Hi Everyone,
I've learned a lot since joining this forum and purchasing my first Kar. I picked it up on Gunbroker for something reasonable for what I figured was a Russian capture. Bore is sharp and headspace checks out, so it is a shooter, which is all I wanted. Now I'm trying to decode some of the markings. It has a matching receiver and barrel and nothing else. It has waffennampt stamps on the rear sight base (2), on the bolt disassembly disk (one on each side), and one on the front site base. No other nazi markings. There is a "G" stamped on the bottom of the pistol grip and a "W" or "M" stamped slightly further back on the stock. The receiver has a 660/1939 code for Steyr(picture included) and there is an "X" below the serial number on the receiver and barrel(picture included). The bolt handle has the serial number along the handle rather than on the bolt flat, so I figure it is a vz24 bolt that someone turned down, blued and ground off the area where the serial number would have been stretched(Picture also included).
The only problem I've had are the after-market stripper clips I picked up (https://www.amazon.com/round-Strippe...ct_top?ie=UTF8) seem to be too narrow and will go the whole way into the magazine like an en bloc clip. The stripper clip guide doesn't look ground off, but with the rest of this rifle being like Frankenstein, I wouldn't be surprised. I can actually insert the stripper clip and then pull it straight forward and out of the guide. I've read the actual stripper clip was supposed to be 0.519" wide inside the ridges and these look smaller than that from my trusty ruller, but I have a caliper on the way to check.
So with this long-a$$ story, I have three questions:
1. Does this look like an actual Steyr 1939 receiver or does it look like it was ground off and someone stamped the 660/1939 thinking it would be worth more?
2. Is this actually a Russian capture or is the X part of the S/N? From what I've read Mauser had one block that ended with "X". I've seen most russian captures stamped with the X above the serial number or on top of the receiver. it also lacks any stamp on the stock or any electo-penciled serial numbers indicative of russian captures. No import marks at all, either.
3. Did somebody grind off the stripper clip guide or did I just by shitty after-market clips?
If you need to see extra pictures to make a judgment, let me know, these were just the most pertinent things I saw. I appreciate anyone that can offer any insight.
I've learned a lot since joining this forum and purchasing my first Kar. I picked it up on Gunbroker for something reasonable for what I figured was a Russian capture. Bore is sharp and headspace checks out, so it is a shooter, which is all I wanted. Now I'm trying to decode some of the markings. It has a matching receiver and barrel and nothing else. It has waffennampt stamps on the rear sight base (2), on the bolt disassembly disk (one on each side), and one on the front site base. No other nazi markings. There is a "G" stamped on the bottom of the pistol grip and a "W" or "M" stamped slightly further back on the stock. The receiver has a 660/1939 code for Steyr(picture included) and there is an "X" below the serial number on the receiver and barrel(picture included). The bolt handle has the serial number along the handle rather than on the bolt flat, so I figure it is a vz24 bolt that someone turned down, blued and ground off the area where the serial number would have been stretched(Picture also included).
The only problem I've had are the after-market stripper clips I picked up (https://www.amazon.com/round-Strippe...ct_top?ie=UTF8) seem to be too narrow and will go the whole way into the magazine like an en bloc clip. The stripper clip guide doesn't look ground off, but with the rest of this rifle being like Frankenstein, I wouldn't be surprised. I can actually insert the stripper clip and then pull it straight forward and out of the guide. I've read the actual stripper clip was supposed to be 0.519" wide inside the ridges and these look smaller than that from my trusty ruller, but I have a caliper on the way to check.
So with this long-a$$ story, I have three questions:
1. Does this look like an actual Steyr 1939 receiver or does it look like it was ground off and someone stamped the 660/1939 thinking it would be worth more?
2. Is this actually a Russian capture or is the X part of the S/N? From what I've read Mauser had one block that ended with "X". I've seen most russian captures stamped with the X above the serial number or on top of the receiver. it also lacks any stamp on the stock or any electo-penciled serial numbers indicative of russian captures. No import marks at all, either.
3. Did somebody grind off the stripper clip guide or did I just by shitty after-market clips?
If you need to see extra pictures to make a judgment, let me know, these were just the most pertinent things I saw. I appreciate anyone that can offer any insight.
