- WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER OBERNDORF RIFLE SERIAL NUMBER
- WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER OBERNDORF RIFLE CODE
- WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER OBERNDORF RIFLE CRACK
The hardwood stock is in near excellent condition with a repaired crack at the back of the triggerguard, an abrasion at the front of the triggerguard, four holes where the ballistics chart was pinned, and scattered small dings and abrasions. 90944”, which allows more precise elevation adjustments out to 600 meters. The rear sight has an adjustable target sight insert marked “METALLVERKEN / VASTERAS / SV, PAT. The bolt assembly is serialized and matching to the rifle, and features a straight bolt handle the bolt release lever is serialized, but is not matching to the rifle. Crown proofs are stamped on all major components and underside of the barrel is import marked. The receiver ring is crisply stamped “WAFFENFABRIK / MAUSER / OBERNDORF A/N” and is dated 1899, showing that it was one of the Model 1896 Swedish Mausers that were converted to the Model 38. The steel buttplate has been cleaned bright. The rifle retains about 85% arsenal reapplied blue with high edge wear, both barrel bands having worn to gunmetal gray patina, wear near the muzzle and on the triggerguard, and the receiver ring having a dark gray-brown patina. ).Serial #30605, 6.5 Swedish, 23 1/2” barrel with a bright excellent bore.
For example from 1912, and onward, rifles were usually stamped with an actual caliber designation (ie. There were number of changes made to the proof law between 18. The crown/U is a "supplementary" mark certifying that the gun was still in one piece following the discharge of the proof round. The crown/B indicates a single "provisional" proof load, something that was equal to the official charge indicated on Table III, but a "home brewed" pill made up by the proofhouse. I assume that the observed 7.85mm figure is within the allowed + or - factors for a rifle of 156.14 gauge, otherwise they wouldn't have stamped the gauge #. Your rifle is of 156.14 guage, which according to Table III, Law of 1891 (Proof of Guns Designed to Fire Solid Projectiles) offically equates to a BORE of 7.87mm, however with your rifle the bore actually slugged out to 7.85mm when examined at the proofhouse. Under the proof law of 1891 the official "caliber" designation of rifles was given in "gauge" (not mm), very much as was done for shotguns. Nothing super fancy but a good looking well made and well balanced rifle. The original number in question from my first post is stamped upside down on the left rear side of the barrel near the receiver. Numbers match on the parts throughout the gun.
WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER OBERNDORF RIFLE SERIAL NUMBER
On the left side of the receiver is marked WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER-ORBERNDORF and the serial number of the rifle. There is 156.14 stamped under the barrel near the receiver. One is a crown over B and the other is a crown over U. There are 2 proof marking scattered on the gun. I looked closer but still did not find a caliber marking. Also commonly there will be stampings indicating the proof load, but those markings too varied as requirements changed. If the other two #'s represent the number of the gun on the proofhouse registry and the bore diameter, I'd think that the 8,2 should represent the date (August 1902?) but my way of thinking is that it would read 8.02, but then again I'm uncertain as to the accepted practice in the first decade of the 20th century. The number that confuses me most here is the 8,2. With that info the proofing data of a gun can be traced to a specific proofhouse, and in cases where there is no "makers mark" (common on guild guns), the ID of the shop that put it together will be learned. the 240th? ), the BORE diameter (7.85mm?).and the month and year of proofing expressed as something like 6.33 (June 1933).
WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER OBERNDORF RIFLE CODE
Commonly, but not always, there will be a code stamp for the proofhouse used, a number which indicates what number the gun is on the registry of the proofhouse that year ( ie. The proof houses will always include the tests and markings required under law at the time of proofing, but often they continued to include obsolete markings too. Proof markings on German commercial arms made between about 1891 and the end of WWII will vary as to both the legal requirements in force at the time of proofing AND the practice of individual proof houses. I would agree with Dave, the numbers are somewhat confusing as written, and there should be more stamped markings on the barrel, probably under the wood.
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