Berlin suhler waffen - 22 trainer - very nice

hi velocity should not hurt the rifle at all. I use Remington's "Golden Bullet" but I like CCI's standard velocity better. There is better ammunition out there for sure but I am not spending the money for premium ammunition. I have shot all my rifles at least once and I like making those metal targets "dance"!
 
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KKW22cal said:
I have never heard of Venus. Did they make a DSM-34, if so do you have a picture of their logo?
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Venus Waffenwerke in Zella-Mehlis, with Wilhelm Foss at the helm, was the lead firm for the consortium which made the Greenheart DSMs. They also made buttplates, trigger guards, bands for those. They manufactured similar parts for the K98k rifles made by another consortium later, and are perhaps most widely known for making air rifles such as the Mars models.
Steve
 
If you compare the hardware on a Mars 115 to that of a Greenheart DSM, you can tell the stampings were done with the same dies. In example, although the air rifles used thinner gauge steel for the buttplates, the dimensions are identical. Screw-hole locations are identical, although the air guns used smaller, less-expensive wood screws for attachment, and are thus not countersunk the same. Interesting trivia, but it diverges from the topic a bit. Sorry for that...
Steve
 
luftmacher said:
Venus Waffenwerke in Zella-Mehlis, with Wilhelm Foss at the helm, was the lead firm for the consortium which made the Greenheart DSMs. They also made buttplates, trigger guards, bands for those. They manufactured similar parts for the K98k rifles made by another consortium later, and are perhaps most widely known for making air rifles such as the Mars models.
Steve
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Hi Steve, you find my BSW mastershaft with original rearsight and rare landlicht scope 2/1:2 ;
an original venus werke map for mars 115 with RAD stamp and muzzle cover
Bruno
 
Additional info: The catalog page following the other one I posted is shown below, with the "Normal - Modell" of the Meisterschaftsbüchse listed as "Sportmodell". The rifles are identical except for the stock, with the less expensive model having finger grooves in the forearm instead of checkering, and a rounded pistol grip with no cap.
Steve

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VERY, VERY interesting! This is totally unique! The design was largely "borrowed" from Walther, but BSW had added the idea of a trigger select which did not require tools (see photo below). Of the few of this model which were produced, then, I have only seen ONE which had the feature as advertised by BSW in the 1937 catalog. Also, of the very few which have been recorded, all of them apparently were hand-finished, on orders. The model must never have been produced in any quantity. Very rare examples, every one of them. Thanks very much for the added information!
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So the rifle that started the whole thread has this external trigger pull adjustment. Very cool. Im assuming the safety is the lever or button next to it ?
 
Still has wing safety. Bolt stop/release looks like a button type. The original design for selection of trigger resistance is the lever at top right in the photo of the left side of receiver of the model at the first of this thread. Looks like they only hand assembled a very few of these, and the recorded examples are spread out through time quite a bit. So far, only the earliest recorded example exhibits the trigger select of the original "tool-free" adjustment, and the others borrow from the Walther design. Very interesting development, and reveals a lot about BSW's thinking at this point in time.
Steve
 
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