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TerryLee,

That is the about the most similiar cartridge I've seen, might have been it as it has been a while but not sure if you can see daylight through the example you have. I thought mine had...

Do not remember the headstamp but it was military dated in the 1950's if I remember correctly.

They do not not look like any of the ones in the photos, these cartridges had cutouts in the jacket,...

When i was a young man the neighbor gave me several boxes of .303 ammunition and told me it was expoding bullets and to be careful with it. I shot up most of it and never did see any of it explode...

Nothing on this rifle is correct, it is a parts gun, I contacted this guy as soon as I saw the rifle and informed him it was no where near correct and asked if he'd be interested in puchasing a...

Could have cried when I saw what they did to that stock;

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=133029090

I collected mauser commercial arms primarily had a few dozen military examples and one day decided I needed some earlier rifles so I bought M71, M71/84, ect.......but never became too involved with...

Well the only matches in my area I could compete in are service rifle and you can't use a bullet diameter this large. I have been trying to get the club to run a few antique matches but haven't had...

I set mine up so the rear handguard only touches two things, the lower band and the clip. I relieve the underneath except where the clip is located, don't allow it to touch the stock or the reciever....

4638811 LMR 3-53
4639016 LMR 4-53
4639444 SA 3-52
4640270 LMR 7-53
4641536 LMR 6-53
4641606 LMR 5-53
4651260 LMR 4-53
4651271 LMR 5-53
4653670 LMR 7-53
4655011 LMR 6-53

John,

Glad to see the other numbers with 27 dates, think this problem is solved, just haven't seen anything published, that is why I asked originally. I had assumed these 1mil range W&S rifles...

Heard from him, he apologized said he bought it that way, he's going to pull the add and cut the stock to prevent it from being used in another forgery. The guy he bought the rifle from is dead so he...

Jim,

Were the 352 numbers and earlier examples not originally 1908 rifles? They were reworked I've seen two plugged examples for sale on the CMP auctions, I was under the impression that...

Jim,

Saw the fake on gunbroker, pick up on that one right away, see some number blocks I recognize as heavy concentrations, 352's, 935's, 1013-1015, early 600-630, early 700's but didn't realize...

Kirk,

Yea some of the parts are "correct" for the period but honestly look at the rifle there aren't two parts on that rifle that was on it five years ago. I've seen alot of blurred lines when it...

I know we are only dealing with one example, 1013657, but in my mind we are now looking at the possibility the 1.01 numbers were held as spare recievers post war. The late 1920's it the time when the...

The 1 million rifles were assembled in late 1918 then and not kept as recievers?
I've not seen one with a barrel pre WWII but as I said my sample of W&S rifles is limited. I had assumed they would...

Well, I don't shoot matches with my 71/84's but I've run a few thousand rounds through them and all I've ever used is 5744. I bought two thousand bullets from a guy in Canada before he was put out of...

Not yet, still waiting, he did have a few decent Garands not long ago but they sold. He had two SA's with decent HRA wood that he sold for $699, wasn't a bad deal considering the condition of the...

I've seen a few W&S rifles, owned three now, and seen several for sale on the CMP auctions. I've noted the rifles come typically with plugged holes or unplugged holes and I've been trying to figure...

Good point, but honestly I couldn't believe it, I read the description then turned to the photos. I immediately saw that it was a put together, then once I recognized the stock and saw the cartouche...

This should give you a good laugh, probably the worst example of a forgery I've ever seen, couldn't believe it, check out picture #26. An NFR marked Danish Beech stock, wow, now I understand why it...

Well this is harsh but it has worked for me, I took a washcloth and lathered it up with dial bar soap and scrubbed a set of black wood. I did the stock and both handguards and the gunk came off. In...

Yes, mind and fingers weren't working at the same speed. I understood what he was refering to, simply didn't output correctly.

My initial assumptions with my study would be to find what barrel...

I don't have all the data into softcopy so I knew there were more steel suppliers, the above was just what I'd input to the spreadsheet.

A good example of date spread is SA MD51 5/55, 6/55, 7/55,...

I started out on 1903's and they bear heat lots, when I started playing with garands I noted the barrel markings. I'm assuming they are carrying heat lots as well, I've been keeping track of as many...