22 Trainer or Sports Model/

[Scooby]

Greetings All,

I had great response from my previous post and thought I would post a question in regards to a Christmas gift from years gone by.

About 21 years ago my dad gave me a .22 LR that looked like a German Mauser 98k. It even has the bolt take-down disk and the slot and post for the sling in the stock. It is a tack driving single-shot. Thanks Dad! My boys love it when I take it to our range.

Markings are as follows:

It is marked on the barrel top in front of the receiver: Original Erma Fabrikat (the word Erma is inside a circle and the words Original and Fabrikat wrap around the circle).

KAL. 22 LANG FUR BUCHSEN (not BUSCHEN also an umlot {sp?} over both the U's) down the left side of the barrel in front of the receiver. There is a B and U both with crowns over them.

And on the left side of the receiver it is marked ERMA-GmbH-Abt-GEWEHERFABRIK-ERFURT

Now the question. What is it? I think a pre-war rifle for training or sporting purposes. It is made so similar to the 98k it is wild. What are your guesses? I have seen other rifles that were trainers but never one like this. I do not have a digital camera, so no pics. I really need Santa to bring one.

Thanks,
Christopher

[Willi Z.]

It could either be a DSM 34 (Deutsches Sport Modell) or a KKW (Klein Kaliber Wehrmacht, I think). It would be marked like this on the side of the receiver. The KKw is a more perfect copy of the K98k. The KKW, if I recall correctly (I don't have one but my dad does), has the bayonet lug and the DSM34 does not.

Willi

[Bill Grist]

.22 trainers

Macht Frei, There is pictured a DSM34 on the top and a KKW on the bottom, both of .22 cal.

[dag001]

It could either be a DSM 34 (Deutsches Sport Modell) or a KKW (Klein Kaliber Wehrmacht, I think). It would be marked like this on the side of the receiver. The KKw is a more perfect copy of the K98k. The KKW, if I recall correctly (I don't have one but my dad does), has the bayonet lug and the DSM34 does not.

Willi

Hi Willi,

Just a quick clarification - KKW means Klein Kaliber Wehrsportgewehr.

Merry Christmas to all,
Denny

[Scooby]

Dsm 34

Thanks Guys,

It is the DSM 34. Does anyone know about manufacture and purpose? Was it designed to be a training rifle or just a plinker in the civilian world?

Thanks again,

Christopher