1916 Erfurt kar98a/question

The lower band does have a screw that goes through it, I’ll get some pictures of it when I get home. Would the bolt root just be the under side of the bolt?
I did find PeterKs pdf on the K98a, and I did notice that the stock didn’t line up with any of the examples there, does anyone have an idea of what’s going on with that?
 
FWIW…. A rear sight from a WZ29. The divot is most likely for the set screw. Proof looks similar.
 

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FWIW…. A rear sight from a WZ29. The divot is most likely for the set screw. Proof looks similar.
I am 99.9% sure that is a Kar.98a rear sight assembly (eBay seller has it mislabeled). I looked at my 2 Kar.98a's and my 4 Wz.29's to confirm.

However, yes I do agree that the divot on there is for the set screw. It is odd that it is 180 degrees off, maybe by whatever "gunsmiff" replaced the barrel?
 
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Heres some more photos, bottom of bolt, lower band, and walnut stock with groove but no takedown
 

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Awesome, great photos, thank you. Looks like the firing proof is obliterated - borderline defaced (is the firing proof eagle present on the left side of the receiver?), but that's a German fraktur proof mark below where it should be. Definitely a WWI German Kar98a lower band with screw and fraktur. The stock has me stumped too now. It's definitely a German stock. I haven't seen one with grasping grooves and no takedown disc before. I also don't think that handguard crack repair looks very Polish-esque but Krukster chime in!

Oh how the plot thickens!!!

I would still stick to the rifle having no German depot work, then time spent in Poland and finally imported post 1991 to the States. I can't see it being a bring-back with the triple import mark. Whoever replaced the barrel did a decent job, no vise or wrench marks. It doesn't have the kind of provenance to commit to any one conclusion. Any one of those parts could have been swapped in the last 100 years. I would probably take it as a sum of it's parts and in that regard I think you did great for $600. That stock alone... Nice. It's a fine example. If only it could speak and give us all the answers.
 
Awesome, great photos, thank you. Looks like the firing proof is obliterated - borderline defaced (is the firing proof eagle present on the left side of the receiver?), but that's a German fraktur proof mark below where it should be. Definitely a WWI German Kar98a lower band with screw and fraktur. The stock has me stumped too now. It's definitely a German stock. I haven't seen one with grasping grooves and no takedown disc before. I also don't think that handguard crack repair looks very Polish-esque but Krukster chime in!

Oh how the plot thickens!!!

I would still stick to the rifle having no German depot work, then time spent in Poland and finally imported post 1991 to the States. I can't see it being a bring-back with the triple import mark. Whoever replaced the barrel did a decent job, no vise or wrench marks. It doesn't have the kind of provenance to commit to any one conclusion. Any one of those parts could have been swapped in the last 100 years. I would probably take it as a sum of it's parts and in that regard I think you did great for $600. That stock alone... Nice. It's a fine example. If only it could speak and give us all the answers.
Thank you for the help! The firing proof on the receiver is there, if only barely. The stock is definitely cool too. All together, I really couldn’t be happier with my first imperial rifle.
 
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