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#550447 07/10/19 02:03 PM
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I'm looking at a German Sporting rifle with a SKOPAR B scope with see though mounts on it. It also has a set of off set single claw mounts on it. The front one is mounted on the rib a inch or so behind the rear iron/flip-up sight and the rear is mounted off the left side behind ring. I don't have pictures right now. They think it is chambered in 6.5x57. Was that a common pactice to have a rifle set up for to different scopes?


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Not sure about how common the different mounting setups would have been but that scope is an old Voigtlnder

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R.Marshall,
It is not very common to have two scopes for the same rifle, but it is not unheard of either. One of my German hunting friends had a Heym Mod 33 Dural drilling 20/20X 5.6x52R with both a 4X and 6X scope. He used the 4X in the mornings and the 6X in the afternoons, because it was better in the dark. There is also the possibility that your rifle is one of the many that was separated from it's scope at the end of the war and subsequently had another one mounted.
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Thanks for the info.
here is a few more pictures. I'm guessing the caliber info is under the scope mount.




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R.Marshall,
From what I can see of the proof load, it is likely 8x57I.The proof date August 1913( 813) indicates the bore diameter and case legnth should have been shown under the barrel in mm.
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I didnt see anything else under the barrel. I have it on hold right now. Once I get it home I will investigate further. Thanks

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Schilling forge mark plus 4000 ATM stamp.

The value in the stamp of >> 2,4 g GPB over St.m.G.<< stamp seems odd?







>>The CROWN + crown/N proofmarks stand for Nitro proof using the special "4000 atm proof powder". This proof was used from 1894 to about 1923.
The rifle was proofed for the M88 8x57I sevice load of 2.75(2,67-image) g = 42.4gr GewehrBlaettchenpulver = (military-)rifle flake powder behind the 227 gr Stahlmantelgeschoss = steel jacket bullet.<<
This is what I would expect to see?



Subject longarm....

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That >>date code<< Ford mentioned is actually 313(6,25mm) - a bore diameter / plug gauge stamp.


Supplemental Proof table - sub - calibre .....

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Thanks for the info Raimey. I was told it was a 6.5 something, the folks Im buying it from said they thought the person they bought it from said it was a 6.5x57. I guess a chamber cast will have to be done.

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Or slug the barrel. Odd calibre just from memory but as always just another enigma......

Keep us posted on this unique offering.....


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