what is this number? under the weimar eagle?

[xwarp]

this is stamped on the underside of the bolt handle, opposite the side where you normally see a s/n. noticed this on the bolt that came with the 39 bsw r/c i got a few weeks ago.

in case you are curious, i used a regular digital camera and an a/o spencer microscope to get this picture.

 

[mauser99]

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I'd say it's another 63 IE mauser 0berndorf. Thats the only thing that would make sense.
I'd like to see more photos using this technique. I like it. At first I thought it was stamp as the numbers looked raised. really cool..

 

[bruce98k]

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Heavily struck Weimar E/63 on underside of bolt if I read it correctly.
Likely from late G date or 36 to early 37. Close?

 

[xwarp]

Heavily struck Weimar E/63 on underside of bolt if I read it correctly.
Likely from late G date or 36 to early 37. Close?

WOW, you guys are quick, BUT, now i feel dumb since i happened to do a search for "weimar bolt stamp" and found a thread by award from 2008 asking a question about the same stamps in an effort to i.d. the year of the bolt.

http://guncollectorsforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3650

 

[xwarp]

I'd say it's another 63 IE mauser 0berndorf. Thats the only thing that would make sense.
I'd like to see more photos using this technique. I like it. At first I thought it was stamp as the numbers looked raised. really cool..

oh i tell you, i use this technique a lot when photographing circuit board failures such as cold solder joints. it's not very difficult to get good pics also.