1915 DWM 4304 local pickup

[bnz41john]

Picked this up at a local gunshop, pretty excited as the typical gewehrs that I normally find local to me are always hacked to pieces.


1915 DWM no letter block. Matching save the cleaning rod/floorplate/follower/ and bolt. I am in no way a expert but the bolt looks to have a proper depot renumbered root and is otherwise matching to itself. Interesting duffel cut repair. I kind of like it!

Shout out to all of you imperial mauser nerds who have gotten me addicted to these rifles over the past couple of years (especially you Chris!). I've still got along way to go on deciphering these things, but that's half the fun!

 

[bnz41john]

I've carefully cleaned the buttplate looking to see a depot marking. Looks to have been more abrasively cleaned in the past.

But like I said, I'm so new to these rifles I don't even half know what to look for!

 

[chrisftk]

Nice DWM Jack! Congrats! Did you snap a pic of the bolt?

 

[Loewe]

And right receiver and barrel code if possible (probably Krupp or BI, most common, but Bohler was the traditional supplier)... RR is incredibly stable for DWM throughout production generally but one never knows... DWM was the best maker during the war imo, though WMO was there too. No one made better rifles than these two imo.

 

[OnlyMil]

Nice pickup!! Interesting dufflecut repair. I'm thinking someone 'used' this rifle at some point after it's service life given the added sling swivel in the rear quick-detach slot.

 

[AN-94]

Always nice to see someone find an intact Gewehr in the wild, I don't even see sporterized examples at my local gun store or gun show. Congrats on picking this one up even with the duffle cut repair.

 

[bnz41john]

Thanks everyone!

Don't know how I missed putting up the bolt photo

Here's some!





Some barrel code photos:

 

[PrayingMantis]

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

 

[Remfan]

Very nice pick-up. Glad you scored it. Often hard to find

 

[chrisftk]

Thanks for adding the additional pictures, Jack. It's a shame the depot number on the butt plate doesn't appear to have survived. That style of renumbering though is right as rain. We've talked a lot about scrubbing lately, but the old line-through was pretty popular as well. It seems to have been the go-to at Danzig and some other places too. I believe low level armorers (regimental, etc) also seem to have used it. You will sometimes see the number stamped above on the flat, as yours is. What I find more common though is a stamp on the ball of the bolt. I have probably eight or nine rifles with the new SN stamped on the ball.