SWP45 98k

[mike webb]

Everything looks correkt to me except the bolt & bbl bands. By 45 a lot of rejected parts were being dug out and used so the bbl bands could be right.
The bolt looks to have been renumbered, which I don't like. It is also not an end of the war bolt - gas holes should be drilled round holes and there should not be a guide rib in the bolt body. What are the proofs on the underside of the bolt handle?
Stock could well be right. Are there any markings on the stock - inside or outside?
Sarge

Hi, Sarge
Maybe it was the flash but the gas vents are round, the countersink makes them look oval but the guide rib is present. There are two WaA 63 on the underside of the bolt and a larger Nazi eagle on the rear of the bolt handle. There is also a tiny eagle on the extractor collar. The stock has no marks apart from the S/N except what could be an H stamp where the sling keeper sits in the stock, I will get a magnifying glass and look further tonight. I haven't had the steel out of the stock so I may have to to that also. I think the bolt may be re-numbered because there is no S/N suffix on the bolt root by the S/N and there are only the last two digits on the bolt sleeve when I've read there should be four, the last two S/N digits are also on the cocking piece. Thanks for looking.
Mike
Pulled stock off rifle, no marks inside wood except blurry s/n in ink on inside of handguard. WaA63 on sling band and below wood line on barrel beside the KF barrel code there is a shield with a 13 in the bottom and some letters or numbers (3 of them) in the top part of the shield that I can't make out, either struck badly or worn out die. Rifle was never disassembled to clean as steel was well coated with cosmoline or some such grease.