Interesting depot stock? And a BSW armorer stock

Well one’s Weimar era but close enough. Picked these two up for random projects, the beech stock will get a 1917 JPS action soon enough. I am at a bit of a loss on this stock as it lacks side proofs and only the B for wood type. There is a proof on the wrist and one down the keel, along with a serial of simply 72. Is this possibly an armorer replacement stock? I don’t recognize the recoil lug proof either. I really like the look of this beech! The second stock came on a parts rifle, only the second or third bsw spare I remember seeing. Its marked to the Konigsberg depot. Unfortunately cracked at the wrist with a half completed repair, the wrist will need some help as it was simply sanded and left as is, but I thought the stock was interesting enough anyway to grab.

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The beech stock lacking the side inspection would be an armorer piece IMO. Possibly used by Hannover or Posen? Can't tell if it is marked "H" or "11" on the buttplate. Interesting that you can see the intertwined S/H (Siemens & Halske) in the inletting for the receiver. That would've had it sporting a later Spandau marked receiver at one time.

heavy10 said:

..you can see the intertwined S/H (Siemens & Halske) in the inletting for the receiver. That would've had it sporting a later Spandau marked receiver at one time.

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Wow good eyes!

heavy_mech said:

Wow good eyes! View attachment 185482

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That’s why I took the picture, thought that was cool! Didn’t know which maker that was attributed to, thanks for the info and insight! The buttplate is marked “H” by the way.

The stock fits known stock matching H-receivers, typically they have a corresponding "H" on the BP, earlier use a "k" under, later blocks "s" is more common, the origins of the buttplates are diverse, some appear to be recycled, most seem newly used. Hard to be too rigid on the trends regarding these, most are like the Zeithain builds in the mid-1920's, well used or reworked, often mismatchers. But, this stock fits the pattern well (almost all are S&H, all lack cypher and RS acceptance, all are beech, all follow depot characteristics rather than manufacturer).

The BSW trademarked stock places it 1933 or after, probably 1935 or later with the waffenamt. I agree königsberg, a pretty critical (vulnerable) place and the only region where Germany's broader political problems didn't bleed into. Surrounded by nasty tempered Poles and Russians (worse communists) tended to make internal divisions and silly crap like politics less important. Of course lucky for Germans in EP, the Russians and Poles hated each other as much as the Germans... which was exactly why Seeckt courted the Russians, communist or not, to counter the Polish threat.

heavy10 said:

The beech stock lacking the side inspection would be an armorer piece IMO. Possibly used by Hannover or Posen? Can't tell if it is marked "H" or "11" on the buttplate. Interesting that you can see the intertwined S/H (Siemens & Halske) in the inletting for the receiver. That would've had it sporting a later Spandau marked receiver at one time.

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