Lyman serial numbers11/14/2022 ![]() "Paul: The DWM sporter on the 98k forum today is much like the one I mentioned to you in my e-mails of May 19-20-21. This rifle apparently falls within the earlier discussions we had regarding commercial DWM rifle production.Ī fellow collector, Bob T., emailed me the below lastnight: But I don't think it left DWM looking like that. I don't mean to denigrate your rifle, it looks like a beautiful piece. Duplicating the original bluing is easy for a good smith. Many smith's would grind off the crest on the ring because the customer wanted a clean look. How do you KNOW that it is original? Are there any markings on the top of the receiver ring, like a crest? Numbers or dates? If the top of the receiver is bare, this rifle is almost certainly not original. Not at the factory.Īny competent Gunsmith could have installed the Lyman sights on that receiver without leaving any unnecessary holes. A re-barrel perhaps?Īnd that Lyman sight? To the best of my limited knowledge DWM never installed any Lyman sights on any of their military rifles, or any other rifle, for that matter. On the DWM rifles I have examined, all stamps are polished smooth during finishing. This was not done on the barrel's number. The metal was polished on the receiver before bluing, removing the raised metal around the stamp. What I find interesting is the number "68", in the second picture, stamped on both the barrel and the receiver. > I have to correct myself already: it seems like the Germans used the crown over N as a sign for Nitro power proof: This rifles probably predates WWI or is a wartime production, big chance it was produced in occupied liege/fn for the german armyīut I am in now way a specialist so I could be way of mark here ![]() These markings were tipical for early 20e century ![]() The St.m.G is more tipical for marking of the German army refering to the unit that uses the rifle. The letter N with crown above is a marking refering to the person who prooffired the rifle I'm not a specialist, but these are possible explanantion: Really puzzled, some of the marking seem to be belgian, ![]()
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