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10-21-2019 03:11 PM
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I believe that this is a so-called 'Sterngewehr', assembled from parts available as an emergency measure during WW1. The star indicates emergency make and the appended date indicates date of acceptance using a previously made receiver. More images would be needed, such as proofs, stock markings, matching bolt or no, etc to be able to get closer to which factory made it, but the ammunition plant in Dresden was apparently one of several pressed into service to get these made. As always, experts are asked to help out here, but in my opinion this is a sought-after rifle as they are not as common as others.
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A full set of pics will help determine what it actually is...and of course we'd love to see all of it.
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Looks good, bolt doesn't match which is almost expected... You have to use a macro setting for the bore and let it do it's job to get the pic. Still, it looks pretty good too.
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That's interesting. The floorplate doesn't match either. there may be other numbers. I wonder what the crown stamp means? It looks like the Danish
crown, but they were using their own Krags, making some of them too.
jn
Last edited by jon_norstog; 01-21-2020 at 11:11 PM.
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The floorplate seems to match the receiver number...
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The floorplate seems to match the receiver number...
Oh yeah! I lost track of the number!
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![Quote](images/tacticalgamer/misc/quote_icon.png)
Originally Posted by
jon_norstog
That's interesting. The floorplate doesn't match either. there may be other numbers. I wonder what the crown stamp means? It looks like the
Danish![icon](autolinker/images/link6.gif)
crown, but they were using their own Krags, making some of them too.
jn
Spandau shows a crown over the writing.
Exactly like this.
It is a legit marking.
Nice rifle!
I love the Gew. 98.
34a cp., btg. Susa, 3° rgt. Alpini
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![Quote](images/tacticalgamer/misc/quote_icon.png)
Originally Posted by
jon_norstog
That's interesting. The floorplate doesn't match either. there may be other numbers. I wonder what the crown stamp means? It looks like the
Danish![icon](autolinker/images/link6.gif)
crown, but they were using their own Krags, making some of them too.
jn
The Germans were a monarchy at that point in time, up until 1918 so the crown was for the Kaiser.
I also believe that the * not only indicated that it was made with previously made parts but previously made parts that had been rejected for being slightly out of tolerances. I would have to double check it though.
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