JT-AR-MG42
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Pics of the bolt may be in order.
The shroud and the cocking piece usually show at least one waffenampt. The root of the bolt handle will have one as
well as a firing proof.
In the FWIW category.
Some years back (before time had a real value to me!) I took out 7 or 8 matching 98k's (Oberndorf, Borsigwalde, Steyr, Gustloff, and BLM) with dates from 1936 thru 1945
and a pile of 198 gr. 8mm ammo that I had reloaded to German 'G.I.' velocity.
I deliberately mismatched all the bolts from the rifles and started firing three rounds in each of the mis-matched guns.
My goal was to find a rifle/bolt combination the would not accept the fired brass from another combination.
After an hour, I realized two things.
First, I could not find a combo that would not accept the fired brass from any of the other combos.
Second, there were way too many combinations.
I do agree with boom boom that gauges are cheap insurance.
Regarding the 'bringback with a mis-matched bolt' thing.
Obviously, we did not have the surrendering Germans do it.
Luck of your duty station and location as to whether your war prize came from one of those piles of guns or guns with their original bolts left in place.
American troops did pull bolts on different piles of surrendered 98s at times.
This was done for several reasons.
Safety, prior to American troops being allowed to 'pick one' as a war souvenir.
It also kept semi and full automatic guns from being put into or left in those piles by accident.
JT
The shroud and the cocking piece usually show at least one waffenampt. The root of the bolt handle will have one as
well as a firing proof.
In the FWIW category.
Some years back (before time had a real value to me!) I took out 7 or 8 matching 98k's (Oberndorf, Borsigwalde, Steyr, Gustloff, and BLM) with dates from 1936 thru 1945
and a pile of 198 gr. 8mm ammo that I had reloaded to German 'G.I.' velocity.
I deliberately mismatched all the bolts from the rifles and started firing three rounds in each of the mis-matched guns.
My goal was to find a rifle/bolt combination the would not accept the fired brass from another combination.
After an hour, I realized two things.
First, I could not find a combo that would not accept the fired brass from any of the other combos.
Second, there were way too many combinations.
I do agree with boom boom that gauges are cheap insurance.
Regarding the 'bringback with a mis-matched bolt' thing.
Obviously, we did not have the surrendering Germans do it.
Luck of your duty station and location as to whether your war prize came from one of those piles of guns or guns with their original bolts left in place.
American troops did pull bolts on different piles of surrendered 98s at times.
This was done for several reasons.
Safety, prior to American troops being allowed to 'pick one' as a war souvenir.
It also kept semi and full automatic guns from being put into or left in those piles by accident.
JT