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Barrel Group

Barrel		markings?
Front Sight	Type
Barrel Band	Type 1
Barrel Skirt
Slide	Type

No barrel info

Stock Group

Stock	type 2	RSG & 42A in slingwell (Saginaw Gear)
Handguard	type 2	RSG (Saginaw Gear)
Buttplate

Entire receiver serial number stamped on bottom of stock's handgrip. 42A in slingwell, unknown meaning. Handguard has last 4 digits of receiver serial number stamped stamped inside. Light ordnance cannon with ordnance approval box on right side of buttstock.

Receiver Group

Receiver	type 2	Saginaw S.G.
Rear Sight	type 3	I.R. Co. 7160060, on right side
Operating Spring Tunnel Housing	part of receiver
Recoil Plate	type

On the receiver below serial number stamped with antlers imprint. Recoil plate below this is stamped L.P.W. The LPW stands for Landes Polizei Württemberg. These were the police that covered the part of of the lands of Württemberg that was in the American zone of occupation. The antlers are used by a German proof house in the City of Ulm, when they test and certify weapons. However, this carbine lacks the Nitro proof mark and date that accompany the Ulm proof house mark, if the antlers were used as a proof mark. The antlers are a trademark for the city of Ulm, in the lands of Württemberg. Württemberg also used the antlers at various points in time. Württemberg became Baden-Württemberg in 1952. The markings on this rifle are consistent with it's initial use between 1945-1952. Likely it also served beyond 1952 when the French and American occupations zones became the western occupation zones, with the joining of Baden with Württemberg.

Bolt Group

Bolt	type 2	markings?
Ejector
Extractor
Extractor Plunger
Firing Pin

No digits of serial number on bolt.

Trigger Group

Trigger Housing	type 3	SG (Saginaw Gear)
Trigger
Sear
Hammer	type 3
Trigger Spring
Trigger Housing Pin	Type 2
Safety	type 2
Magazine Catch	type 3
Magazine Catch Plunger

Outside bottom of trigger housing on the outside of the trigger guard is marked WB-LP-0736. The numbers are the inventory number for this rifle as assigned by the Germans. The letters, WürttemBerg Landes Polizei.

Additional Information

Rifle has no import mark.