Absolut
Senior Member
Recently receiving a friends request for pictures of such a rifle for a book on Erma, I borrowed the pictured rifle from a friend of mine. Since it might also be of interest to others here, also attached a small selection of the pictures made.
The most interesting fact about this rifle is the origin. The current owner is the second owner of this cutaway model. He bought it somewhat 30 years ago from the Landespolizeidirektion Linz, who was the first and original owner of this cutaway. Considering the year on the receiver and this origin, my assumption is that after the occupation of Austria they gave these cutaway models to foreign police units, to train them with the - for them - new K98k rifle.
Note the rifle is stamped in several places with a "U". While some suggest this would mean "Übung", I highly doubt this. If it were, they would had stamped it "Ü". But they used the "U". And therefore the most possible explanation for me means "Unterricht" ("instruction"). The known rifles range in a very certain serial range, it appears that this was a whole block of these rifles being done. The highest serial I could find was 492. Does anyone have a higher serial number for those?
The most interesting fact about this rifle is the origin. The current owner is the second owner of this cutaway model. He bought it somewhat 30 years ago from the Landespolizeidirektion Linz, who was the first and original owner of this cutaway. Considering the year on the receiver and this origin, my assumption is that after the occupation of Austria they gave these cutaway models to foreign police units, to train them with the - for them - new K98k rifle.
Note the rifle is stamped in several places with a "U". While some suggest this would mean "Übung", I highly doubt this. If it were, they would had stamped it "Ü". But they used the "U". And therefore the most possible explanation for me means "Unterricht" ("instruction"). The known rifles range in a very certain serial range, it appears that this was a whole block of these rifles being done. The highest serial I could find was 492. Does anyone have a higher serial number for those?
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