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MagnumMauser98
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Walter Roll
#256521 - 10/11/14 11:40 AM

I was wondering if anyone on here had any information regarding Walter Roll's Mauser rifles. Specifically the timeline in which he stamped the barrels with simply his initials and a number and when he changed to stamping his full name and using the Mauser number system. Thank you for any information you may have.

Edited by MagnumMauser98 (10/11/14 11:42 AM)

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Igorrock
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Re: Walter Roll [Re: MagnumMauser98]
#256535 - 10/11/14 06:57 PM

Try to find book Speed-Schmid-Herrmann: Mauser Original Oberndorf Sporting Rifles. In page 296 there begins a story of Walter Röll Mausers. He was the last head of Mauser Oberndorf Sporting Arms Department, from 1932-46. After that he made and repaired Mauser Sporting rifles using the remaining inventory of factorys leftover parts.

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dons
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Re: Walter Roll [Re: MagnumMauser98]
#256559 - 11/11/14 01:51 AM

This special S/N series, marked in script with Walter Roll's initials "WR", consisted of 200 sporting rifles assembled early during the French occupation of the Mauser factory in Oberndorf ( June 1946-August 1947 ) before changing over to the standard Mauser numbering system. I have recorded 6 rifles with S/N 39, 55, 73, 103, 131, and 159. I owned S/N 131, a Type S in 6.5x57 with a Zeiss 8X Zielacht scope.

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MagnumMauser98
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Re: Walter Roll [Re: dons]
#256701 - 14/11/14 06:55 AM

Thank you! This is the type of information I have been looking for.

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Kebco
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Re: Walter Roll [Re: MagnumMauser98]
#256864 - 17/11/14 03:31 AM

Mine is in the Mauser serial number system, 126,000 something, same font as Mauser used, unmarked above the wood line other than serial & cal, no proof marks or makers name, his name is stamped on the bottom of the barrel. looks like your std model B except has a left handed cheekpiece

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kuduae
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Re: Walter Roll [Re: Kebco]
#256865 - 17/11/14 04:13 AM

I posted the highest Mauser - Röll Serial number known to me here:
http://forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=231433&an=0&page=2#Post231433
It's # 128171, proofed 1960. Typical for most Walter Röll rifles ist the Mauser design, but light alloy, bottom metal with a steel floor plate. See Jon Speed’s “Mauser Archive”, page 503.

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Kiwi_bloke
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Re: Walter Roll [Re: kuduae]
#257579 - 06/12/14 11:25 PM

My 5,6x61 S.E. v. Hofe is marked "Röll Oberndorf a. N." under the barrel, (i.e. visible only by removing the stock) The proof record shows the date as 13/11/57. The serial number is 157201.

Apart from an aluminium floor plate and a satin finish receiver, it is a typical Mauser sporter.

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Kiwi_bloke
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Re: Walter Roll [Re: Kiwi_bloke]
#257580 - 06/12/14 11:27 PM

BTW, the Mauser book described by Igorrock has a photo of Walter Röll, but I have never seen one of Ernst August vom Hofe. Any suggestions as to where to look?

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