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43 Steyr rifle with no "z" in bnz...

Zeppelin5000

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Hey guys, posting this for someone. Have any of you come across anything like this? It's a Steyr produced rifle (WaA623), but there is no z stamped after the bn.... is this an anomaly or something often seen?
 

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Hey guys, posting this for someone. Have any of you come across anything like this? It's a Steyr produced rifle (WaA623), but there is no z stamped after the bn.... is this an anomaly or something often seen?

Never saw that before>..
 
It’s appears to be a tilted die, see how heavy the B is fading to light on the edge of the N.
 
I don’t see any markings on the barrel which is unusual. Something is going on with the serial number as someone already mentioned and as shown in the enlargement I’ve made. None of it looks recent though, lots of crud at the metal/wood line. I’d like to see the rest of the gun, all over. I don’t recall seeing a “bn” bnz before but that doesn’t mean anything!
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I don’t see any markings on the barrel which is unusual. Something is going on with the serial number as someone already mentioned and as shown in the enlargement I’ve made. None of it looks recent though, lots of crud at the metal/wood line. I’d like to see the rest of the gun, all over. I don’t recall seeing a “bn” bnz before but that doesn’t mean anything!
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Well, it looks like the newb stamping that day first stamped the "6" on its side, then restamped it right side up...fucked up the bnz too, maybe it was take your kid to work day...
 
Well, it looks like the newb stamping that day first stamped the "6" on its side, then restamped it right side up...fucked up the bnz too, maybe it was take your kid to work day...


I was kinda thinking the same thing, the apprentice working while the boss was at lunch...That's pretty bad, even for Steyr.


KJ
 
Well, it looks like the newb stamping that day first stamped the "6" on its side, then restamped it right side up...fucked up the bnz too, maybe it was take your kid to work day...

Hahaha maybe it’s a “Monday” rifle or a “Friday” rifle!


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I do see a marking here (maybe “3”)
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which IS normal for Steyr rifles, but I’d expect to be able to see a bunch more markings around the barrel here.


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43 Steyr rifle with no "z" in bnz...

Then again, here are some pictures of known good bnz43 rifles from the pic stickies section. No barrel markings beyond firing proof, same heavy thick “font” or “type style” as the present “bn”. You don’t suppose they broke the die with this style and went to a new “thin” bnz stamp do you? See below bnz43s for comparison.
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I’ve seen errors with corrections done at factory, but I’m surprised that one like that would actually be put out into the field and not corrected. You’d think they’d at least restamp the Z and call it good lol.
 
Ok guys, got some more pics in sunlight. There is indeed a partial Z. It was just stamped at an angle so that it was heavy on the B and light on the Z. Now for the bolt, what marking is this on the bolt root?

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I don’t know! Any more pictures of the bolt available?


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I don’t know! Any more pictures of the bolt available?


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Heres a couple. It just doesnt seem German to me...
 

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Well, it looks like the newb stamping that day first stamped the "6" on its side, then restamped it right side up...fucked up the bnz too, maybe it was take your kid to work day...

I didn't even get any farther down. I agree in that I think this is 100% a factory error.
 
Ok guys, got some more pics in sunlight. There is indeed a partial Z. It was just stamped at an angle so that it was heavy on the B and light on the z

I agree. Even in the n itself you can see the left (as viewed) is much deeper versus the right. At least in my opine
 

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