1918 T-Gewehr Bullets

[rescuerandy2]

Good Morning All,

This weekend I am going to remove a small test patch of paint in a discrete location to see what's underneath. I guess I will add the tubular bipod to the "want/need" list! I hope it does not take as long to find that bipod as it took me to secure the T18. Randy

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[browningautorifle]

Are these not the same mount used by the '08/'15 Maxim gun?

[Patrick Chadwick]

As far as I can tell from the book, the users just dumped the heavy original and used the 08/15 bipod without any alteration - hence my use of the term “plug-in replacement”. It happened in the field, where alterations would hardly have been feasible.

Perhaps somebody out there has a 08/15 AND a T-Gewehr, and can make a direct comparative measurement?
More realistically: it appears that there are some 08/15s in the hands of forum members, so the mounting could be measured and the results published here for that Randy to compare with the T-Gewehr.

Randy: why don‘t you just post an information request on the MG forum?

[Patrick Chadwick]

This photo - Post #3 in the thread:

https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=42632

shows the presumed T-Gewehr heavy bipod on a 08/15. This supports the conclusion that they were simply swappable. I.e. the heavy bipod initially used on the T-Gewehr seems to have been originally developed for the 08/15. So if you want a heavy bipod for your T, look for the 08/15 sources.

[Patrick Chadwick]

There was a series of books written by Hans Helmut Kirst around a WW1 soldier, using the nickname 08/15.
The title of the novel "Gunner Asch goes to War" is, in the original "08/15 im Krieg".

To understand this choice, you need (yes, really!) to know that the 08/15 was such a common object for the PBI in WW1 that "08/15" became a byword equivalent to the British "bog standard", i.e. totally ordinary. Familiar to us grandpas, but not to the internet generation.

[rescuerandy2]

Good Evening,

With the help of Scott (Georgia) and Brian (Manitoba) I have successfully reproduced the missing large action bolt and the T-Gewehr is now complete and waiting for cartridge components. Randy

[rescuerandy2]

Good Afternoon,

Now let's get picky. As you can see in the photo, the new bolt is blue and the finish for the T-Gewehr is brown. What solution(s) and process would I need to brown the new bolt. Thanks, Randy.

[browningautorifle]

I think you'd need an acid wash to brown it a bit. There are firearm manufacturers that produce new firearms with this brownish "Rustish" look. I don't mean browning...

[rescuerandy2]

Thanks Jim. Looking at Browning techniques and a few vendors who sell the solutions. Randy

[rescuerandy2]

Good Afternoon All,

Finally!! I got the T-Gewehr to the range:



It was amazing and not as bad as I expected. Randy