G29/30?

R.W. Parker

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Guys,

An old Peter Kokalis article (SGN/SAR) makes reference to a G29/30 (G29o).

I've been digesting my recently acquired Volume 2, but I've yet to find any mention of this rifle. Did such a thing exist?

Richie
 
See the Steyr chapter. Both the G12/34 (G.29ö) and the G29/40 (wz.29) are discussed. Not sure which you are talking about.
 
Agreed, haven’t heard of a G29/30 before? From this? Just an incorrect designation - should be the G12/34.

“The Fallschirmjager also fielded a Mauser bolt-action rifle made by Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG at Werke Steyr in Austria. Called the G29/30 or G.20o, it is the most uncommon of all Nazi-era Mauser bolt-action rifles. It was derived from the Steyr Mauser rifle made for Columbia in caliber 7x57mm and then chambered for the German standard 7.92x57mm round. My specimen is marked on the top of the receiver ring with the Steyr factory code "660" and the date "1939" and is serial number "6681". The serial number is marked on the left side of the receiver ring after an eagle/swastika and the right side has three eagle/WaA623 proofs. The same Waffenamt stempel appears twice in front of the magazine and once on the magazine's floorplate. An especially distinctive feature is the fact that the rifle has provision for either a side-mounted sling or conventional bottom-mounted sling. The stock's recoil lug is recessed on both sides. The letter "P" is marked on the stock directly to the rear of the trigger guard. This exceptionally rare Luftwaffe contract Mauser rifle would easily fetch $5,500 on the extremely rare occasions that it could even be located. “


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Agreed, haven’t heard of a G29/30 before? From this? Just an incorrect designation - should be the G12/34.

After reading the Steyr chapter, that was my suspicion Farb -- Peter got the designation wrong. Appreciate you clearing that up!

Richie
 
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