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lonewulf
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Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade?
      04/11/16 11:17 PM


Louis

The circled "T" mark on your rifle is Austrian and is an abbreviated form of the word Tiegelgussstahl. According to my source, his denoted the use of a new high grade steel. This mark is thought to have been first used either towards the end of or just after World War 1. However, because MS rifles weren't manufactured during the war and possibly not until about 1920, your rifle couldn't have been manufactured before that date - not if it has a circled T mark. So in your case the starting point is circa 1920. And, as you know, rifles exported to the UK had to be marked "Not English made" from 1925. So, your rifle was probably made between 1920 and 1925.

Edited by lonewulf (04/11/16 11:19 PM)

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* Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Louis 30/10/16 08:08 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Jorgen   30/10/16 10:55 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? kuduae   01/11/16 06:21 AM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Waidmannsheil   01/11/16 11:12 AM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Waidmannsheil   01/11/16 11:22 AM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? GG375   01/11/16 12:06 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Louis   02/11/16 06:39 AM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? GG375   04/11/16 01:40 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Kiwi_bloke   04/11/16 06:23 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Rothhammer1   01/10/20 12:20 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Hook   05/10/20 12:52 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Rothhammer1   07/10/20 02:28 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Louis   07/10/20 06:57 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Hook   07/10/20 08:02 AM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Louis   04/11/16 08:51 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? lonewulf   04/11/16 11:17 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Louis   04/11/16 11:52 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? lonewulf   02/11/16 12:46 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? 50Calshtr   03/11/16 02:31 AM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Waidmannsheil   03/11/16 06:24 AM
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