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DSM 34 repeater?

The trigger guard does not look like any magazine-fed 300 or 400 series .22 rifle. The sliding release forward of the trigger guard bow is unfamiliar to me...quite possibly custom and reasonably well engineered if so. As for which magazine it takes, key would be looking at older catalogs of American .22 rifles and hopefully spotting that trigger guard. Since it is milled steel and neither stamped metal nor plastic, IMHO likely quite old. Then the magazine it accommodated might be discovered.
 
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The trigger guard does not look like any magazine-fed 300 or 400 series .22 rifle. The sliding release forward of the trigger guard bow is unfamiliar to me...quite possibly custom and reasonably well engineered if so. As for which magazine it takes, key would be looking at older catalogs of American .22 rifles and hopefully spotting that trigger guard. Since it is milled steel and neither stamped metal nor plastic, IMHO likely quite old. Then the magazine it accommodated might be discovered.

Very Cool. A friend inferenced the same about the magazine. Thinking about getting some period mounts along with a scope to complete it since it will be cheaper than finding a rear sight.
 
Neat little conversion. No idea on mags...

When you get it you'll have to post pictures of how they made it clip fed.

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Conversion looks pretty solid. Gonna shoot it tomorrow morning. Also noticed it’s missing the safety. Will probably post in the trader soon.
 

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This has been driving me nuts, I recognize that bottom metal, but can't figure out what it is!
Come on FAL, you know you want to turn this thing into that Mauser prototype dsm34 that took stripper clips.

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Link/pictures. I gotta that prototype!

Sorry, after looking at Simpson's book it appears the design was ONLY patented by Walther in 1938 in anticipation of the SA requesting a loading feature that utilized a stripper clip like the full size k98--the book doesn't mention a prototype ever being produced.

During 1938, BSW, Mauser and Walther in conjunction with the SA were in the process of developing a new trainer to replace the DSM platform that would be more "representative" of a full sized k98 (Simpson goes into great detail about this process). Thus, Walther patented features that they believed might be required in the design of a new trainer--what would eventually become the KKW. As with the DSM, the SA set very stringent unit cost limitations, making the addition of a loading feature via a stripper clip cost prohibitive and thus the feature was never implemented.

See Page: 231-232 in Simpson's, "Training Rifles of the Third Reich Germany"

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We can all dream right?! I'm sure Fal Grunt could figure it out though. Hint Hint :thumbsup:

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