Hi all,
I bought this on GunBroker after discussing it a bit with another member (Sam) and am pretty happy with it.
Based on the characteristics, this looks like it may be an early Hannover build from before they switched to new-made receivers---this made from a recycled 1906 Oberndorf receiver.
The stock is an armorer's spare that does not have final acceptance, there is an "A" on the keel and a crown/RC along with a SN and a crown/B at the wrist. This is identical to the stock on Sam's Hannover build. Further the stock has an ink "A" in the barrel channel by the SN. The buttplate is H and K marked, again fitting the Hannover profile. The handguard matches.
The bolt is force matched to the rifle with the flat lined out and the new SN on the ball (my depot VCS is numbered the same way) the rest of the bolt has the original SN digits.
The receiver is force matched (I haven't seen this too often) and appears to have a new Krupp barrel (also marked "A" by the barrel code) with a diamond marking directly in front of the rear sight on top of the barrel.
The majority of the other components don't match, save the bayonet lug and a numbered armorer floorplate. This has the look and feel of a rifle borne out of "get them to the troops ASAP" The rear screw is a later Weimar armorer screw (three notches), likely replaced by a prior owner.
The unit mark is to the Reserve Infantry Regt, No. 245 out of Leipzig, a Saxon unit called up at mobilization. Randomly enough, my 3rd Saxon rifle.
So to sum up:
Receiver #9809 (force-matched)
Barrel 9809
Stock 9809
Handguard 9809
Bolt body 9809 (forcematched on knob)
Buttplate 9809
Bayonet lug 9809
Floorplate 09
The bolt matches itself (small parts match old # on body) All the rest of the components on the rifle are total mismatch-- I believe this is original and part of the haste in which it was made.
Thanks for looking.
I bought this on GunBroker after discussing it a bit with another member (Sam) and am pretty happy with it.
Based on the characteristics, this looks like it may be an early Hannover build from before they switched to new-made receivers---this made from a recycled 1906 Oberndorf receiver.
The stock is an armorer's spare that does not have final acceptance, there is an "A" on the keel and a crown/RC along with a SN and a crown/B at the wrist. This is identical to the stock on Sam's Hannover build. Further the stock has an ink "A" in the barrel channel by the SN. The buttplate is H and K marked, again fitting the Hannover profile. The handguard matches.
The bolt is force matched to the rifle with the flat lined out and the new SN on the ball (my depot VCS is numbered the same way) the rest of the bolt has the original SN digits.
The receiver is force matched (I haven't seen this too often) and appears to have a new Krupp barrel (also marked "A" by the barrel code) with a diamond marking directly in front of the rear sight on top of the barrel.
The majority of the other components don't match, save the bayonet lug and a numbered armorer floorplate. This has the look and feel of a rifle borne out of "get them to the troops ASAP" The rear screw is a later Weimar armorer screw (three notches), likely replaced by a prior owner.
The unit mark is to the Reserve Infantry Regt, No. 245 out of Leipzig, a Saxon unit called up at mobilization. Randomly enough, my 3rd Saxon rifle.
So to sum up:
Receiver #9809 (force-matched)
Barrel 9809
Stock 9809
Handguard 9809
Bolt body 9809 (forcematched on knob)
Buttplate 9809
Bayonet lug 9809
Floorplate 09
The bolt matches itself (small parts match old # on body) All the rest of the components on the rifle are total mismatch-- I believe this is original and part of the haste in which it was made.
Thanks for looking.
