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C.G. Haenel M71 Carbine...

Len S

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Here are some pics of a '71 carbine I acquired. The bore's in excellent shape , all #'s match. There's no unit marking on it though , is that unusual for the imperial era?

Len
 

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What a beauty these are an elusive carbine to find. I especially like it because its manufactured by one of the Suhl companies. Really a very nice carbine congrats to you sir.
 
Wow, that is really awesome....so cool...I've never seen one in the wild, just pics.
 
I agree, outstanding rifle!

Regarding the absence of unit markings, it is very common for any of the variations to come without them. 71, 71/84, 88 & pre-war 98 all have significant numbers without unit markings. Have a look at our fledgling research projects on the 71 & 71/84 variations, it is very common for unit markings to be absent, especially in ranges. Of course we can never have a comprehensive understanding of any variation based upon these research projects, a trivial sampling can never answer all of our questions (though with less data environmental fascists, so-called scientists, pass off their "research" as factual, impacting the lives of billions of people... all with paychecks depending upon the "right results"), however, what can be gleaned is many of these rifles seem to have been stored or inventoried more than issued. Standing armies are expensive, it is a lot cheaper to produce the weapons an army will need (keeping arsenals employed) and store a significant number, using only what a needed for the standing army and training of reserves. In a world of technological change, in firearm development (ammunition), this probably resulted in large numbers of obsolete rifles that never were issued to actual soldiers. German soldiers anyway.
 
Awesome rifle to pickup, congrats! I have seen exactly two at shows EVER and the last one was horribly sanded. Here’s some pictures dug up online somewhere from the colonies.
 

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Very Nice. Congratulations. Beautiful shape. Great fun to shoot. I do have room for one more........I keep an empty slot in the case hoping to run across another one.
 

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