Firing Proof Stamp upside down

[Absolut]

I recently mentioned it, fortunately the rifle was still there when I went there again, so took a few pictures. I wouldn't had expected such a thing to happen on something else than a Steyr, so not a real surprise when I first saw it to find out it was a bnz coded rifle. Since not mine I digitally overpainted the serial number aside of the suffix. Whole rifle is a mismatch and Israeli used (surprising to see the swastikas not peened out), but that just as a small side note.

Anyway, this odd detail tells us more than just someone had a bad day: it confirms the barrel and the receiver were proofed at the same time, together, and not separately.

 

[Zeppelin5000]

Very strange. I've never see that before. And it's not just one, it's both barrel and receiver. The guy who stamped those may have had one too many Hefeweizen's the night before.

 

[heavy_mech]

I knew it was going to be a Steyr before I even opened it. Never saw the FP before but have seen other upside down stamps from them.

 

[Absolut]

This one is a really good laugh once you see it .. and you are correct, no one else than Steyr could had made that!

 

[Guillaume d'Orange]

Sabotage !

 

[Loewe]

I bet that cost someone their "strength through joy" vacation... I agree only SDP could have conceived of this and let it pass, (a miracle the Gestapo weren't called to investigate...), though it is still surprising it is so early, an i-block is in the first half of 1943 production and this would be easier to explain away if SS contract or 1944.

Still very neat for an Army contract SDP, - and I doubled checked, no others like it g-k blocks, though a great deal of sloppiness in other regards (nothing close to this level)

 

[Hambone]

That's cool

 

[heavy_mech]

I bet that cost someone their "strength through joy" vacation...

I hadn't thought of that but it's funny. Figured it was due to exhaustion, stress etc.

though it is still surprising it is so early, an i-block is in the first half of 1943 production and this would be easier to explain away if SS contract or 1944.

I did have this same thought. Early even for them to screw up at this level.

 

[Absolut]

Pointing it out once more: the fact that they are both on barrel and on receiver upside down does not only cofirm they were stamped at the same time, it also shows the guy didn't really check it when he applied them, because then he would had noticed his error in first place and then should had turned the firing proof stamp.