DOU 45 bolt review

[nirvana]

Felt I should post this here for a second opinion. Postwar DOU 45 for export. Does this bolt look okay? Looks ground and restamped to me. Did the Czechs do this on recycled parts, or?

 

[mrfarb]

I’ve seen this very thing, postwar dou with wartime dot type font. My guess is it’s ok, pic isn’t clear though.

 

[nirvana]

The pic is an issue. The numbers just look washed out, I can’t see any machining marks, the bolt flat extends to the actual handle.

I’ll accept if I’m wrong here. Just smells odd.

 

[Metal]

Try measuring the bolt root top to bottom, should be 11mm to 10.9, no less. Also take the measurement close to the bolt body then out towards the end of the root and compare. Will tell you if an material has been removed.
Cheers.

 

[mauser99]

As farb has said.. its actually a dot font in letter and number.. dou's font was totally different

 

[AndyB]

In reality the bolt was probably made in Brno, possible only receiver and some other parts as rings could be from Povazska Bystrica.

 

[Stan]

As I understand it, all postwar production was done only at Brno which included some leftover parts shipped from Povazska Bystrica. Did Brno continue stamping receivers with the dou 45 code postwar, or were those all leftover, unused wartime made receivers? I know dot 45 code was used postwar.

 

[nirvana]

I appreciate the information guys. I knew that something was weird, I was just wrong about what it was. Thank you.

 

[AndyB]

That believe that it was only left over parts from war is unreal, as large numbers were made postwar, easy way Brno plant was a main plant and a completation firm, P.Bystrica delivered some parts only. They could had about 10000 parts for other month may 45 prepared, in may of 1945, since US bombing raids 1944/45, and problem by rails delivering and any other goods distribution, to believe that they produced the new rifles from spare parts is unreal, only old receivers are swp 45 probably?? even this is not confirmed, as the postwar switched back to dot 45 and dou 45, problem is that major material and rifles were confiscated by liberating soviets, same as in PB, most real even mashines were captured. Parts which have E/63 one proof or other A80 proofs are left over parts, all other wout german markings are already new postwar production.

 

[heavy_mech]

That believe that it was only left over parts from war is unreal, as large numbers were made postwar, easy way Brno plant was a main plant and a completation firm, P.Bystrica delivered some parts only. They could had about 10000 parts for other month may 45 prepared, in may of 1945, since US bombing raids 1944/45, and problem by rails delivering and any other goods distribution, to believe that they produced the new rifles from spare parts is unreal, only old receivers are swp 45 probably?? even this is not confirmed, as the postwar switched back to dot 45 and dou 45, problem is that major material and rifles were confiscated by liberating soviets, same as in PB, most real even mashines were captured. Parts which have E/63 one proof or other A80 proofs are left over parts, all other wout german markings are already new postwar production.

I agree with all your points and mostly the highlighted part that ONLY those parts with WaA acceptance are wartime leftovers. Everything else is likely post war. It really highlights the externally supplied (at long distances) the stamped bottom metal and points to those 'winter trigger guards' since they very quickly ran out of parts on hand and had given up production for MO and LU supplied parts.