OK the extension and barrel are from a G date Mauser with W154 and S92 stamps - not too hard to figure that part out. I say the mod isn't original because there are no proof marks from after the refinish - that makes me think that someone stateside turned down and threaded the barrel, and then buffed and blued it and the extension. Although I suppose it's possible that the threading was an original wartime mod and someone just decided to reblue it at some point in the future -- it just seems unlikely.
What I'm more interested in is the rest of the gun. All of the remaining parts appear to match. The number "13" is stamped several places, like the back side of the trigger plate. Is this a 1913 Erfurt? How could you tell what year it is from?
|