AX 1940

[Herk1994]

Here’s my AX outdoors, I’ve been wanting to do this for a while now.

Unfortunately I can’t upload full-size pictures anymore because I don’t know how to on this new forum, medium size will have to suffice.

Enjoy, especially you Warrior1354

 

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[swjXE]

Smokin cool ax Bro!
Thanks for sharing it!

 

[a j s]

Thats a nice Erma,hard to find.I searched for a decent AX 1940,the best i could do was a bolt MM.
You do need to improve your photo skills or Camera though.

 

[Guillaume d'Orange]

Very nice Feima, the blueing has a really deep color.
The buttplate has an e/37, which is a cool feature.

 

[Warrior1354]

Thank you Herk and yes that has got to be one of my favorites I going to repost one of my AX41 rifles up the pictures uploaded before are old and not really that good. Could be much better. Anyway a very nice scarce K98k. You just don't find these for sale very often. And when you do problems are present and are very worn.

 

[Caesar1]

That condition is awesome!

 

[hale1940]

Thats a killer rifle. Thanks for sharing!

 

[joryfreeburg]

Nice one Herk…. Glad you were the one that bought it

 

[mauser202]

I have a soft spot for Erma rifles, that’s a beaut!

 

[BadAim]

Great example in sweet condition.

 

[heavy_mech]

Very nice Feima, the blueing has a really deep color.
The buttplate has an e/37, which is a cool feature.

Great rifle Herk! Yours is almost nitre on the receiver (photo 7 in post 1). Mine seem to be a darker blue. Yours is an i block? Their finish quality was damn near commercial.

Guillaume, both my '40 e block and '41 c block have e/37 butt plates. Flat and cupped.

 

[Herk1994]

Thank guys, this really is the cream of the crop in my collection as of now, but equally loved as the others. I’ll be doing a similar shoot with my BNZ 45 soon.

 

[Herk1994]

Great rifle Herk! Yours is almost nitre on the receiver (photo 7 in post 1). Mine seem to be a darker blue. Yours is an i block? Their finish quality was damn near commercial.

Guillaume, both my '40 e block and '41 c block have e/37 butt plates. Flat and cupped.

Commercial quality for sure, they really put some time and finesse into these. Yours must be a little richer and less “matte”, I’ve seen some variations. Mine seems to be in between, kind of a rich, matte yet semi-shiny finish.

 

[Guillaume d'Orange]

Great rifle Herk! Yours is almost nitre on the receiver (photo 7 in post 1). Mine seem to be a darker blue. Yours is an i block? Their finish quality was damn near commercial.

Guillaume, both my '40 e block and '41 c block have e/37 butt plates. Flat and cupped.

Hi heavy_mech, yes, I remember discussing non-Feima pieces in jory's post:

AX 1940 #2769 L block

Here is a rifle that I recently picked up on GB, it came out of that group of rifles out of Kentucky. Some look better that others, I thought from the photos it looked honest and worn. I believe it’s that... honest and worn. It’s all there and matching besides the hand guard which there is...

www.k98kforum.com

Looking at p.453 of vol IIb. the e/37 buttplate is recorded between the 40 d block and ends in the 41 h block.
Herk, have vou noticed non-Feima pieces other than buttplate and bandspring ?

 

[heavy_mech]

Herk, have vou noticed non-Feima pieces other than buttplate and bandspring ?

Good question! It's possible some really small parts are, even down to the cleaning rod nut.

 

[Herk1994]

Hi heavy_mech, yes, I remember discussing non-Feima pieces in jory's post:

AX 1940 #2769 L block

Here is a rifle that I recently picked up on GB, it came out of that group of rifles out of Kentucky. Some look better that others, I thought from the photos it looked honest and worn. I believe it’s that... honest and worn. It’s all there and matching besides the hand guard which there is...

www.k98kforum.com

Looking at p.453 of vol IIb. the e/37 buttplate is recorded between the 40 d block and ends in the 41 h block.
Herk, have vou noticed non-Feima pieces other than buttplate and bandspring ?

Gents, E37 on my front sight base as well

 

[Herk1994]

Interesting, why the Suhl subcontracted parts? Was it an inventory on hand situation?

 

[heavy_mech]

Interesting, why the Suhl subcontracted parts? Was it an inventory on hand situation?

I'm not sure but one theory I have is certain subs became SO prolific in producing these parts so quickly it was decided that those parts would be shared with other manufacturers/assemblers. Seems the observations kind of fit that theory. Why dedicate tooling, floorspace and manpower making these items (let's say at Erma) when another firm is swimming in them?