Gewehr 98 Amberg 1917 4287u

Cyrano4747 said:
Do you know why they skipped j?

Legibility reasons / easy to mistake for another with the script they were using?
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It is speculation based upon observation...

What is fact is in my limited trends research this is a consistency with all makers but Danzig (they used distinctive i & j during 1916 & 1917, - 1915 they seem to have skipped j-block but too few examples to currently say for sure); that and in this case (Amberg/17) 7 observation for Amberg i block and 4 k-blocks but none for an identifiable j-block. This holds true with more examples i-k recorded in 1915; of course Amberg/18 ends in the h-block so that is the is the basis for my opinion.

***I doubt this will be taken as fact until someone else proves (as an overwhelming probability) it with more trends work, but I will say it is at least a probability at this point.
 
PrayingMantis said:
Great Amber, Hale! I added it to the reference. As Chris mentioned, additional photos would be good if you get a chance. Also there should be corresponding numbers on the back of the bolt handle and bottom of the receiver, would be good to have those for the study, too.
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Yesterday i added this rifle to the Amberg receiver code study but it would be good to add the right receiver & lower bolt flat to the same study, - the barrel code too if OP is especially adventurous...
 
chrisftk said:
I believe it has to do with the German language. At the time, there was some interchangeability between the letters. I'm hardly a linguist, but that was my understanding.
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Not interchangeable, but easy to mix up in the wrong typeface.

I'm not a linguist, but I've got a professional background in 19th and 20th century German history that had me doing archival work for a while.
 
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