K98 RW stamp?

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I've been trying to find any info on a stamp that can be found both on the underside of the barrel, and the underside of the receiver of my K98. It's an uppercase R over an uppercase W. Both letters are curved, and the legs on the R fit into the W. So far, no luck, though I've been able to figure out all the other markings. BTW, it's a byf 44, matching numbers. Any help appreciated :)
 
Wish I did, but my camera is a POS... on a good day, i can get 2 pics out of it before it quits, and not in "close up" either. Sigh...
 
Never heard of that before so I did a little research. Does it look like this:
wrmark1.jpg


Looks like it is unique to Mauser Oberndorf:
"One inspector mark was unique to Mauser. This was the intertwined letters RW (the R was set inside the vertical arms of the W) and its dimensions were 2mm high, 1.5mm wide. They stood for Rudolf(?) Weiss who was a Mauser employee and inspector. He was held accountable for a variety of inspection steps over the years but was mainly responsible for surface finish and tolerance control for the P.38. His symbol had been found on all Mauser P.38 variations plus most other Mauser weapons (small arms, specifically pistols) dating from shortly before the war."

I am going to take a look and see if my Oberndorf Port Mauser has it too....
 
Steve, thats it! Thank you very much, I'd drawn a complete blank on this... one note: I have two such stamps, but the one on the reciver is a tad smaller than the one on the barrel... anyway, thanks again, and I'm going to post this in the Mauser forum: h ttp://p198.ezboard.com/fk98kpagefrm1

In case youhaven't found this forum yet, here's the main link:
w ww.mausershooters.org very useful :)
 
Good, glad it was the right one. Yeah, I am on that forum as well, just not that often as it isn't so busy anymore but there is tons of useful info there though. I found the answer to your dilemma on Gunboards. Another great site for all types of milsurps if you are researching stuff.
 
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