Recent content by artyldr01

Ok, I could (gingerly) resist. The handguard is cracked and fragile but matching, as is the stock, I believe (despite my earlier belief). The barrel, looks original, as are thr small parts.

The firing pin is forced matched, in fact it had two different SNs prior to "03."

Loewe, thank you again! If there is anything specific you want me to photograph, just let me know. I did gingerly remove the "dowel" / lower and upper band was able to confirm, it is not duffle cut and the forearm is is cracked near the end. The upper band screw is a tad stripped as well. I...

Thank you for the input on the 12/j.r. and I misspoke, 3/k.d. =3. Kavallerie-Division.

Thank you Loewe, I REALLY appreciate your insight.

Below is a link to the Google Drive where I have better high resolution pictures for everyone to look at. The two, unit marked stock disks. One, 12/J.R. (12th Jaeger Regiment) was likely on the stock prior to replacement BUT that unit served a limited time in 1917, but that time was in Italian...

I will definitely research be researching / investigating more before I do anything, but ultimately will likely leave well enough alone and just enjoy the amazing find I am now the custodian of.

That is interesting, the Emery cloth thing. I 100 agree, I won't touch it until, probably ever honestly, but absolutely will ensure I know what the correct, non-destructive, method would be. It's just so bizarre to me, which is why I am going to just cool my jets, research and appreciate what I...

Thank you for the education!

From my, admittedly limited, research on the "Dual Date" rifles, I believe the sanding and stock renumbering would have occurred during the Weimar Era Cassel rebuild and that the HzA could then logically have been added during the Reich Era which could possibly explain the difference? I can...

Thanks for thr observation. As a newbie here, I'm not sure what that indicates?

I'll have to take a closer look, I don't THINK so, but I could be wrong. I dont plan to remove the band as it has that dowel instead of a screw, but I'll see if I can determine without removing it.

Agreed. It just seems so...odd...that I wondered if there is any reason it may have occured during it's "era" rather than by "bubba." I can't think of a reason though.

Thank you, I was struggling to read it. I dont know if I dare try to remove the action, the screws are pretty buggered up.

Thank you, I knew there was more too it.