I picked this up at the flea market today thinking it was a beat up interwar Steyr, little did I know that this was quite a lot older and not quite as worthless.

 

From what I can gather from some online sources, this is not the usual South American contract piece. It has an arsenal acceptance stamp on the barrel and it lacks the usual "II" in the serial associated with export models. While I am hoping that this might be a Austrian used-and-abused model, I don't know what all the markings represent, especially the "B:" at the end of the serial.

 

Only issue is that one of the sling loops is broken and the screw on the center barrel clamp (not sure what that is called actually) is broken as well. Otherwise the condition isn't as bad as I thought, the rust I thought was present turned out to be 120 year old crud that scraped off with little resistance. Bolt isn't too bad at all (at least from my inexperienced perspective).

 

I can only find the one serial on the barrel and possible serial on the stock. Is there anywhere else I should hunt for a serial?

 

 

Barrel/receiver:

 

 

 

WHOLE lot of stuff under the adjustable sight. I took it off to get some pictures. No way of telling what those all mean?

 

In front and back of trigger/magazine:

 

 

Markings on butt:

 

 

Try checking out this webpage. It has listing of markings on all sorts of Austrian weapons.

 

 

http://www.sunblest....un/Markings.htm

 

 

That one looks like a score! The number on the stock is a serial number, should match the receiver/barrel. I don't believe the Austrians always numbered the bolt.