Here is a German WWII period rifle you might find interesting.
This is a Mauser manufactured military style target rifle in 8.15x46R caliber. It has a beautiful deep commercial blue and a magnificent stock. The overall configuration of this rifle is very similar to the Imperial/Weimar period "Wehrmanngewehr" that Mauser produced (see Olson’s book, pg. 239). Although most Wehrmanngewehrs I have seen were single shot, this particular rifle is the standard five shot capacity.
The rear sight is three position with settings for 100, 175 & 300 meters with a microadjustment for windage. The sight appears to be identical to the C.G. Haenel one shown in B.B.O.T.W. on page 291,
The left side rail has the Mauser Oberndorf address as normally seen on commercial rifles, but the Mauser banner that normally appears on the receiver ring has been moved to the receiver bridge to accomodate the placement of an unusual Nazi Eagle & Swastika, with the initials "T.ST.V.". The general consensus of opinion by collectors seems to indicate this to be the insignia of a Tyrolian Shooting Club. An interesting article about these rifles appeared in the August 1995 KCN newsletter. The Hermann Historica Auction House of Munich sold one of these rifles in their September 2000 auction #39. They describe the rifle as "Wehrmanngewehr der Tiroler Standschützen" and state that the initials mean "Tiroler Stand Schützenverband Vorarlberg".
To date, I am aware of only four of these rifles with the following serial numbers:
20018 - sold by Hermann Historica
20766 - mine shown here
20790 - owned by a fellow collector
20853 - previously owned by a prominent collector as mentioned in the KCN article.
If anyone can provide more info or even logical speculation on these interesting rifles, please feel free to join in. I apologize in advance for the quality of these pictures. I’m definately not a photographer.
Thanks for taking the time to read this long-winded post.
Denny
This is a Mauser manufactured military style target rifle in 8.15x46R caliber. It has a beautiful deep commercial blue and a magnificent stock. The overall configuration of this rifle is very similar to the Imperial/Weimar period "Wehrmanngewehr" that Mauser produced (see Olson’s book, pg. 239). Although most Wehrmanngewehrs I have seen were single shot, this particular rifle is the standard five shot capacity.
The rear sight is three position with settings for 100, 175 & 300 meters with a microadjustment for windage. The sight appears to be identical to the C.G. Haenel one shown in B.B.O.T.W. on page 291,
The left side rail has the Mauser Oberndorf address as normally seen on commercial rifles, but the Mauser banner that normally appears on the receiver ring has been moved to the receiver bridge to accomodate the placement of an unusual Nazi Eagle & Swastika, with the initials "T.ST.V.". The general consensus of opinion by collectors seems to indicate this to be the insignia of a Tyrolian Shooting Club. An interesting article about these rifles appeared in the August 1995 KCN newsletter. The Hermann Historica Auction House of Munich sold one of these rifles in their September 2000 auction #39. They describe the rifle as "Wehrmanngewehr der Tiroler Standschützen" and state that the initials mean "Tiroler Stand Schützenverband Vorarlberg".
To date, I am aware of only four of these rifles with the following serial numbers:
20018 - sold by Hermann Historica
20766 - mine shown here
20790 - owned by a fellow collector
20853 - previously owned by a prominent collector as mentioned in the KCN article.
If anyone can provide more info or even logical speculation on these interesting rifles, please feel free to join in. I apologize in advance for the quality of these pictures. I’m definately not a photographer.
Thanks for taking the time to read this long-winded post.
Denny
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