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My 1918 Erfurt.

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Sexton

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My 1918 Erfurt. I got it out of Amoskeag a number of years ago. I don't remember if it came from the CB collection or not. Perhaps Peter S. will chime in. I'm not sure what the B on the stock is about. I actually just noticed the sight base and receiver ring bear the EP'ed inscription Dr. Jules Goll. Comments welcome, enjoy.
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Nice crispy one! Looks to be a beech armorer's/ordnance spare stock used in production from what I can see in the pictures (doesn't appear to have side acceptance anyway and the keel acceptance is crispy!) The guns I have with beech armorer's stocks retain the large B, but only wrist and keel acceptance.

Does this one have the two screws holding the rear sight leaf in place? It's a neat trait of these late ones, though it doesn't seem to universally show up; like most changes implementation wasn't a hard line in the sand.

Dr. Goll looked to have lived in Buffalo... I found his Obituary-- Here's a pertinent snippet-- he died in the late 80's and was a dentist with musical talent.
"During World War I, Goll was an Army bugler and attained the rank of first lieutenant. While attending dental school, he played first violin in the old Buffalo Symphony Orchestra."

Thanks for posting!
 
AN-94 said:
That's a nice Erfurt Kar98a, you don't see many 1918 rifles still in Imperial configuration. Congrats!

I thought the "B" was for beech wood, not birch. "R" for Rüster or elm wood and "A" for Ahorn or maple iirc.
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You are correct. I was on the crack pipe! That was what I meant to type
 
chrisftk said:
Does this one have the two screws holding the rear sight leaf in place? It's a neat trait of these late ones, though it doesn't seem to universally show up; like most changes implementation wasn't a hard line in the
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Crap. I had just locked the safe. Here you go. No screws on the sight leaf. Just a spring loaded slide. Thank you for the information regarding Dr. Goll, never imagined his bio. would come up.20240218_143830.jpg 20240218_143727.jpg
 
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Not a listed CB owned so far as known, but Peter knew him well and may know better... this rifle was sold in 2013 on Amoskeag, but we lost CB in 2016, my last email was February 26th.

Below is the auction details... in return maybe you could do the right receiver details?

serial #8110ee, 8mm Mauser, 24" barrel with a bright excellent bore. The metal surfaces retain about 85% original blue that is flaking to a rich brown patina and has areas of gray blending through. The top of the receiver is dated 1918 and above the Erfurt crown is a previous owner's name written in electric pencil. The walnut stock rates very good to near excellent and has several minor dings and handling marks. The markings are all crisp and all the numbers appear to be matching. A near excellent example overall that does not appear to be importer marked. (45529-26) {C&R} (400/600) SOLD FOR $920.00
 
Amoskeag Auction has managed to turn up some nice rifles. My matching 1909 Erfurt came out of there also. They are my favorite auction house, although not much of interest for me has popped up in recent auctions, but that is besides the point here. This is a very nice rifle and I enjoy the neat history on the prior owner who EP'ed the receiver and rear sight base. Don't see that very often! Sometimes some crude carving in the stock. This guy had some class 😂
 
Loewe said:
Not a listed CB owned so far as known, but Peter knew him well and may know better... this rifle was sold in 2013 on Amoskeag, but we lost CB in 2016, my last email was February 26th.

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2013? I really am slipping.
My last exchange with CB was about the same time. He had just sold me a Turked 88/05, and I had just sent him a range report. ( It is a tack driver).
 
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