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Common German barrel lengths for "kipplaufs" include 60, 62.5, 65 cm, and others. Some are even shorter, to save weight. Mike
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Thanks Ford. So it could have been 62.5cm then.
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This would be a possible candidate...
https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Rupprecht,_Crown_Prince_of_Bavaria
Cheers, Wolfgang
Last edited by Gunwolf; 09/25/20 02:50 PM.
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...but I think, the crown is not right...!?
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Checked a few W. Foerster rifle barrel lengths on the Web & there was 60cm, 26 1/2", 21 3/4"(I assume they couldn't measure & the value was 55cm?)
So his wares spanned the gambit regarding English or Metric units.
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Rifle just arrived and here is the first close-up picture of the date and ledger numbers on the barrels.
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Raimey - the muzzles are smooth and not checkered.
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Close-up of the other barrel marks
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And it looks like there is/was a different number on the barrel flats. I'll try to clean the surface corrosion off to get a better read on it.
Last edited by Ian (WI); 09/28/20 07:47 PM.
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https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Bekanntmachung,_betreffend_die_Ausf%C3%BChrung_des_Gesetzes_%C3%BCber_die_Pr%C3%BCfung_der_L%C3%A4ufe_und_Verschl%C3%BCsse_der_Handfeuerwaffen
91/83(9,40mm) plug gauge which would pair w/ that 1903 Z-M date then mm stamps may be from a proof effort @ Suhl prior to 1912.
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