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Background
This carbine was purchased from a private party in New Zealand.
This carbine was first used by the the Bavaria Rural Police aka Landpolizei. In 1955 it was one of 900 carbines sold by Bavaria to the Württemberg-Baden Landespolizei.
It bears the marks of this agency on the trigger guard. The Landespolizei and Rural Police carried out many of the same duties in their respective states.
They could be considered sister agencies.
Barrel Group
| Barrel |
type IIB |
Inland Div. General Motors 1-44
BI on bottom of barrel, forward of gas piston (Brown-Lipe-Chapin Division of General Motors for Inland) |
| Front Sight |
type I |
illegible |
| Barrel Band |
type IA |
UI on band, swivel unmarked (Union Hardware for National Postal Meter) |
| Barrel Skirt |
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| Slide |
type IV |
N 15 (National Postal Meter) |
P proof mark on top of barrel forward of barrel band. Slide has last 4 digits of receiver serial number.
Stock Group
| Stock |
type II |
unmarked |
| Handguard |
type I |
unmarked |
| Buttplate |
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S-S3 (Shelby Spring Hinge Co. of Shelby, OH for Standard Products) |
Stock slingwell and underside of handguard have last 4 digits or receiver serial number stamped in them. Bottom of handgrip has LP of the Landespolizei.
Stock has cracks lateral along the length of the stock, parallel with the receiver.
Receiver Group
| Receiver |
type II |
Inland Div. |
| Rear Sight |
type III |
I.R. Co. 7160060 (International Register Co. for Inland) |
| Recoil Plate |
type |
unmarked |
Bavaria Rural Police on top of the receiver to the left of the bolt.
Bolt Group
| Bolt |
type II |
AOB on right lug (Auto Ordnance for IBM) |
| Ejector |
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| Extractor |
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| Extractor Plunger |
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| Firing Pin |
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Trigger Group
| Trigger Housing |
type IV |
Q-TX (used by Quality Hardware & IBM) |
| Trigger |
type |
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| Sear |
type |
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| Hammer |
type III |
SW (White Sewing Machine Co. for Standard Products) |
| Safety |
type I |
unmarked |
| Magazine Catch |
type IIA |
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Rear of trigger housing at top does not have any 3 or 4 digit markings, however, on the left is what appears to be a backwards Z or possibly an S, on the
right appears to be a an E or wideways W. Bottom of trigger housing marked WB-LP-2033, meaning Wurttemberg Landespolizei inventory number 2033.
Information and photographs courtesy of Robbie Peters
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