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I’ve been having a lot of luck with Artillery bayonets lately. Here is a matching scabbard W08 Erfurt. No major revelations in terms of acceptance, but good to have another documented example. Marking is 6th foot artillery regiment, 8th battery, 145th weapon. Here is the history of...

I should clarify, the style of restamp is absolutely plausible; you often see new numbers stamped over old and it is common with fakers to completely scrub away the old number. That said, the main issue is with the font. Look at the 4s, they lack serif on the bottom, they are even reminiscent of...

Nice find, Jack! That odd duffle cut repair is pretty cool really. Thanks for the good photos, I’ll get it in the reference.

I’d argue that the bolt body is not legit depot. If the buttplate had a depot number or the wrist a Bavarian acceptance mark I’d say it’s plausible, but the font is too consistent with the obviously fraudulent striker assembly. The new numbers are overstruck, which is a depot practice, but the...

Nice find! Thanks for posting it here. Can you break it down and take a photo of the serial number inside the barrel channel of the stock? Judging from the wrist acceptance, this is a Bavarian rebuild and likely the stock was salvaged from another Gew.

No number block 1916 Dresden. Not quite a new low but definitely lower than most 1916s.

Incredible find, Sam. Great to see another Radfahrer in detail and add it to reference. Glad it all worked out, this rifle is finally where it was meant to be. Hard to say at this point if there were part of Spandau's regular production line or were a separate set of numbers. The one complete...

Great Bavarian rebuild! A few of these have popped up lately, it's fascinating to see. Since there is no marking on the buttplate itself i'm thinking this was done by Amberg.

Great to see one of these in such detail! Awesome find, i added it to the reference.

Great P08, Sam! Thanks for the background information, so much to learn about these it can be intimidating.

That's a beauty, Alex, congrats! I added it to the reference. Love the double unit marks, just like DWM 1901 8253 and that bayonet.

Exceptional DWM. Thanks for the detailed photos, great for study; i added it to the reference.

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Definitely! The bore is as nice as the rest, can’t wait to put some rounds on paper after it’s done. Thanks, Mike! I was pretty shocked by the rod, probably the only factory rod I have, and it’s on a Turk.

That is interesting, i had heard that about Peruvian Mausers but not Turks. I wonder what the Turks did with the scopes and bent bolts, wouldn't surprised me if they were scrapped along with the mounts. Thanks! It seems odd that they would have reblued them when the mounts were attached, they...

Thanks, everyone! I’ll post photos once it’s been re-snipered.

My understanding is that importers added prefixes when brining in Turkish Mausers. Not sure why, especially considering the existing suffixes, maybe it had to do with the batches of rifles they brought in.

Assembly numbers and Mauser production marks.

Stock, stock metal, and handguard.

Triggerguard, magazine, action screws, and bands.