Hi All,
This one butted in line a bit for photography- mainly because it arrived yesterday evening. This one was on a dealer site described as "non-matching bolt" and priced at the lower end of reasonable. The receiver was clearly used to assemble a new rifle and there are a number of neat depot traits. It has just a nice salty, untouched look to it.
The bolt body (off a Danzig) is forematched (on the ball), as is the stock (externally). The triggerguard came off the same rifle as the stock (SN 3933 in barrel channel matches the TG); The rifle was rebarreled with a 1918 Amberg barrel (based on the acceptance) and it was rather shoddily done (note the copious solder splash in the photos later). The buttplate has a cancelled "E" (likely for Erfurt) and a Koblenz "5". The buttplate was not forcematched.
In any case, here are the photos- it's an interesting window into just how little they sometimes cared about matching on some of these rebuilds. While replaced bolts would be universally renumbered (assuming to demonstrate it was check for safety/headspace), i've seen period m/m on just about every other part (even stocks-- Cyrus' m/m stock rifle with sharpnel that went through to the metal underneath is a good illustration of that)
I've skipped the data sheet on this one, as it is so extensively rebuilt with minimal renumbering. Enjoy!
This one butted in line a bit for photography- mainly because it arrived yesterday evening. This one was on a dealer site described as "non-matching bolt" and priced at the lower end of reasonable. The receiver was clearly used to assemble a new rifle and there are a number of neat depot traits. It has just a nice salty, untouched look to it.
The bolt body (off a Danzig) is forematched (on the ball), as is the stock (externally). The triggerguard came off the same rifle as the stock (SN 3933 in barrel channel matches the TG); The rifle was rebarreled with a 1918 Amberg barrel (based on the acceptance) and it was rather shoddily done (note the copious solder splash in the photos later). The buttplate has a cancelled "E" (likely for Erfurt) and a Koblenz "5". The buttplate was not forcematched.
In any case, here are the photos- it's an interesting window into just how little they sometimes cared about matching on some of these rebuilds. While replaced bolts would be universally renumbered (assuming to demonstrate it was check for safety/headspace), i've seen period m/m on just about every other part (even stocks-- Cyrus' m/m stock rifle with sharpnel that went through to the metal underneath is a good illustration of that)
I've skipped the data sheet on this one, as it is so extensively rebuilt with minimal renumbering. Enjoy!
