The John Bannister Collection - D-Day and Militaria
Lot 1069:
Description
SUPER RARE! BERLIN-LUBECKER G41 8mm Rifle in very good vintage condition with very light wear. A very good example of a early G41 rifle as produced by the Berlin-Lubecker company. These rifles were produced early on in the production cycle of the G41/G43 Series of semi-automatic rifle with an estimated total production of less than 10,000 before all production switched to the G43 series of rifles. These early G41 series of rifles used the “Bang Gas-Trap” system which employed a barrel mounted “Gas Trap” muzzle cone to trap hot gas that was bleed off when the round was fired and which cycled the action. This entire series of rifles was very short lived however it was used extensively on the Eastern Front where a semi-automatic rifles was considered essential for “long-life”. Consequently, their survival rate is very low in any condition. The later series of G/K43 rifles did away with the earlier “Bang” gas trap style system and instead used a barrel mounted gas system, that was copied from the Russian Tokarev rifles, making them far more reliable and easier to produce. The left side of the receiver is marked; “G41 duv 43, Eagle / 214” followed by the serial number 7207. The trigger guard and box magazine are the correct stamped wartime versions, with the stamped barrel bands and buttplate. The stock is a correct wartime laminated model (wrong serial number) that is marked on the right side with a double Eagle 214 Waffenamt proof and a single Eagle 214 Waffenamt proof in the pistol grip area. The rifle is equipped with the later production dark red/brown phenolic resin (plastic) handguard as manufactured in 1941/42 time frame. It is complete with an unmarked WWII Leather sling, a front sight cover and cleaning rod. Numbers match: receiver, trigger guard, bolt cover, charging handle, and muzzle device. MFG 1942
C&R Eligible S/N:7207
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