serial #3783d, 8mm Mauser, 19” barrel with a very good bore with spots of light oxidation in the grooves but strong rifling. The carbine retains about 75-80% original blue with light wear on the high edges and contact points, evidence of light cleaning on the receiver ring, floorplate, and triggerguard, the barrel has toned to gray with traces of original blue around the front sight, the barrel band has toned to gray with generous traces of original blue and a light layer of oxidation staining, and the nosecap shows light wear marks with light oxidation staining. The bolt handle has toned to plum, the extractor and bolt shroud have been lightly cleaned with the shroud toning to gray, and the steel buttplate has been previously cleaned to bright with a little layer of oxidation staining. The laminate hardwood stock rates very good condition as lightly cleaned with linear impact marks on the bottom of the pistolgrip, a light chip against the magazine floorplate and another next to the receiver, and a few scattered impact marks. The stock is serialized and matching to the rifle on the toe line, the characters of which are faded but legible under close examination; the correct extended buttplate is present on the stock, used to protect the stock when assisting Gebirgstruppen climbing mountains. The left side of the receiver is crisply stamped with the Eagle firing proof, serial number, and model designation, and the top of the receiver is “dot” coded and “1942” dated; a faded “(Eagle) / 63” proof is stamped above the code. The extractor is marked with a small but crisp “(Eagle) / 214” proof, the underside of bolt handle is marked with a faint “(Eagle) / 63” above “M 2”, and the rear face of the bolt handle appears to be serialized with only the last two characters legible and reading “33”. The bayonet lug is marked with a small but crisp circled “Z” on the right side, denoting Czech manufacture. The carbine retains the original open sights with a hooded inverted-V front sight and tangent rear sight, the slide of which is frozen at the 100-meter mark. Included with the carbine is a black leather sling and an in-the-white cleaning rod. An altogether very good example of these uncommon German carbines. (14B9100-1349) [Richard “Stretch” Kennedy Collection] {C&R} (1500/2000)
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