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It is a bit later but I've had to bend my rule somewhat on makers like Jaeger who did 99% of his work after the war.
I will touch on some of the early employees if I can get the proper information.
Frank Pachmayer is a lot like Jaeger who started before the war but is better know for what he did after. Luckily there will be August for the early years.
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Ok, so I haven't had the action out of the wood in a couple years and didn't remember all the markings. If you hold the action upside down with the barrel pointing left the markings are as follows: 8/68 X X *** (dots) J in a circle D O Under the butt plate is: 6v8 9 Under the buttplate: 039 (last three of ser. number) Pictures here: http://s424.photobucket.com/albums/pp321/NNT0321/Jaeger/Sorry to take so long Nick T.
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Thanks Nick, Looks like we might need NSA to break all the codes.
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Mike,
Remember that Dietrich Apel worked at Jaegers, is quite a historian and might be a living source of info??? German Gun Collectors..
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I've talked with Dietrich at length and as recently as yesterday.
He arrived in the USA after the war but has been very helpful on filling in the blanks on Franz, Kurt and himself.
One thing I was grateful for is to be able to confirm that Kurt was not an engraver. This has always been a point of contention with folks who have Kurt Jaeger signed engraved guns.
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Great, Dietrich does like to talk, and has a great sense of history.
And I agree, you woulda thought Kurt engraved most American guns in the 50-70's. Good to know teh truth, but I can imagine getting lots of diagreement by saying, "Kurt Jaeger was not an engraver", eh?
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