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I've been trying to help this young fella with his rifle and am stumped....there's a picture of the proofs on the underside of the barrel but I cannot figure out the proof date or the cartridge it was originally chambered to....or what some of the other numbers are. Mike, Axel, raimey....anyone got an idea? Vic http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/threads/hello-all-i-need-help-wth-a-antique-german-rifle.139540/
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Vic:
I don't have an account there so I can only see the thumbnail images.
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hmmm...and I don't know how to capture the image and post it or send it to you....
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Usually just right click & save.
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Vic:
The 313 is the plug gauge stamp for the 6,25mm diameter.
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Raimey,
My old eyes read that as 813. Since the two sets of numbers were stamped in different fonts, I opined it was relined. I think the originak proof was in the 8th month(I guess it could be 3rd) of 1913 in Zella-Mehilis, with ledger number 416.If I'm correct, it was relined and proofed in the 9th month 1975, with ledger number 22( 27).This can be verified, if a "repair" proof can be found on the side or ahead of the marks shown. I put a more extensive answer at the GGCA site. As always, I may be mistaken, and eagerly await someone correcting me.
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My answer above, was based on the single photo in the GGCA site. I couldn't get the ones in the link above to "blow up", but based on the comments from Vic and the guy asking about it,it may very well be as raimey surmised, a 6.5mm of some type, from the 4th month of 1910.To determine more would require much better photos and slugging the bore and a chambercast. The scale of the bore in the photo of the muzzle seems larger than 6.5mm.
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Yeah, Ford I'm just basing my response on text and nothing else. It is most difficult to make a stab at a sporting weapon with most complete info, which usually constitutes proper images.
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Everybody, go to the German Gun Collectors Assn. site. Axel has weighed in with one of his well substantiated answers. We still need a chambercast.
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Ah, we'll run one parallel when I receive the images as you never know what may happen to a site.
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