Mauser marking?

[12-1791]

Any clue

The eagle is very ww1 looking

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[Ura-Ki]

Rabbit Hole, Meet Rabbit!

German WWII Rifle Ordnance Codes

Gonna Need better pictures, especially what may be under the scope to know for sure! It's a KAR-98 possably a J.P. Sauer and Sons. by the markings on the left side of the receiver, the proof house markings i'm not familiar with, then there is the Sanskrit markings, which might make it a capture rifle, possibly Tunisian! What Caliber is it?

 

[12-1791]

Its WW1 Kar98 Erfurt 1918, https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/nmah_417798

Kar98 Erfurt 1918, What Do I Have?

www.gunboards.com

WHAT does the writing mean tho next to the 98

same proof markings and approval stamps also the SBI is on some of them

It's also a WW1 Eagle not WW2

 

[Ura-Ki]

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[Ura-Ki]

WHAT does the writing mean tho next to the 98

Karabiner 98

 

[12-1791]

I might not be Erfurt but its definitely a Kar98 and different manufacturer has a stylized Kar98 on it instead of that

like this one https://www.legacy-collectibles.com/1918-danzig-karabiner-98-az-16241.html

 

[gmerkt]

The "BSI" marking on the barrel, I think I've read that was the initials of the firm that made the steel for the barrel.

 

[Jay Walk]

It says "Jay Walk will purchase if a .25 acp"

 

[12-1791]

This Danzig one actually says Kar Rather than funny letter symbols, But if you click that link that has all the pix it has similar proof marks so its a WW1 service rifle. scope mount covers the manufacture and year.

Bergische Stahlindustrie is what the BSI means

hind sight it just looks the like the letters didn't get stamped well and not all the A was pressed into it and the R is sloppy the K is messed up but its clearly the K

,my picture has a better eagle tho and the same proof stamps as an Erfurt one but I think that has more to who it was issued to and their approval of it

 

[bcp]

Maybe?

From:

Gewehr 98 - Erfurt 1906

Hello folks! Another deact pickup. I got this one as part of the deal for my new P38, and the more I look at it the more I love it. Mausers are known for their craftsmanship, and the Gewehr

www.warrelics.eu

 

[12-1791]

That is an older Erfut and a Gewehr rather than the Carbine These pictures are from that those links including that Dazig one that actually Says Kar98 instead of K barely an A and the R looks more like an X
Your picture is neat because the W and R look like xxy

If you start looking at period accurate German Cursive it makes more sense


The Kar were getting made later so even tho that's 1777 this one is 1729 of a different model 12 years later

 

[bcp]

Fancy German Kar:

Erfurt 1918 Kar 98 Bolt Action Rifle

Currently not on view

americanhistory.si.edu

Bruce

 

[12-1791]

Fancy German Kar:

Erfurt 1918 Kar 98 Bolt Action Rifle

Currently not on view

americanhistory.si.edu

Bruce

I posted that already

 

[MountainBear]

Calling @MountainBear !!!
If the Bear doesn't know, its unknowable!

I don't know about all that. Sorry to be late to the party. Took me a while to find my reference guides. I guess I will just parrot what others have said. WWI production Kar98.

This is what my books said. I recommend both these texts if Mausers interest you, as well as the Kuhnhausen manual…

My assumption is that like most German guns, it had quite the travels after its initial German service. I cannot find my markings manual at the moment (still unpacking two years later), so the proof marks I won't be helpful with.

 

[bcp]

I posted that already

Just added a link to a real clear picture of a different rifle on a different page.

Bruce

 

[12-1791]

Yeah that picture in the book is definitely similar same spelling of Kar 98

 

[12-1791]

Tho maybe it really says K AZ

 

[bcp]

There were several different old German scripts, in which many letters don't look much like modern ones.

Bruce

 

[12-1791]

1917 the stock wasn't orginal and was heavily sporterized