Luft1
Senior Member
Have been looking for something different and hope this is it, from the Baltimore Show this weekend. Serial number is 33954, no suffix, and I'm assuming that its a "byf45", because the receiver side wall is unmarked. The receiver and barrel both carry the correct "eagle 135" Waffenamt proofs along with the correct firing proofs. The barrel is also marked on the rear "44" along with the serial number of the rifle. The top side of the barrel also has the small "byf" in a shield proof. I think the bolt is a late war FN manufacture that is coded on the underside of the bolt with a late WaA140 Waffenamt but still retains the bolt guide on top of the bolt body, and it is fitted with a unnumbered milled sniper style safety. The trigger guard and floor plate are the stamped versions without locking screws and they are each marked with a single "byf" with the correct "eagle 135" Waffenamt acceptance proofs. The stock is a late war laminated version that has the Kriegsmodel style barrel bands, but still retains the bolt take down washer/bolt through the butt stock below the sling swivel and has a correct style checkered cupped buttplate, without the take down hole. The left side of the butt stock has a single WaA135 Waffenamt proof with the matching serial number in the barrel channel. The hand guard is a correct late wartime laminated version that is unnumbered inside the barrel channel.
The scope appears to be the correct WWII Hensoldt & Sohne and is coded "bmj". The scope itself is marked "DIALYTN 4x 74246/BMJ +" with the top of the elevation knob marked from 1-8 (100-800) meters. The scope has the late war style front sunshade/rain shield with no drain holes and it has a blued scope tube with both ends painted black. The front ring is numbered on the left side "35924" with no number on the rear ring. The rifle is complete with the rubber muzzle cover, the sheet metal front sight cover and an original cross-hatched leather sling that has a small "cey" proof mark.
Condition: 99% plus of a late flat blued over phosphate type finish on the barrel, receiver and turret bases with only minor edge and high spot wear overall. The barrel bands have the late green phosphate and the floor plate is still blued. The stock is also in the same condition with almost no handling marks anywhere. The stock is correctly matching numbered to the rifle and the hand guard is unnumbered. The optics are clear and sharp and the elevation knob works correctly. The rifle has matching numbers on the complete bolt assembly except for the safety which is unnumbered and the stock with the remaining parts unnumbered.
Question: While the scope is non-matching, it is very close to the rifle serial number. Would I be correct in believing that this indicates production in the same time period? from the book and the numbers, it almost seem like the scope came from the next batch produced after the rifle came off of the line. Is this too much of a wishful thinking stretch?
Any opinions, comments and disagreements with what i think i see welcomed!!
The scope appears to be the correct WWII Hensoldt & Sohne and is coded "bmj". The scope itself is marked "DIALYTN 4x 74246/BMJ +" with the top of the elevation knob marked from 1-8 (100-800) meters. The scope has the late war style front sunshade/rain shield with no drain holes and it has a blued scope tube with both ends painted black. The front ring is numbered on the left side "35924" with no number on the rear ring. The rifle is complete with the rubber muzzle cover, the sheet metal front sight cover and an original cross-hatched leather sling that has a small "cey" proof mark.
Condition: 99% plus of a late flat blued over phosphate type finish on the barrel, receiver and turret bases with only minor edge and high spot wear overall. The barrel bands have the late green phosphate and the floor plate is still blued. The stock is also in the same condition with almost no handling marks anywhere. The stock is correctly matching numbered to the rifle and the hand guard is unnumbered. The optics are clear and sharp and the elevation knob works correctly. The rifle has matching numbers on the complete bolt assembly except for the safety which is unnumbered and the stock with the remaining parts unnumbered.
Question: While the scope is non-matching, it is very close to the rifle serial number. Would I be correct in believing that this indicates production in the same time period? from the book and the numbers, it almost seem like the scope came from the next batch produced after the rifle came off of the line. Is this too much of a wishful thinking stretch?
Any opinions, comments and disagreements with what i think i see welcomed!!
