An oldie but goodie--- Jhv44

[chrisftk]

Hi guys,

I thought I would share this one. G 98/40 I picked it up a few years ago, but never really took a lot of pictures. I had it downstairs for a cleaning so I thought I'd snap a few.

Bolt is mismatched along with the front band. The rest of the parts match. Laminated stock. Externally, it's "been there, done that" but has a like-new bore. I particularly like the rough milling on the rear of the receiver.

Doesn't appear to be sanded, but the markings underneath have seen some moisture between 1944 and when I acquired it and are fairly faint.

These are rather neat rifles. This is the only one I've owned, but I like the feel of it and found it pleasant to shoot. I understand the '44 dated rifles have rather low production but am not sure how low. Anyone care to shed some light?

 

[jhv 41]

Milsurps site has some general info on #'s mfg by year. Nice rifle by the way


http://www.milsurps.com/content.php?r=231-1941-Code-jhv-G98-40-Infantry-Rifle-Serial-1a



Production numbers of G98/40 rifles by year, according to best available sources, are as follows:

Manufacturing data:

1941: 33000
1942: 32000
1943: 59000
1944: 14400
Total: 138400

At some point in 1943, the WaA inspection number used on these rifles switched from WaA56 to WaA173.

 

[chrisftk]

Thanks for the info! Yeah, I noticed the bolt was e/56 marked, so I figured it was from an earlier rifle.

 

[vaughn99]

This is what i have gathered from my database of rifles of confirmed serials

JHV 1941 Low, 1321 range No letter Block
JHV 1941 High, 7996 range d (D) Block UPDATED 2/13/13

With a total of 47,996 rifles via serial numbers UPDATED 2/13/13

But a missing gap in serials when 41 ended and 42 began of 5,154 Rifles UPDATED 2/13/13

JHV 1942 Low, 3151 range e (E) Block
JHV 1942 High, 2472 range g (G) Block UPDATED 2/13/13

With a total of 19,321 rifles via serial numbers UPDATED 2/13/13

But a missing gap in serials when 42 ended and 43 began of 5,632 Rifles UPDATED 2/13/13

JHV 1943 Low, 8104 range g (G) Block
JHV 1943 High, 3632 range l (L) Block

With a total of 45,528 rifles via serial numbers

But a missing gap in serials when 43 ended and 44 began of 1,246 Rifles

JHV 1944 Low, 4878 range l (L) Block
JHV 1944 High, 3166 range m (M) Block UPDATED 2/13/13

With a total of 8,288 rifles via serial numbers UPDATED 2/13/13

Grand total of 133,166 rifles from JHV from 1941-1944 these numbers are all derived from serial observation and with new examples the numbers will be moved to the correct section but overall a pretty solid total count. UPDATED 2/13/13

 

[chrisftk]

Thanks for the information vaughn99, much appreciated!

 

[flynaked]

Very nice Chris! You've got me wanting one again!