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Excellent condition 1943 dated and maker marked "ESB" primed and painted cup, excellent condition unmarked primed steel bottle, dark gloss primer matches the cup, and is likely from ESB, fair condition uncommon riveted cover with tears but all buttons present, supple strap late 2 piece with rare...

Oops didnt see that set of pics my bad.

Agreed, I wouldn't doubt a significant portion of these left Europe already having screws from crates or other places being slapped on by the guys mailing them home. The front band seems much more worn than the rest of the rifle, but if the price is right I wouldn't worry to much about it...

That stock is giving Brunn a run for its money! Great rifle. Did the locking screws disappear somewhere in the L block? I swear I have seen L blocks without them.

Sadly the stock has been cleaned and sanded it seems, but the metal is fantastic minus the pitting I'd say. The rear sight pin seems to be missing.

Very good condition 1944 dated and maker marked MN round late stamp primed steel bottle and painted and primed MN44 marked steel cup with some surface rust bottle interior is excellent and spotless, very good condition gabardine cover worn under the cup, good supple black pebbled leather late...

Excellent condition 1944 dated and maker marked L&SL primed and painted steel bottle and cup with some surface rust, bottle interior is excellent and spotless, excellent condition gabardine cover with some damage on the back loop, excellent supple black pebbled leather late type two piece strap.

Heard his name here and he's probably done work on 5+ stocks for me at this point.

Yes the majority have the 3 hole dish button like zeltbahns, but genuine 4 hole button ones pop up occasionally, often ersatz or captured material made bags. It is also worth mentioning that these things were used daily and took a beating. buttons are some of the first things that need...

I have yet to see any 1942 dated ones either, It almost seems that 1943 was their only year of production for the M42 steel messkit. M31's with 1930's dates however seem common. There appears to be no M42 steel canteens marked ZPStZ whatsoever, with the latest aluminum ones dated 1942.

Stock looks cleaned up as well but if the price was right it'll be a great shooter. The one great dilemma with all matching rifles especially snipers is you never want to shoot them! This will make a good range gun.

Marked CFL for Carl Feldhaus Aluminium-und Metallwerke, Lüdenscheid and dated 1941, retains about 80% of paint, made of aluminum, has remnants of a name on the back and has initials on the top.

Marked ZPStZ for Zieh, Press u. Stanzwerk, Schwarz & Co., Zwintschona-Halle and dated 1943, a fairly uncommon year and code steel messkit, exterior has heavy stress marks from stamping process with unique paint scheme where the messkit was painted with the top lid on resulting in a large red...

Dated 1944 and marked RBNr. 0/1006/0028 for an unknown maker in Vienna-Simmering, late style exposed stitch, steel hardware retaining most paint on hooks and is heavily patinaed, leather is supple and worn with dark color, stitching intact, one auxiliary strap is torn and has been repaired...

RBNr. 0/0766/0004 marked for L. Stromeyer & CO. Konstanz, late style exposed stitch, steel hardware retaining most paint, leather is supple with excellent color, back ring pad has rare riveted retaining loops, stitching intact.

Dated 1942 and made by Franz Brehme, Walsrode, early style hidden stitch, steel hardware retaining most paint, leather is supple with excellent color, back ring pad has ink stamp marked "47", stitching intact.

Dated 1942 and marked dnq. for L. Stromeyer & Co. Segeltuchfabrik, Konstanz/Bodensee, early style hidden stitch, steel hardware retaining most paint, leather is supple with good color, pigskin back ring pad, stitching intact.

Thread for German Y-Straps from 1939-1945. Being introduced in April of 1939 alongside the Assault Frame and M39 Tornister, the first y-straps can be seen made of undyed brown leather, with all aluminum hardware. Note that the "model" numbers listed were never the designation for these straps...

The front site is also backwards.

Thanks for the info! Rookie question for sure haha, but with the amount of fakes and the cost of genuine examples, I haven't bothered to learn a thing about snipers.