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Help me ID this rifle mark

spurgemasturspurgemastur Member Posts: 5,655 ✭✭
edited November 2007 in Ask the Experts
I posted pictures of this rifle a week ago and called it a Mannlicher-Schoenauer. Thanks to those who set me straight: as you said, it clearly is a Commission 88 sporter. But who made it? I gather these rifles were made by several different manufacturers.

I've deciphered the proof marks on the rifle (they appear to be German), but there's one mark that I can't decipher. I'm hoping it will tell me who made it.

Here's the rifle

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And here's the mark I'm talking about. It appears on the bolt, the bolt handle, the safety and the floor plate. The one pictured is from the safety. I guess it might be upside down. This is what you would see if you were holding the rifle, ready to shoulder it, with the safety on.

8mmmark.jpg

In case this helps, the serial number is WR9xxx.

Cross posted to General Discussion, too.

Comments

  • rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    This is a guess!, it might be something made by Sauer & Son of Suhl. The way the rifle pictured has been manufactured ( slim forend, attached to the barrel with key & flats on stock, below receiver ) has a distinct resemblance to John Walter's description of pre W W I Sauer, high grade sporters.
  • Hawk CarseHawk Carse Member Posts: 4,383 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Schilling made a lot of '88 pattern rifles, maybe that is their logo. I almost bought one with a flush magazine conversion but then realized I did not have a real use for a 9x57.
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