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JGA was used by Julius Gottfried Anschutz of Zella Mehlis. Many times it was encircled. They were prime contractors for military rifles & flare pistols. It could be construed that the bird is a Chicken form on military weapons but other makers used a similar Prussian Crowned Chicken/Eagle as a process mark. The crown on others may have been removed during the RWE period.

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Raimey
rse

Thanks to everyone for all the interesting info ,I don't however have any qualms about the safety of the rifle in question nor any intentions of a reproof.

Chris

OK, here is my $0.02 worth, The "curious cross hatch pattern" on the bottom of the barrel seems to me to be Vise jaw imprints.The unusual milling cut on top of the barrel, seems to be to remove the opposite vise jaw imprint. There are also milling cuts on the sides of the barrel, which may be there to remove another set of vise jaw imprints. The eagle mark on the top of the barrel, seems to be a Bundesadler, which would be post WW2, after the Germans regained control of their country. This seems to be a rifle put together after the war, using available components. This, itself, would not be enough to make me afraid to shoot it.
Mike

I have a Krag with some marks just like it.

Forward some images & I'll gladly post them.

Ford, I'm going to bring a set of Vice grips to your house & let us practice on some of your Mauser tubes till we get the M�nchen proof facility touchmark proper.

I & J were interchangeable during the period when JGA was founded. So that explains the IGA monogram. But the characters JGA are shown there.

Below are some images of a RWE sporter from a Moose hunter in Sweden.













Cheers,

Raimey
rse

Raimey,
You are welcome to come anytime, but vise grips will never make such a mark, the serrations on vise grips are straight. It will take a bench vise to do it, and I have a couple set up and more laying around to try. I also have some take off Mauser barrels to try them on. Neither the Muenchen proof house nor the Melrichstadt sub. would put their mark in that particular location. BTY I have samples of the proper mark to compare with.
Mike

Jawohl, mein Fruend- Ein gewehr Fabriken fur ein Konig? Der Fuchs!!

Very similar to a 98A sporter I own marked DAS.

Engraving is nicer on yours.

I noted the rather "meaty" knurling on the bolt knob (grasp) which means this was possibly made for a hunter in Countries where cold weather hunting is the norm- much easier to grasp when wearing a glove or a mitten on the trigger hand, I should think. I also agree with the vise marks- I have beaucoup vise-grips in my tool boxes, they all have straight across cut jaws, not at a diagonal--From the imprints, I surmise the barrel receiver group was not through hardened?? Any thoughts on this? Fox!!