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Doubs · 08-24-2003, 12:57 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Heydrich:
Both the E/N (nitro) and E/J (post repair/rework) proofs are commercial types that were used by various civilian workshops in Germany. I have never seen a pre-1940 rework with the eagle/N instead of the crown/N. The E/J proof was used for military firearms, it is particularly endemic to SS reworked G98 rifles.<hr /></blockquote>Heydrich, would the reworked Gew98's be WW1 rifles altered for use by the early SS units? I take it that they were reworked by a commercial shop or shops? That's interesting.

08-24-2003, 12:57 PM	#6
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,742 Thanks: 826 Thanked 1,788 Times in 590 Posts	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Heydrich: <strong>Both the E/N (nitro) and E/J (post repair/rework) proofs are commercial types that were used by various civilian workshops in Germany. I have never seen a pre-1940 rework with the eagle/N instead of the crown/N. The E/J proof was used for military firearms, it is particularly endemic to SS reworked G98 rifles.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Heydrich, would the reworked Gew98's be WW1 rifles altered for use by the early SS units? I take it that they were reworked by a commercial shop or shops? That's interesting.