Recent content by AndyB

Before shooting a gun should be inspected exactly the bolt head, chamber and twist of barell, same as possible damages inside of twist or muzzle areas, dents on barell outside and similar areas, should be looked for correct fireproofs, even possible postwar reproofs, then a proper ammunition...

The spanish contracts are similar to portugal Mo937 a lowcost bayonets, certainly under 150€ probably.

This is not a null serie its a export piece to Spain mostly in period of SCW so around post 1937 prior to end of 1939, the serialing 147 was added by spanish, typical this bayonet was wout serialing. The grips are replacements when not with cleaning hole, is there a flashguard on handle? as many...

It could be the blade on edge started to rust and someone cleaned the area with steel wool. Maybe the owner postwar.

Interesting piece with the tag added on scabbard, anyway there are some points to mentione, this is a Rich.Herder Solingen also i assume there is 1939 on spine of blade, the o letter range would be not real for me, so most probably c range under 7651 not O. other point is that in 1939 Herder...

I have a well day, from wiki: "Slovakia,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_Republic_(1939–1945)#cite_note-12 officially the (First) Slovak Republic,[c][11] and from 14 March until 21 July 1939 officially known as the Slovak State (Slovak: Slovenský štát),"

Haha, You dont believe that in 1939-45 existed Slovak State. Offcoarse USA didnt accept the Slovak State de iure. I like people who dont known even difference between Slowenia and Slovakia. De iure accepted Slovakia in war period 27 countries, one of it even USSR. In 1939-45 didnt existed...

Slovenia has nothing with Slovakia.

You should read more historian material. Germans ordered 100000 pcs of Vz.27 pistol in CZ in february 1945, even it was not real to produce, and Soviets was already in area of east Prussia but it doesnt mean they didnt made similar contract even in last months of war.

To movable 5 digit on the dot 1945 stamp, more real is simple explanation, czechoslovak used a avialable older normal dot 1944 stamp and added there a movable digit 5 which caused the movement of last digit to base stamp 194. And dont forget that this marking swp 1945 / dot1945, dou 1945 could...

To some of the theories "I believe the receivers were manufactured and marked dot 1945 in the last of 1944, in anticipation of the switch to 1945 production. To that point receivers were marked dot 1944. The swp code was introduced in Sept 44, and that code was adopted - the previous marked...

As mentioned You dont known a history of plants in Czechoslovakia, there was a german natives in Brno area about 20/25% workers were german, they were force moved after june 1945, the slovak plant was maintained by slovaks not czechs so similar simplification are in reality wrong.

With 1943 Stalingrad lost has nothing to do with arm production in Germany and other countries, they produced still into february /march 1945 in high level, because the lost of material was imense. The major production was moved to countries as Protektorat as not so bombarded as area of 3R.

Even the both plants were appart in 190km measured in today roads, in reality per train it was some distance shorter, personally i would believe the timeframe for delivery by today and 80 years ago is not really different, so about 4 hours by train, all these plants were part not only the 1,2...