Witness Mark and Barrel Questions

John D. · 03-03-2003, 11:58 PM

Here is another point, as I just finished reviewing the previous thread, where there was some discussion about whether the witness marks were applied when the receiver and barrel were joined together - or whether they were applied as the TDC (well - actually BDC (bottom dead center)) as separate operations, which would facilitate them being indexed when assembled.

As I recalled, Gibson stated that infrequently - Krieghoff would use Mauser production barrels. So, I took a look in his book for a photo that might show a Mauser barrel installed on a Krieg. receiver. On Page 97, there is one such photo, which appears to be the base as best I can tell - and shows that the Mauser bbl. did not have a witness mark when installed by Krieghoff. That would lead one to believe that the witness marks were not applied as separate operations (once to the receiver and another to the barrel), as the Mauser mfg. bbl. had no witness mark when joined to a receiver that has no mark...

Anyway - just another observation...

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03-03-2003, 11:58 PM	#5
John D. Administrator & Site Owner LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A Little NE of Somewhere... Posts: 2,651 Thanks: 478 Thanked 517 Times in 129 Posts	Here is another point, as I just finished reviewing the previous thread, where there was some discussion about whether the witness marks were applied when the receiver and barrel were joined together - or whether they were applied as the TDC (well - actually BDC (bottom dead center)) as separate operations, which would facilitate them being indexed when assembled. As I recalled, Gibson stated that infrequently - Krieghoff would use Mauser production barrels. So, I took a look in his book for a photo that might show a Mauser barrel installed on a Krieg. receiver. On Page 97, there is one such photo, which appears to be the base as best I can tell - and shows that the Mauser bbl. did not have a witness mark when installed by Krieghoff. That would lead one to believe that the witness marks were not applied as separate operations (once to the receiver and another to the barrel), as the Mauser mfg. bbl. had no witness mark when joined to a receiver that has no mark... Anyway - just another observation...