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here's a thought I read on wikipedia that stocks were built and then left to sit or age for 3 years before being install, curious if maybe this Stock was made in 1913 and then installed on the rifle in 1915 where is received the serial numbers and whatnot.

Found something interesting An arsenal stamp and the #13 on the tip of the forend. Mean anything?

No there either the takedown is completely blank as well.although I did find an uppercase K the underside trigger guard channel, but other than those scattered stamps nothing else was really found that may help its identity.

Other parts Here are shots of the butt plate and non matching follower. But curiously under the follower there is a 7. The top of the follower is marked with what looks like 96. The buttplate is plain and marked with 4067. no other marks on it anywhere

May have found something Stripped the stock and did a rough sand around the broken area. Have some finish sanding to do once the stock is totally dry. Used Scrubbing Bubbles to get whatever cosmoline and oil was in the stock. When it was wet, I did see what looked like an old serial number...

Very interesting You are definitely a wealth of knowledge. Thank you for all your help!

Nope Barrel channel only has the one number, original to the serial. The hand guard does too. But has sort of a four punch mark next to it.

Not this one My guess is that it was restocked at some point and maybe re serialed? The serial in the hand guard and stock forend are matching the receiver serial. Curious if they put a new stock and then stamped a new matching number into it? From what I am reading it is a type 2 stock with...

That's the odd part Looking at other rifles I am seeing many of them with the serial number stamped under the butt and acceptance stamps by the wrist. This one has neither and I've looked very closely. I would think that at least a serial would have some trace left as they were normally stamped...

Last ones Shots of the serial and other numbers along with an interesting stamp under the barrel. Non import marked.

And a few more pics of various parts of the rifle

Dont have a data sheet offhand, but here are the details 1915 Erfurt marked. 1920 restamp. Serial 4067 u (or maybe an M?). Matching numbers on trigger, floor plate, trigger guard, rear screw, front and rear band, stacking hook, hand guard and forend, and the butt plate. Non matching follower...

Hi there, I have mostly matching kar 98az I picked up recently. Not sure if anyone collects data sheets on these. It's a 98az with a 1915 erfurt stamp and a 1920 restamp. Matching except for the bolt. Nice shape overall. Thank you!