Possible SS contract 1944 Steyr BNZ

[biggymu]

Would you say that the receiver on this example is hand stamped?

To be honest I'm in awe and fairly sad holding this in my hands, knowing that a Polish prisoner was forced to slave away on this rifle, and was most likely murdered sometime after doing so; It really puts it in perspective, especially after watching some videos/footage from Gusen.

No your receiver is roll marked. Here is a link to a hand stamped example so you gain a bit more knowledge. It was literally hand stamped bnz.

hand stamp bnz4 E/359 receiver

I've had this one quite a long time, a gift (so to speak) from my buddy Dave Roberts. He couldn't find a place on it where a scope fit so he passed it off to me for a bag of beef jerky. It's a bolt mismatch, but one of those bolt mismatches you really just have to keep because it's so unique and...

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