up charts for Simson, BSW, and Gustloff models and I have come to an impass. I don't know the German trainer collectors' community solid names for the BSW logos. The early one reads 'BSW Suhl' on the receiver front top, and after 1938(?) reads 'BSW (with the full proper name...

Okay, I am perplexed. I've been pouring over google images for the last hour, digging in Weaver's encyclopedia, an even frightfully visited some evil symbol sites in search of snakes. And I still can't figure this one out and see nothing close. This BSW W625C s/n 191093 is stamped on the butt...

On a Simson W625B, estimated mfr of 1935/1936. 'Reich' something or another I suppose....

We can't quite figure this rifle out. Assuming that it is a Gustloff, I labeled some of the photos accordingly. Is it a late war commercial assembly, or post-war assembly? Possibly out of reject parts? Comments, please!

I need help finding a book or a fabulous source about commercial proofing. I'm noticing so many minute and huge differences in commercial proofing procedures, styles, placements, fonts, nomenclature, etc and I really want to know the community's opinion on the best source for any information I...

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I need your help, and your arguements/thoughts. I cannot secure evidence to support that Mauser KKW's were made in one serial range or two serial ranges. I would like to start adding up what we do know and believe. I want to present both sides of the argument in the book and see what, if...

Did commercial (E/N) proofing take place at Buchenwald's Gustloff Werke II???

I'm looking at documents from 1944 that list what the 3rd Battalion of the Volkssturm had on hand for weapons. It lists Gustloff KKW's. I understand that this last-ditch force may not have had logo stamps, and may have hand carved their #'s or initials into weapons, as is apparent on any...

I would like to use the most accurate words when speaking of the KKW. Anyone know of a piece of literature or book where one would be shown? I see many German diagrams in 'Mauser Smallbores' book, but would to know if an English equivalence exists. Thank you, Nicole

Robert has 1980's print outs of lists of serial numbers for Simson, BSW, and Gustloff training rifles compiled by collectors of the time. According to these old record there is a BSW KKW sn 187,019! The KKW was in mass production around the 200,000 serial number range and had the 2nd type BSW...

I'm giving the Mauser DSM's some attention today and updating markings, etc. I am noticing that many of the rifles have capital letter markings/stamps to the rear of the bolt release. I'm wondering if this is something worth noting. The last time I noted some small overlooked stampings was on...

Does anyone know what this mark on the butt stock is/means? I've only just begun looking but turning up no results.