I found an old 22 rifle squirreled away by my late (WW2 Vet). I thought it was British but a British forum id’d it at German. It has proof marks and is stamped on the action “429” with what appears to be a serial under the barrel of “1429”. The other marks look like acrorns, one over an “R” and the second over a “U”. Any help is appreciated.
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I found an old 22 rifle squirreled away by my late (WW2 Vet). I thought it was British but a British forum id’d it at German. It has proof marks and is stamped on the action “429” with what appears to be a serial under the barrel of “1429”. The other marks look like acrorns, one over an “R” and the second over a “U”. Any help is appreciated.
Newly found.22 with proof marks
I found an old 22 rifle squirreled away by my late (WW2 Vet). I thought it was British but a British forum id’d it at German. It has proof marks and is stamped on the action “429” with what appears to be a serial under the barrel of “1429”. The other marks look like acrorns, one over an “R” and the second over a “U”. Any help is appreciated.
Nice firearm -- you are aware this is the introduction thread? Perhaps a brief intro and then the mods will move this to the proper place.
Welcome from MA (Middle Alabama) -- enjoy your tour.
Welcome from MA (Middle Alabama) -- enjoy your tour.
Those proofs look Belgian to me. Crowns, not acorns.
But ya, the rifle itself is probably a German KKW/DSM type.
Edit: nope, definitely German. The top is the original proof, and the bottom means it passed through a factory repair and had to be reproofed.
No idea on the maker, though, sorry.
But ya, the rifle itself is probably a German KKW/DSM type.
Edit: nope, definitely German. The top is the original proof, and the bottom means it passed through a factory repair and had to be reproofed.
No idea on the maker, though, sorry.
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Welcome to RFC ! !
IMO you have a German Training Rifle, made in Suhl, Germany and branded Gecado - which was the name used by the German gunmaker Mayer and Grammelspacher for their export guns after 1940, or most likely by the German gun maker G.C. Dornheim, who used that brand name prior to 1940 ( which matches the date span of the proof marks)
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Welcome to RFC ! !
IMO you have a German Training Rifle, made in Suhl, Germany and branded Gecado - which was the name used by the German gunmaker Mayer and Grammelspacher for their export guns after 1940, or most likely by the German gun maker G.C. Dornheim, who used that brand name prior to 1940 ( which matches the date span of the proof marks)
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Hi, check out single shot Mauser rifles, although it should be marked as such. Need more photos please.
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