1937 Mauser Oberndorf

[denny gaither]

Here are some pictures of a recent acquisition. It is an early (#3642a) matching S/42 1937 with what I think is a Banner K muzzle cover. It's obvious this rifle went through WWII, but for such an early gun, I think it's survived pretty well. The major exception being that the front band was, at some point, removed by a gorilla. The upper band was reinstalled upside down (which I have corrected) My apologies for the lousy lighting. The weather hasn't been good enough for an outside photo shoot recently.
As always, comments and criticism are welcome...

Shouldn't a '37 bolt stop be numbered also?

Gorilla attack!

 

[denny gaither]

A Few More Pictures

Upside Down

Internal stock number and date

Handguard

Barrel Code

Muzzle Cover

 

[pzjgr]

Very nice rifle! Love the wood....

I have two 37 MO's, and the bolt stops on both of them are s/n'd and WaA'd...one "x", and one "y" block....

Could have slipped through, or maybe a replacement...

 

[my66coupe]

Nice! Got any pictures of the stock cartouches?

Interesting to see the "FEB" ink stamp for the date of manufacture. I thought the germans stamped week of the year?

 

[denny gaither]

Nice! Got any pictures of the stock cartouches?

Interesting to see the "FEB" ink stamp for the date of manufacture. I thought the germans stamped week of the year?

Here you go!

See page 235 of Bruce & Mike's vol. 1 for details on the early stock date stampings.

 

[jbmauser]

That's a beauty!

I've always liked the date stamps in the barrel channel. Pretty neat.

 

[denny gaither]

Very nice rifle! Love the wood....

I have two 37 MO's, and the bolt stops on both of them are s/n'd and WaA'd...one "x", and one "y" block....

Could have slipped through, or maybe a replacement...

I'm guessing a field replacement considering the screw has the correct, for the period WaA??

 

[ZenMastaT]

Great looking gun! I really dig the bluing job done at Oberndorf pre-war. Forgive my ignorance but what would mark that muzzle cover as being off a Banner K as opposed to a Standard Modell or something? Did the latter not come with one?

 

[denny gaither]

Great looking gun! I really dig the bluing job done at Oberndorf pre-war. Forgive my ignorance but what would mark that muzzle cover as being off a Banner K as opposed to a Standard Modell or something? Did the latter not come with one?

Pretty sure the cover would also be correct for a Standard Modell. Maybe even a Chinese contract, possibly?

 

[KKW22cal]

My 1937 S/42 K98k

I want to share pictures of my rifle as well. Was able to pick up for a good price because of its condition. I did add a muzzle cover that a bought at a show. Out of all my rifles I wish it could tell me it's story.

 

[KKW22cal]

More pictures of S/42 K98k

More pictures. I think the laminate stock is correct.