Factory and Year on Scrubbed k98k

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Spivey

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Howdy!

I have a Yugo Preduzece 44 former k98k I'd like to figure out a little bit of the backstory on.
I've never seen a letter code in the place of a waffenamt on the sight base, but I know that wa18 was used by three different factories.
It has a few stamps, stylized letters and crowns, that I can't place.

Not sure if the stamps on the underside of the receiver shed any light on anything.

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If it comes down to it I think I can use acid to eat down the sanitized part of the receiver to reveal what used to be there, but I'd prefer to avoid that.
 
Spivey said:
I've never seen a letter code in the place of a waffenamt on the sight base, but I know that wa18 was used by three different factories.
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You should look at Gustloff rifles, there you can find some of these codes. The sight base was manufactured by Nähmatag AG in Dresden.

Regards,
Stephan
 
8x57IS said:
You should look at Gustloff rifles, there you can find some of these codes. The sight base was manufactured by Nähmatag AG in Dresden.

Regards,
Stephan
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Was Gustloff the only factory that subcontracted sight bases out to Nahmatag?
I see that Gustloff usually subcontracted out a lot of parts.

Do you know if the 43 stamped on the bottom of the receiver could be a production year?
Nothing like that is present on the receiver bottom of any of my other k98s.

I'm not certain, but aren't the crown and stylized letter pre-1940s?
 
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Spivey said:
Was Gustloff the only factory that subcontracted sight bases out to Nahmatag?
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Pretty much. That pattern of acceptance a and then e/18 x 2 flags this as an early Gustloff at that. Later the rear sight parts went almost all to Elite Diamant. At a point early on Nahmatag made every rear sight part I believe.

Spivey said:
I'm not certain, but aren't the crown and stylized letter pre-1940s?
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Yes Imperial era parts. Someone here who knows them could probably tell you by the proof.
 
heavy_mech said:
Pretty much. That pattern of acceptance a and then e/18 x 2 flags this as an early Gustloff at that. Later the rear sight parts went almost all to Elite Diamant. At a point early on Nahmatag made every rear sight part I believe.


Yes Imperial era parts. Someone here who knows them could probably tell you by the proof.
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Awesome!
Is there any reason for imperial era parts to exist on the trigger and stock of a modern k98k with a cupped buttplate made by Gustloff, or is it likely that the stock itself is a replacement?
It's numbered to the restamped receiver so its been with it since at least the 1940s, and from what I've read the Yugos usually didn't mix and match parts like the Russians did during refurbishing.
 
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I think even on scrubbed rifles there's usually enough to tell what's going on. Barrel code can be very helpful. Anything on the right side of the receiver?
 
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