Hello all, first time poster with a question but I’m very familiar to the forum here as an observer. I picked this k98 up today at the Show of Shows and was looking over all the markings. It is a mismatched Mauser 42 from 1940, probably a Soviet rework and it’s all wartime mismatches. However under the rear sliding sight it has a couple strange SS stamps on it I have never seen before. Anyone know what they could mean besides or see them before? Think it could really be SS? Thanks.
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Strange SS marked sight stamping on 1940 42 Mauser
- Thread starter Bmettli
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That barrel is a depot replacement barrel as well based on the barrel code being a rather well known depot spare barrel supplier, the other supporting notice of it being a depot spare is the lack of a visible barrel gauge marking (i.e. factory gauge marking at the 12 o clock shoulder position) any where on the shoulder. That rear sight sleeve I believe came from a Gewehr 98M since the new sight sleeves put on those were typically marked Patronen S.s which is the 198 grain service round.
