I.g. 71 na&a

[willyd]

So here is the second gun I got with the Loewe Gew88 that I have learned so much about since I posted it here what a staggering amount of knowledge here.
It a IG 71 by NA&A also not a lot of info out there on this one so any comments and info on this gun is greatly appreciated
If I need other pics I will gladly take them. I would also like to get this guy a bayonet and haven't a clue what that might be.

 

[Spartaner545]

Hello,

seems like you got some nice rifles there. The answer to your question about the "right" bayonet is the same as it is for your Gew. 88.

On march 22 in 1872 the Mauser infantry rifle 1871 together with its new bayonet, the Infanterie-Seitengewehr 1871, was adopted in prussia, saxony and wurttemberg. Bavaria would adopt the rifle and bayonet a few years later since they just had adopted their Werder rifle and bayonet in 1869.

So to find the right companion for your Mauser rifle you need a Bayonet 1871. Are there any unit markings on the top part of the butt plate?


With kind regards

Vincent

PS: One thing you have to keep in mind is that when asking/talking about the "right" bayonet for a rifle you can only look up the kind of bayonet that the rifle was adopted together with pre 1914.
During the early years of the first world war there was a lot of mixing up the different pairing of rifles and bayonets. Basically you would gladly take any bayonet that would fit your rifle regardless of what kind of bayonet you should really have been issued with in the first place.

 

[Loewe]

A rare rifle, though under appreciated, I think CB's example only sold for $1300, - Craig used to say that NA&A and Sömmerda-Dreyse were the rarest makers to find, and that is supported by observations, very few of either are known. NA&A the least by a couple rifles, though reports might change this observations (many rifles are reports only). Craig use to mention, or rather made a comment, about John Walter's reference to rifles made by another English firm, Greenwood & Batley, Leeds, though none have been recorded, Craig seemed to think they didn't exist other than perhaps a tool room sample (his words). I suspect CB was correct, that any rifle John Walters recorded was probably an proposal. The firm specialized in machine tools, like Loewe, and they are known to have supplied arsenals with machines, though rarely to Germany, even at a time when Germany was still dependent on foreign machinery (a dilemma ended by the 1880's). Possibly their reputation allowed them to submit an example... if one exists it would be very rare and obviously Storz never discovered an example in Germany.

Anyway, a rare rifle maker, though I haven't examined one to aid in evaluate yours. I only have a few pictures of examples and what is found in Storz.

So here is the second gun I got with the Loewe Gew88 that I have learned so much about since I posted it here what a staggering amount of knowledge here.
It a IG 71 by NA&A also not a lot of info out there on this one so any comments and info on this gun is greatly appreciated
If I need other pics I will gladly take them. I would also like to get this guy a bayonet and haven't a clue what that might be.

 

[willyd]

So to find the right companion for your Mauser rifle you need a Bayonet 1871. Are there any unit markings on the top part of the butt plate?
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No unit markings

Any ideas on the E&B's mark?

or the Crown S