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    Need help to identify manufacturer S/178?

    Hope somebody might be able to help me, I've got a S27 1937 RC with a stock that has waffenamt 214 s stamped on the take down disks, recoil lug, nose cap, and butt plate. All the serial numbers on the stock match (butt plate, stock- in barrel bed/channel, hand guard) along with a faint matching serial # on the heal of the stock I uncovered after scrubbing the stock with Murphy's Oil Soap. This is a hardwood stock, not laminated. When looking up the WAa codes it shows that it should be a S/178 manufacturer code, but I can not find any information pertaining to the manufacturer. Can anybody assist?


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    Keep in mind that each WaA inspector number was assigned to a region, not necessarily a single factory. So it is common to find the same WaA number on items from different makers.

    Waffenamt number 214 was used by a bayonet maker (S/178) but was also used by Berlin Lubecker. So, it is possible that your stock came from a BLM rifle.

    Regards, Leon
    Last edited by leondes; 04-19-2008, 05:16 PM.

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      #3
      WaA214

      Found this stashed away on my hard drive - no idea where it comes from I'm afraid.

      WaA214 S/147 Sauer und Sohn Suhl 1935 - 38
      WaA214 S/178 Gebr. Heller Marienthal bei Schweina (PL?) 1937
      WaA214 147 Sauer und Sohn Suhl 1938
      WaA214 237 Die Berlin-Lübecker Maschinenfabriken Lübeck 1939 - 40
      WaA214 duv Die Berlin-Lübecker Maschinenfabriken Lübeck 1940 - 44
      WaA214 qve Die Berlin-Lübecker Maschinenfabriken Lübeck 1945
      WaA214 Erma Erfurt

      Bayonet -

      S.178 - Gebr.Heller, Marienthal bei Schweina, Thueringen

      Richie

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        #4
        Thanks...guess I'll suppose it is a Sauer, it does have a May 1936 date on the butt.

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