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Originally Posted by MauserMan1  Hi guys!!! New guy here....the Mauser forum caught my eye and decided to join up!!!
Anyway, I thought I would add...The markings are an almost dead giveaway that this is a Mauser K98K that has been sporterized. The marking on the bolt release, the little eagle over a 63 is a Waffenamt, basicly a QA stamp. The "67" should be the last two digits of the rifles serial number if the rifle is all original
These stamps were used during WWII. The 63 denotes that part was inspected, depending on the year the rifle was made, at either the Mauser plant in Oberndorf am Neckar if the rifle was manufactured between 1935-1939. Or at Waffenwerke Bruenn, BRNO, Czechoslavkia if the rifle was manufactured between 1943-1944.
Look at the top of the reciever. Their should be a manufacturers code with a date stamped underneath it.
Mauser= S/42G 1935, S/42 1936, S/42 1937, S/42 1938, 42 1939
Waffenwerke Bruenn, Czechoslovakia= DOT 1943, DOT 1944 |
First off, thanks for your responces.
Purdy your right on the butt plate and grip cap. I blew up the photo off the butt plate and it says Herters Since 1893. Now I'm wondering if it was a Herters Mauser, made in England or Czechoslovakia, or at least the stock maybe. We may be onto something now. It may be listed in a vintage Herters catalog as a J-9 Mauser. According to what I've read they were available to gunsmiths with little or no markings pre-dating that requirement. Waffenamt eagle is consistant with being made in Czechoslovakia.
There are no other marks on the rifle anywhere other than what is shown in the photos. The bolt may have been from a K98k but the waffenamt on the bolt does doesn't match the stamp on the recoil lug. If someone ground off the markings on the receiver ring there is no sign of it now. I think the best clue I have so far is that little Waffenamt stamp on the recoil lug.