This is a nice rifle,in a decent caliber, but I doubt the date of 1940. By this time, I think they had stoped making rifles in several old calibers,including 9.3x72R(Herman Goering's personal opinions were given great deference).They didn't show the marks,maybe it was made earlier and finished/sold in 1940, or maybe rebuilt and reproofed then. It would make a neat little Whitetail rifle.
Mike