Recent content by stahlhelm1976

Here are a couple of tight shots of the HZa mark and the Su marking on the takedown disc.

Guys, I haven't posted anything in a long while but I came across this nice Kar 98a rework this past weekend and I had to have it. I really have a thing for reworked WWI rifles, you get three periods of history...WWI, Wiemar and WWII. The rifle is a 1916 dated Erfurt. There are a couple of...

I noticed this as well when I purchased the rifle...both bands are die stamped and matching. I attached a picture of the front band SN...the lower band is also SN'd to the rifle...I took separate photos, 1 on each side.

Great photos! Thank you for posting them....

Thanks Brian! I saw your awesome display of German small arms at the Baltimore show a few weeks ago....it was an extremely impressive display. That scoped g/K43 with the matching mount was unreal...I have been looking for a matching example for years.

Thanks! The walnut stock is marked eagle-135 once on the left side and again in the pistol grip with the serial number on the spine. Shows great wear and use. The trigger guard is a milled example. The bore is nice and clean, no pitting or rust. I found a few nice shots of these rifles in...

Just picked up this rifle today, never thought I'd ever have a chance to own one. This is a matching 1942 dated G41M with the original matching stock. The stock was duffel cut and beautifully repaired. Does anyone have any nice period photos of these rifles in use that they could post...

There is the potential that this rifle was actually russian captured and not rebuilt. This piece came out of the collection of the owner of a big surplus military importer in NJ who died several years ago. He would have had access to all the rifles coming in and potentially saw that this rifle...

Vulch, you're right..I took it out into the sunlight there do appear to be very faint remnants of a crest..much lower on the stock than I would have expected. The later 135 proofed examples have that deep cartouche, never saw one that faint. Anyone have thoughts on the counterboring? Could...

Pulled out a few rifles for their annual Pampering Gents, It was a nice day today so I figured it'd be good to give a few of my rifles their annual bore oiling and ballistol pampering. Please excuse the yellow beach towel backdrop, it was all I could find on short notice. Top to bottom...

That is a great discovery Bruce...add's to the rifle's appeal for sure. I know a guy that has a beautiful vet bought sniper that was once covered in green and brown paint...the vet removed the paint from the rifle unfortunately but there are still traces of it in the grain of the wood and in...

Thanks Pisgah...I guess there is just no way to definitively say one way or the other..I don't have a Portuguese example in my collection so it will fill a gap in the collection regardless of where it went. I do feel that the lack of a Portuguese crest on the stock & absence of an import stamp...

External Serial Number.

Per your request, attached are some detailed stock shots of the serial numbers in the barrel channels as well as some pictures of area where the crest would normally be struck. There is no evidence of sanding or a lightly struck crest at all. I also included a shot of the matching buttplate.

It would be interesting to see if other examples of these F-block rifles all had crests applied to the stocks. I have not seen as many of these earlier examples, but all of the later G & H block rifles that I have come across with the 135 proofs have a deeply struck crest in the stock on the...