mauser1908
Senior Member
Here's a neat one that I picked up recently. I owe a huge thanks to Cyrus for being the connection on this one. This post may be education to some of the newer guys who haven't encountered these. Generally, when dealing with Sterngewehren, most often you'll encounter rifles that were built using receivers from the facility that assembled the rifle. With that said, every manufacture that participated in this initiative also built rifles using receivers originating from other firms. This rifle is an example of this concept. During WWI, Amberg was actually a major player in supplying spare parts. Loose Amberg parts are rarely encountered today because they seem to have been largely consumed during the war. Frequently, they will also surface on random rifles. This phenomenon seems to have occurred largely in 1916.
Below is the link to an Erfurt Sterngewehr Cyrus owns. This example bears and Amberg trigger guard and receiver.
https://www.k98kforum.com/threads/amberg-1916-sterngewehr-1615-2.17543/
My rifle was also built using an Amberg receiver and potentially an Amberg manufactured stock. It's hard to say due to the jumbled look of the wrist acceptance. At Spandau, both standard production rifles and Sterngewehren have been observed with Amberg stocks. These will bear C/A wrist acceptance that's counterstruck directly over it by an inspection team at Spandau. This rifle also has a neat Simson manufactured trigger guard.
Receiver 9953 2
Barrel 9953 2, KR 260 D Sa
Front Sight 53
Rear Sight Leaf 53
Sight Slider 53
Ejector Box 67
Trigger Sear 9953 (Simson Supplied)
Front Barrel Band 53
Rear Barrel Band 53
Trigger Guard 9953
Trigger Guard Screws 58, 58
Floor Plate 53
Follower 53
Stock 9953
Handguard 9953
Buttplate 9953 (a)
Bayonet Lug 53
Cleaning Rod 53
Bolt Body 9953 2
Extractor 53
Safety 53
Cocking Piece 53
Bolt Sleeve 53
Firing Pin 53
Below is the link to an Erfurt Sterngewehr Cyrus owns. This example bears and Amberg trigger guard and receiver.
https://www.k98kforum.com/threads/amberg-1916-sterngewehr-1615-2.17543/
My rifle was also built using an Amberg receiver and potentially an Amberg manufactured stock. It's hard to say due to the jumbled look of the wrist acceptance. At Spandau, both standard production rifles and Sterngewehren have been observed with Amberg stocks. These will bear C/A wrist acceptance that's counterstruck directly over it by an inspection team at Spandau. This rifle also has a neat Simson manufactured trigger guard.
Receiver 9953 2
Barrel 9953 2, KR 260 D Sa
Front Sight 53
Rear Sight Leaf 53
Sight Slider 53
Ejector Box 67
Trigger Sear 9953 (Simson Supplied)
Front Barrel Band 53
Rear Barrel Band 53
Trigger Guard 9953
Trigger Guard Screws 58, 58
Floor Plate 53
Follower 53
Stock 9953
Handguard 9953
Buttplate 9953 (a)
Bayonet Lug 53
Cleaning Rod 53
Bolt Body 9953 2
Extractor 53
Safety 53
Cocking Piece 53
Bolt Sleeve 53
Firing Pin 53
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