Need help to identify manufacturer S/178?

[Old Time Hunter]

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?

[leondes]

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

[Richie B]

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

[Old Time Hunter]

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