Pistols, Rifles, Machine Guns and Crew Served Weapons of Partitioned Poland and the Polish 2nd Republic
Article about: by stoggie I don't know what the K represents, but I do recall one for sale that also had that marking, and it was said to be from the Krakow armoury. For all I know it could be a inspector
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05-30-2021, 03:26 PM
#191
Kr-21 stands for Krakov arsenal (Zbrojownia Krakow). Mannlicher bayonets made there also have this markings in few styles of application. That's what they used early before later ZBR4. I believe 21 is a year since Kr-23 marking is posted earlier in this thread. It is most likely Polish-Russian war veteran and got repaired in Krakov after the war. Poles had a decent inventory of those rirfles and 20,000 were sold to Spain in 1937. Theses dot markings are typically found on Spanish used guns. Bolt is Czech and mismatched to the rifle. Number on the knob is a serial.
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05-30-2021, 06:48 PM
#192
Interesting, thanks for taking the time to answer. As I'm sure you know, it's very difficult to get any information on Polish and Polish used small arms in English or German language sources.
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01-30-2022, 05:59 AM
#193
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03-27-2022, 02:36 PM
#194
A question for this knowledgeable group regarding the Karabinek Wzór 1929 (Wz. 29). The stocks for these rifles are cut out for a bent bolt handle, however for almost all examples I have seen, they are fitted with matching serial numbered straight bolts. From the versions I have seen with bent bolts, they are non-matching and possibly from a Kbk Wz. 1898.
Various general Mauser works just state “straight bolts for infantry, bent bolts for cavalry”.
I recall reading in „Karabiny i Karabinki Mauser 98 w Wojsku Polskim w latach 1918-1939” that the authors/researchers found no evidence that Poland produced these with bent bolt handles, from review of battlefield excavations, official documentation/records, and museum examples. The authors state that bent bolt examples are just bolt swaps from other rifles that made their way into imports/collections.
I am curious if this group has found evidence one way or another.
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03-28-2022, 08:05 PM
#195
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03-28-2022, 08:37 PM
#196
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Mauser Karabiner 98a (sometimes referred to as the Kar.98AZ) manufactured in 1917 at the Prussian Arsenal of Erfurt.
Attachment 441724
Note the workshop stamp for Zbrojownia Warszawska, followed by the month and year of the refurbishment. (6.35.)
Thank you for sharing this. I had purchased a 1917 Erfurt "Polish Rework" several years ago but didn't do my homework. Turns out it was just a sporterized Kar.98a that someone threw into a spare Polish stock (likely a Spanish Civil War stock set). Without a workshop stamp, as displayed in this photo, such claims should be met with doubt.
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05-07-2022, 12:56 PM
#197
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