If you look close the serial number is stamped twice on the butt stock too
..I would double check on the possibility of Geco, pretty unlikely, but possible, they were in Berlin and MB used e/280 and in one case an e/280 is known, for a 1937 barrel. Thing is Geco started making barrels when e/280 was going out of Berlin, most Geco's are 39-40 dated barrels
I agree, this is a Kl6 marked wrist which is Kassel.
Here is a Gustloff kkw with Zf41 that has the P on the keel..
I hope we didn't get off on a bad foot. I'm pretty sure I saw research, maybe yours? regarding Geco finished Ruhrstahl barrels with e/280? Especially
'38? Again it's certainly possible I'm completely wrong. I'm so new to trending compared to you guys.
Thank you very much Craig!
Yesterday I had already announced that I discovered something important. I have to admit that I was wrong in my first post with Kaseinleim and Phenol-Formaldehydharzleim. With the type of glue I was wrong, but luckily the new information still suport my theory with the meaning of the letter "K" and "P". Now we even have period evidence.
The answer I could find in the book "Tempered woods and wood-like construction and materials - Definition and markings" written in 1942 by Prof. Dr. Ing. F. Kollmann (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH).
Here is the relevant excerpt: View attachment 204138 You can see, the Kaseinleim is abbreviated with the letter "C". The letter "K" stands for Kauritleim and the letter "P" stands for Pressalleim. Pressalleim belongs to the same group like Kauritleim and is a synthetic resin glue. The "Pressal" is a melamine resin glue mixed with additives for the wet-proof gluing of plywood and was manufactured by Henkel & Cie. GmbH in Düsseldorf.
Already in 1929 the company I.G.-Farben launched Kaurit synthetic resin glue on the market. The Kaurit had the advantage over the previously used casein glue that it was more waterproof than this. But a very high accuracy of fit was necessary to achieve perfect bonding, in addition for larger seam there was a risk of shrinkage and embrittlement of the seam. In Germany the raw materials became scarce or they were partially not available at all. Despite the known disadvantages the Kauritleim was still used. As example in September 1944 there was a meeting in Oberndorf, a stock supplier had to visit Mauser because of problems with their laminate stocks. A high proportion of stocks had delamination problems and the reason was, the Kauritleim had already entered into the hardening process at the time of compression because of the great heat at that time. Because of all these problems, the laminate supplier has promised that Kauritleim will be replaced in the further deliveries with another resin glue that eradicates the disadvantages of the Kauritleim.
Regards,
Stephan
..The answer I could find in the book "Tempered woods and wood-like construction and materials - Definition and markings" written in 1942 by Prof. Dr. Ing. F. Kollmann (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH).
Could this also refer to the “C” that we see on the keel of so many stocks?