When i first looked at the bolt, my instant reaction is that it's renumbered postwar. I've been trying to figure out why I think that, it's just that I have seen so many bnz bolts (both Heer and SS) that it just doesn't look correct. The stamps are too even and perfect, you hardly ever see that on a bnz bolt. Add to that someone has done other renumbering on the rifle - firing pin should have no number, sear and bolt release should have no number as well.
The barrel code on this rifle makes it difficult to place in order (I used bbl code to decide what time frame the rifle is to place it). There technically should not be an "AM" barrel code, BUT I have noted oddball codes such as this before, specifically "MA" shows up on my study I have here, and I suspect this is one of the barrels made at the start of barrel production at Gusen, based on the capital letter codes used there. With that, I believe that it places the rifle right in the spot where bnz43 receivers were being replaced with bnz44, but the Radom production had not yet moved to and taken over SS production at Gusen. So, I think unnumbered bands could be correct on this rifle even though it has a numbered barrel and floorplate number. No "Eagle H" would also be correct in this time frame. Even so, the wear/blue on the bands just doesn't seem right - stock number is perfectly correct, so I am guessing the bands are as well, but maybe refinished.
I just don't care for the bolt. Notice how the gas shield is worn to silver at the safety, but the safety root is dark blue. Usually these parts wear together.
