Winter Trigger 98 and Manual Addendum Insert.. Of interest the addendum states that the winter trigger can be used with the 98/40, which it will not fit...BILL
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Here is an odd one... 44 WaA66 ...BILL
That indeed is an odd one, Bill. I have to admit, there are things about it that make me uneasy, like the "k98" hand stamed and the lever and rivet construction.
Any other markings that can't be made out on the photos?
jeff
Well, that's the thing. In my opinion, there really are few good fakes.
The "s" marked triggers are regarded by some as "fake", but I do not believe that word fits those triggers at all. I believe (for whatever that is worth) that the "s" triggers were produced at a very minimum on wartime tooling, and quite possibly pre-May 1945 as well. They are identical in every regard to all the known wartime triggers in all aspects of manufacturing method and materials.
The "s" code has been attributed to Dynamit A-G Vorn Alfred Nobel, St Lambrecht (Austria), they made ammunition primers, and sheet metal production may not have been a stretch (think Smith Corona and Frigidaire and other wartime manufacturers producing weapons outside thier normal wares due to capability based on existing equipment). But tht is admittedly unlikely.
There has also been speculation about postwar production for existing militaries which continued to field the K98k post WWII.
The faked "ofh" and some "eeu" varieties do not even approach the construction quality of the "s" triggers, though some "eeu" ones come closer than the "ofh" junk.
My opinion only, again, but there it is.
Jeff