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Hi looking for information for the marking on this rifle MAUSER 1871/84 MOD DANZIG FRABRICATION,thank you
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Most of the Gew 71/84 Mausers we see today came out of Spain 1963-65. I guess that rifle you have did not come out of Spain. South America import? The markings are not German (I think), but I must confess it is new to me. Navy Arms dumped a small pile on the market 10 years back, all out of South America. I'm just guessing you have a Latin import.
Buttplate tang marking:
7.R.E.2.32.
= 7th Reserve Infantry Regiment, Ersatz Bataillon, 2nd Company, rifle No. 32.
The other, irregular markings, (ISZ, IDK NRE ETM O .U) are definitely not official German markings. Unless you know a specific name or unit that fits, I would also not assume that they are Spanish, as the letter K is not used in Spanish, except for loan-words such as karaoke, karate...etc.
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