Can anyone make out the proofs?

[Lancer-86]

Who made this bolt?

 

[M1903A3]

Looks like 280 to me.


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[ditch68]

Wa280. Erma.

Jeff

 

[Warrior1354]

So a Erma made bolt thats not matching in a Erma made rifle.

 

[heavy_mech]

So a Erma made bolt thats not matching in a Erma made rifle.

That's what I see too. OP, care to show more pics?

 

[M1903A3]

So a Erma made bolt thats not matching in a Erma made rifle.

Well, we can say that the bolt SHROUD was inspected and approved by the WaA280 team, but that acceptance can appear on Erma rifles and on Mauser S/243 or 243 coded rifles also. Maybe someone knows whether or not these bolt shrouds were MADE by Erma or Mauser? As was said we would need to see a lot more markings to make a good assessment. Bolt shrouds that have a manufacturer letter code we can lock down as to manufacturer, like “n” or “e”. Let’s see the other markings on the bolt.


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[DWM1915]

Well, we can say that the bolt SHROUD was inspected and approved by the WaA280 team, but that acceptance can appear on Erma rifles and on Mauser S/243 or 243 coded rifles also. Maybe someone knows whether or not these bolt shrouds were MADE by Erma or Mauser? As was said we would need to see a lot more markings to make a good assessment. Bolt shrouds that have a manufacturer letter code we can lock down as to manufacturer, like “n” or “e”. Let’s see the other markings on the bolt.


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The e/280 inspection team went to BLM for a year, I think 1938? And then returned to Erma. Erma used block letters for their letter code and that one does look a bit script like so it may be a BLM bolt from that period. Clearer picture would tell for sure, rare bolt and nice one for the rifle either way.

Thanks, Nick