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The German troops didn't carry assorted shims around or run to the nearest lathe, they just cranked the screws down, then backed off to the nearest lock screw point. Probably why they lost the war....

Actually, guns commercially imported prior to 1968 do have an "import mark". They are marked with the country of origin (probably GERMANY in this case). Sometimes the marking is very tiny and of...

It says Gew. (Gewehr - "rifle") on the receiver, so it started out as a Gew. 98 long rifle. It may have been cut down at some point, the picture doesn't show that. The bolt has been bent down (it...

Go carefully, there are tons of fakes out there.

Jim

The use of a limited length serial number and prefix/suffix was just a way to avoid long serial numbers and simplify the numbering process itself, which was largely a manual operation. Numbers would...

It is not just the propellant temperature. Atmospherics can affect the bullet. For example, high humidity can slow a bullet, while thin air at high altitudes can allow it to fly faster and farther....

Those rifles were cheap at one time and many were reworked to other calibers before the 6.5x55 came to be appreciated.

Jim

You are not looking in the right place - Gunner is in Bavaria.

Jim

The Swedish Model 94 was never made in 7x57, period, and any in that caliber have been altered. Similar carbines were made in/for other countries in that caliber as well as 8x57 and 7.65x53, but...

The markings indicate it is a Model 98/22 made in Czechoslovakia in 1922-23. The date of manufacture should be on the left side of the receiver ring. They were bought by Turkey, China, and other...

Since the Germans would not hear the rifle fire nor the bullet sonic crack they would never have known they were being shot at. Even if someone dropped dead occasionally, that was what happened in a...

The purportedly genuine magazines I have seen were corrugated like the MG 13 mags, but either it was done in a factory or the mags were newly made. Some may have been fabricated by unit armorers,...

In WWI, both the Germans and the US developed extended magazines for their service rifles. The U.S. development was intended for aircraft use, but the machinegun made it obsolete and it and the...

The "G33/50" designation was a legal fiction. Prior to GCA 68, the minimum barrel length for a rifle was 18". But those little carbines were too short, so Interarms (the importer) welded an...

The 28 is the year of manufacture. It looks like a standard VZ-24.

The VZ-24, like the FN Model 1924, and the Mauser Standard Modell, was a commercial military arm. In other words, it was made...

If you mean the magazine floor plate alone, the answer is no. The Vergueiro has a hinged floorplate.

But if you mean the whole trigger guard and magazine, the answer is yes, but you will have to...

Those are not really rare, as tens of thousands were made, but they are uncommon here since few were brought back in WWI or WWII. Post-WWII, some were brought in by commercial importers. In top...

Those rifles were what is known as "commercial military", military style rifles for sale to any country which wanted and could afford them. By 1933/1934, of course, Germany had pretty much chosen to...

My error, as I understand that the "S" on M1888 rifles means "spitzgeschoss" not "schweres".

As to the I/J, there was no confusion about the letter in Germany as there was only one letter for...

S&B ball is loaded with the same bullet weight and velocity as the German GI 7.9 s.S ball. And yes, you do know when it goes off.

Jim

Actually marked "Spitzer Bullet" in German and English? I have not seen any rifles so marked. The "S" marking for M1888 rifles that had been rechambered to use the new cartridge is common, but the...

An overused and misused word, the same that way as "tactical." A seller of anything he can't unload on the suckers needs only call it "tactical" or "sniper" and watch the junk fly out the door. A...

The rifle shown by Afghanvet is a K.98k, made in 1943 by Waffenwerke Brünn, Bystrica, in German-occupied Czechoslovakia. The left side says "Mod. 98".

KenK, are there any marks on the left...

Hard to be sure, but I think the rifle is ex-military and was converted to a sporter after the war (WWI or WWII?). It was probably converted to 9x57 in Europe for a GI, then converted again in the...