German Mauser Rifle Serial Numbers

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In 30+ years of buying, selling and collecting German small arms 1900-1945 I have yet to see one example first hand of sabotage by forced labor. I have also yet to speak with any reputable advanced collector that has seen an example of sabotage.
To my knowledge no example of sabotage by labor in the German small arms factories has ever been verified or documented and the few stories that have been traced back to 'first hand accounts' have remained unsubstantiated.
Right up until the last few days of the war, arms and munitions manufacture in the Third Reich underwent rigorous inspections along every step of the manufacturing process by the Heereswaffenamt (HWA), German Army Weapons Agency, with representatives in each factory witnessing the manufacture and attesting their thorough inspection and acceptance of parts, sub-assemblies and final assemblies with the application of their individual WaA 'Waffenamt' acceptance stamp.
I've come to the conclusion, as have many, that the stories of the sabotage by forced labor are just that.. stories. Either propagated in allied propaganda or by the former slaves themselves as a way of justifying their labor.
The Reichswerke Hermann Göring, as the BRNO facility was known from 1938 to 1945 had been producing Mauser rifles for Germany since 1924 when a substantial portion of the Mauser factory technicians and machinery from Mauser Oberndorf am Neckar were relocated there as a result of the Versailles Treaty.
Granted, as the war progressed materials and skilled labor became scarce, machine tools wore out, efficiencies in the processes were instituted and the quality of the arms deteriorated, but at Reichswerke Hermann Goring, except for the occasional air raids, it was pretty much business as usual.
The Brno facility never ceased production. After liberation on April 26, 1945 they continued to produce and refurbish Mauser rifles for years to come. They continue to manufacture weaponry today.

The word 'Mauser' can refer either to the German weapons manufacturer, the Mauser-Werke Oberndorf Waffensysteme GmbH, or to the series of bolt-action rifles the Mauser-Werke manufacturered for the German armed forces. Mauser exported their design to several nations, so identification of the nationality of a Mauser rifle is important for collectors. Mauser also manufactured a series of pistols and semi-automatic rifles which are much easier to identify than the ubiquitous m-93 and m-98 series rifles.

Weapon Identification

  1. Examine the rifle for an import stamp located along the barrel; this stamp should state the weapon's caliber, model and country of origin. Many imported rifles are stamped according to federal regulations and that stamp will settle your identification process quickly.

  2. Examine the rifle for any other identifying markings on the receiver and on the stock; the original armorer may have stamped the rifle with markings identifying the factory of manufacture. These markings are often used to identify surplus rifles.

  3. Match the cartridge the rifle fires with a likely country of origin and model. Dj mitsu the beats extra feeding rar files. Mauser-pattern bolt-actions were manufactured in countries including Germany, Turkey, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Belgium, Argentina and Chile, so the round the rifle fires can help you identify the rifle's origins and model, like the 1891 Argentine, 1909 Argentine, Spanish 1893, Chilean 1895 and the Swedish 1896. Mausers fire 7.65x53mm Argentine/Belgian, the 7x57mm Spanish/Chilean, the 6.5x55mm Swedish and the 7.92x57mm German.

  4. Determine whether your rifle is a Gewehr 98k or Karabiner 98k if your rifle fires 7.92x57mm, as these rifles fired 8 mm Mauser. These rifles were the famed standard-issue rifles of the German army through the first and second World Wars; should the rifle have a two- or three-alphanumeric code on the top of the receiver, the rifle is most likely a Gewehr 98k or Karabiner 98k. These numbers are the ordinance codes of German manufacturers.

Tip

  • If the rifle is not of German manufacture, but clearly uses the Mauser action, use a combination of rifle caliber and receiver markings to determine the country of origin. You may need to use a Mauser rifle identification guide, as the number of Mauser rifle variants is too great to list here.

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