| buckstix |
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| 29/03/13 09:53 AM |
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Re: Vintage DWM Commercial 7x57 Mauser w Lyman 35 site
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Hello Kuduae,
Thank you once again for the very helpful information. I always try to get as much info about my rifles as possible. That's why I like this forum, and all the people, like yourself, that are so helpful. Please give your opinion of the year that this rifle would have been made. Can you assume it was 1906 because of the receiver date?
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If you look into the old catalog descriptions, these basic rifles were only offered with military type double stage triggers. The double set trigger on your Armeemodell rifle is of the usual V-spring pre-WW1 Suhl design mentioned above. IMHO it is an aftermarket add on, installed when the rifle was new. Any country gunsmith was capable to install such an unit, bought in from one of the Suhl set-trigger makers (a specialized trade in the Gunmaking centers).
OK, I thought this bottom line in the "Arms of the World, 1911" advertisement meant that a "Hair Trigger" was a double-set trigger and this was a factory option.
In order to study this rifle more, I noticed that the sear-lever had a "43" stamped on it, so I took apart the double-set trigger from the triggerguard / floorplate assembly by driving out the 2 pins. I found that the triggers were also numbered "43" like the sear-lever and also the floorplate. That is why I thought this double-set trigger was put in at the factory as an option. The stamps did seem to me to be the same as on the floorplate. If this trigger was installed by a country gunsmiths, do you think he would stamp all the parts to match the serial number?
