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And some more for the thread. Will be adding more photographs as I go through them, and as will when I come across them!

Glad to see you joined the Gewehr club! I’ve seen all you been posting it as a wanted traded on ingo and several other forums...

Hello, just wanted to share a recent addition to the WW1 collection, been wanting one of these for awhile. This will probably be my only...

I've seen plenty of over stamps on plenty of guns, but this does not make sense to me at all. Why would you sand old markings off the...

This is a completely different model of rifle from a completely different Depot on the other side of Germany. You’re absolutely right...

I'm not thoroughly convinced. It doesn't really makes sense to me why you would sand older proofs off to apply new proof stamps? It...

This is pure speculation, and mostly based on half-remembered stuff I read on a forum probably twenty years ago (so pass the salt), but...

To add to this. Why would the German army stop and take the time to sand down a stock to a rifle that would likely be going to a reserve...

Hi guys, Picked up this Gew 98 Amberg ‘17 over the summer. Nice salty untouched one. All matching, save cleaning rod. Bore is...

It’s hard to say what it is exactly until we have documentation. Any explanation we have is just a theory until we can actually prove...

This is likely the case. Looks like a Brinell Hardness test was conducted on certain parts to make sure they were heat treated right or...

Yes the test punch, very common. I do not know the technical purpose, but it is common on hardened parts (receivers, barrels, bolts)...

Are you trying to back into a number as an indicator of how many rounds rifles that key hole have fired? My personal opinion of most...

I have an Arsenal rebuilt SPANDAU 1915 with a perfect barrel. It is matching with a renumbered bolt (only on the bolt ball not the...

There was were part of my question is. The other part is, how many rounds until you start getting keyholes? I know the groups will start...