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sakorick	1908 Brazilian	Lead	[-]
Posts: 11 (02/25/09 07:23 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None Does anyone know how many Rifles.....not the short rifle, Oberndorf 1908 Brazilian Mausers were made? Regards, Rick.
sakorick		#1	[-]
Posts: 12 (02/26/09 10:33 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I added pictures to a folder but I have no clue where the folder is. Regards, Rick.
Doc AV	Oberndorf DWM addy M1908s	#2	[-]
Posts: 2235 (05/02/09 06:55 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	From a view of all available info on Serials, the Oberndorf-assembled DWM M1908 Brazilian Mauser Rifles ran a full serial number batch from "Aa" to at least "Uu" or even to "Zz" THis was the delivery of 1912-1914 ( some did not make it to Brazil, and were sent to Austria, as they were using a Lot of 7mm Mausers (Steyr 1912s) as well). Going on a Letter block number of 9999 ( or 10,000), and 26 letters ( or 25 in the German Alphabet to avoid confusions), that would mean a contract of 250-260,000 rifles ( or close enough to those round figures.) I have seen both complete rifles, stripped receivers, and stripped barrels over the years, with Double letter blocks as far as "Uu" Other collectors and observers have noted letter blocks after Uu. So , between 1908 and 1914, Brazil should have received a total of close to 500,000 Long M1908 rifles, and a smaller quantity of Short Rifles ( probably 50,000?) Large Numbers of the M1908s were subsequently shortened in 1934 ("M1908/34") and then further were converted to .30/06 (M1908/34-.30) and also M954, and finally M968 ( 7,62 Nato). In a lot of cases, the Itajuba conversions started with brand new M1908 Rifles for the conversions. Regards, Doc AV AV Ballistics.