Picked up this rifle today.
Looks mostly matching.
The biggest issue I see is that the trigger guard and floor plate are NOT matching to the receiver.
The remainder of the rifle appears matching.
I would like input on the rifle.
Also any info would be appreciated.
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You have a rifle made by Steyr Daimler Puch in 1941. It's missing the front band spring (as shown in the last set of pics, image number 2). The stock has been refinished with some sort of shiny coating, definitely done post war. In the 3rd group of images, picture number 4, that overstamp on the safety lever and in the second group of images, picture number 3, that front band serial number just looks too crisp and off to me. I may be wrong. It's not a bad rifle but those are a few things that caught my eye.
Does the rifle have Waa77 stamps ? If so on what parts ? The receiver was made at Radom .
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Thank you all for your input so far.
I will check for the waa77 stamps and get back to you all.
As for the stock, it was definitely NOT re-finished. It is just in excellent shape.
The photography is making it look shiny.
The concerns that I had were two fold:
First, as Kar98k pointed out, the bolt parts seemed to have been re-stamped from a number 2 to a number 7 on most of the parts. But it seems to be on all of the bolt parts so I am wondering whether it could have been done at the factory.
Second, the numbers on the trigger guard and floor plate do not match (and there are no numbers on the capture screws).
I know you are going to say buy the gun and not the story however I got this rifle from a friend of mine who is the son of a WWII vet.
He was a combat photographer during the war and has many bring backs. The son assures me that his pop brought the rifle back from WWII.
I have purchased a number of items from his bring back collection and all are top notch.
I am wondering whether it was arsenal rebuilt by the Germans who added the trigger guard and floor plate?
And maybe the bolt was renumbered at the factory?
Thoughts would be appreciated.
I will look for the Waa77 marks today.
No duffle bag cut under the barrel band BTW.
Also strange is that the bolt stop seems to have been re-numbered (7 stamped over number 2).
So it would be one thing if someone re-numbered the bolt to match.
But why would someone need to re-number the bolt stop?
The bolt stop is attached to the receiver and stock which are both correctly numbered.
The stock has clearly been refinished , you can see the wood finish on the metal parts of the stock . Some of the other metal parts have been restamped to make them match the rifle . The rifle also seems to have many different Waa stamps , showing parts from many different makers . I have no idea who put the rifle together from parts and restamped numbers , other than it was not the German military .
Stock has been refinished. Obviously sanded and that isn't a military finish. Over stamped parts indicate to me someone tried to make it matching and it wasn't the Germans.
My advice, steer clear unless it's RC priced. It's a put together.