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Yeah. Really, it's made late in 1944, in Austria. By Steyr-Daimler-Puch, and those guys were the first ones utilizing forced labor from the camps. And there were Norwegian SS troops guarding the Mauthausen concentration camp, where they got most of their forced laborers. I don't think that rifle made its way up here after the war, since there would be no need for any more rifles up here, since 600 000 soldiers surrendered here anyway.Okeefenokee wrote:Sounds like someone was leading a secret life.
Otern wrote:Got myself another Mauser. A K98k, still in the original caliber, which is rare around here. It used to belong to my grandfather, but was lost for many years after he died. Then the guy he gave it to handed it in on the local police station, and they let me know they had it, in case I wanted it, or it'd go to destruction. A couple weeks went by, then I got the approved application, and went down there to get it. And they were nice enough to give me a box with some original German ammo from WW2 too.
This is why I love rural police. In a city, it would probably be scrap metal now.
It's modified a lot, cut down stock, a new iron sight, and a scope, but still pretty nicely done. Also did a lot of digging on the different markings. Turns out it was made in a concentration camp late in 1944, and it might have been an SS order. Norwegian SS soldiers guarded that particular camp. My grandfather bought it many years after the war, but I do wonder who it belonged to before him.
The bolt and the buttplate serial numbers don't match the receiver. But I think all other numbered parts match the receiver. Sort of a mish mash of waffenamt markings too, even on parts where the serial numbers match. It's definitely a last ditch rifle. Not as well machined and fitted as my 1938 mauser. Not as many markings. They didn't even bother to write "44" on the receiver, just a single "4". No S rune either.C-Mag wrote: NICE
Do you have matching serial numbers on the bolt and receiver ?
Otern wrote:The bolt and the buttplate serial numbers don't match the receiver. But I think all other numbered parts match the receiver. Sort of a mish mash of waffenamt markings too, even on parts where the serial numbers match. It's definitely a last ditch rifle. Not as well machined and fitted as my 1938 mauser. Not as many markings. They didn't even bother to write "44" on the receiver, just a single "4". No S rune either.C-Mag wrote: NICE
Do you have matching serial numbers on the bolt and receiver ?
Looked into the production lots at Steyr-Daimler-Puch. And while most markings indicate no SS order, there are some markings that are common on a SS rifle, but not on a Wehrmacht rifle. Probably made on a Wehrmacht order, but some of the guys proof marking it, proof marked rifles made for the SS too.
The ammunition I got was made in 1940 and 1934, primarily. Kind of weird to think about ammunition not being used for almost the entire time the nazis were in power. It's the good kind too, not steel cased. Some steel cored.