Hi all,
I owe my friend Don (aka; SirPeanut) big for scoping out this one. This was a scarce one that was significantly undervalued and flew under the radar.
It's not often you find Hannover builds with a matching bolt, so this was a neat one to see. The hallmarks of Hannover are all here: The "H" on the receiver and buttplate, the use of armorer's spares or salvaged parts, rough character; it's textbook. The stock is in wonderful, crisp shape and the metal is very honest. The rifle was built off a Siemens and Halske receiver and an armorer's stock. There's a number of other cool parts as well. The triggerguard is an armorer's spare and the rear sight has a reject "A" on the right side. The stock is duffel cut behind the rear band.
The mismatch parts are the handguard (though matching color), the rear band, rear sight slider, cleaning rod and the two action screws are unnumbered.
The biggest knocks on the rifle are some minor wrench marks on the barrel and left side of the rear sight and the fact that Bubba turned the barrel from 12:00 to about 1:00, so the front and rear sights are ever so slightly canted. I plan on rectifying this with a barrel vise and action wrench to loosen it ever so slightly until it is back to 12:00. You'll never know it was messed with.
Despite the minor issues, this turned out to be a pretty cool one. Hope you enjoy the pics. I'll post another interesting one I got this week in the next few days.
Here's the data sheet:
Receiver 2474 a
Barrel 2474 a (Kr 351)
Front Sight 74
Rear Sight Leaf 74
Sight Slider mm0
Ejector Box 74
Trigger Sear unnumbered
Front Barrel Band 74
Rear Barrel Band mm
Trigger Guard 2474
Trigger Guard Screws Unnumbered, Unnumbered
Floor Plate 74
Follower 74
Stock 2474
Handguard mm
Buttplate 2474
Bayonet Lug 74
Cleaning Rod mm
Bolt Body 2474a
Extractor 74
Safety 74
Cocking Piece 74
Bolt Sleeve 74
Firing Pin 74
I owe my friend Don (aka; SirPeanut) big for scoping out this one. This was a scarce one that was significantly undervalued and flew under the radar.
It's not often you find Hannover builds with a matching bolt, so this was a neat one to see. The hallmarks of Hannover are all here: The "H" on the receiver and buttplate, the use of armorer's spares or salvaged parts, rough character; it's textbook. The stock is in wonderful, crisp shape and the metal is very honest. The rifle was built off a Siemens and Halske receiver and an armorer's stock. There's a number of other cool parts as well. The triggerguard is an armorer's spare and the rear sight has a reject "A" on the right side. The stock is duffel cut behind the rear band.
The mismatch parts are the handguard (though matching color), the rear band, rear sight slider, cleaning rod and the two action screws are unnumbered.
The biggest knocks on the rifle are some minor wrench marks on the barrel and left side of the rear sight and the fact that Bubba turned the barrel from 12:00 to about 1:00, so the front and rear sights are ever so slightly canted. I plan on rectifying this with a barrel vise and action wrench to loosen it ever so slightly until it is back to 12:00. You'll never know it was messed with.
Despite the minor issues, this turned out to be a pretty cool one. Hope you enjoy the pics. I'll post another interesting one I got this week in the next few days.
Here's the data sheet:
Receiver 2474 a
Barrel 2474 a (Kr 351)
Front Sight 74
Rear Sight Leaf 74
Sight Slider mm0
Ejector Box 74
Trigger Sear unnumbered
Front Barrel Band 74
Rear Barrel Band mm
Trigger Guard 2474
Trigger Guard Screws Unnumbered, Unnumbered
Floor Plate 74
Follower 74
Stock 2474
Handguard mm
Buttplate 2474
Bayonet Lug 74
Cleaning Rod mm
Bolt Body 2474a
Extractor 74
Safety 74
Cocking Piece 74
Bolt Sleeve 74
Firing Pin 74
