Hi Guys,
Here's an interesting one....Bruce helped me source it back in January. This rifle has led an eventful life; that's for sure. The receiver was originally an unused Erfurt 1908 that was assembled into a rifle in 1912 at Spandau. At some point, the rifle ended up in Bavarian hands (either prewar or during the war) and was rebuilt extensively at Ingolstadt or possibly Amberg. This appears to have been a near total rebuild. There is a new Bavarian barrel and salvaged Bavarian bolt fitted to the rifle. The stock is an old King Otto cypher stock (1912 or before). If you'll note on the bolt, the striker assembly is matching to the bolt body; this would further underscore a fairly extensive "ground-up" rebuild versus the typical bolt re-numbering protocol. The renumberings on the striker components look to be overstamps except for the cocking piece. All SNs either match, or are forced-matched except the rod and sight slider buttons (doubt they cared at this point on those).
This appears to have been a late war rebuild, as the acceptance on the barrel seems to match a Bavarian depot build that was assembled using a spare Amberg 1918 receiver.( @mauser1908 or @PrayingMantis ; I can't seem to put hands on photos of that one; do either of you have any?) There are assembly numbers on the barrel and receiver too ("3" in this case)
Interestingly, the disc was flipped on this one, so I carefully popped it out. To my surprise, there was a 3rd Reserve Foot Guards unit marking on the disc. Odd to find on a Bavarian depot stock, but my best guess would be that the disc was in a parts bin and installed face-down during the rebuild.
Receiver 9867c
Barrel 9867c (BI 46)
Front Sight 67
Rear Sight 67
Sight Slider 67
Ejector Box 67
Trigger Sear 67
Front Barrel Band 67
Rear Barrel Band 67
Trigger Guard 9867
Trigger Guard Screws 67,67
Floor Plate 67
Follower 67
Stock 9867 (X'ed and renumbered)
Handguard 9876
Buttplate 9867 c
Bayonet Lug 67
Cleaning Rod mm
Bolt Body 9867c (scrubbed/force matched)
Extractor 67
Safety 67 (overstamped)
Cocking Piece 67
Bolt Shroud 67 (overstamped)
Firing Pin 67 (overstamped)
Here's an interesting one....Bruce helped me source it back in January. This rifle has led an eventful life; that's for sure. The receiver was originally an unused Erfurt 1908 that was assembled into a rifle in 1912 at Spandau. At some point, the rifle ended up in Bavarian hands (either prewar or during the war) and was rebuilt extensively at Ingolstadt or possibly Amberg. This appears to have been a near total rebuild. There is a new Bavarian barrel and salvaged Bavarian bolt fitted to the rifle. The stock is an old King Otto cypher stock (1912 or before). If you'll note on the bolt, the striker assembly is matching to the bolt body; this would further underscore a fairly extensive "ground-up" rebuild versus the typical bolt re-numbering protocol. The renumberings on the striker components look to be overstamps except for the cocking piece. All SNs either match, or are forced-matched except the rod and sight slider buttons (doubt they cared at this point on those).
This appears to have been a late war rebuild, as the acceptance on the barrel seems to match a Bavarian depot build that was assembled using a spare Amberg 1918 receiver.( @mauser1908 or @PrayingMantis ; I can't seem to put hands on photos of that one; do either of you have any?) There are assembly numbers on the barrel and receiver too ("3" in this case)
Interestingly, the disc was flipped on this one, so I carefully popped it out. To my surprise, there was a 3rd Reserve Foot Guards unit marking on the disc. Odd to find on a Bavarian depot stock, but my best guess would be that the disc was in a parts bin and installed face-down during the rebuild.
Receiver 9867c
Barrel 9867c (BI 46)
Front Sight 67
Rear Sight 67
Sight Slider 67
Ejector Box 67
Trigger Sear 67
Front Barrel Band 67
Rear Barrel Band 67
Trigger Guard 9867
Trigger Guard Screws 67,67
Floor Plate 67
Follower 67
Stock 9867 (X'ed and renumbered)
Handguard 9876
Buttplate 9867 c
Bayonet Lug 67
Cleaning Rod mm
Bolt Body 9867c (scrubbed/force matched)
Extractor 67
Safety 67 (overstamped)
Cocking Piece 67
Bolt Shroud 67 (overstamped)
Firing Pin 67 (overstamped)
