Roughly how old is my new to me HW35e project?

[averageplinker]

Crickey, older than I thought!

I forgot to mention that it has no safety catch which I guess is not surprising if it is a 1960s model.

Would the threads be metric in that vintage? The reason I ask is that the rear trigger guard screw is not original and I want to check if it is the correct thread?

Cheers Rich.

[Alakar]

http://www.weihrauch-database.eu/dywp#

[landymick]

Where is the serial number ?, if its of sixties vintage it would have matching no's under breach block & cylinder & the stock would have extra chequering underneath.Seventies SN is on the cylinder & trigger block.

[johnbaz]

Where is the serial number ?, if its of sixties vintage it would have matching no's under breach block & cylinder & the stock would have extra chequering underneath.Seventies SN is on the cylinder & trigger block.

Hi Mick

I have one with the chequering panel on the underside just in front of the trigger guard, It also has the serial on the trigger block and on the rear of the cylinder in line with the one on thje block!, Don't think it has one on the barrel so may be a later replacement..


John

[landymick]

Hi Mick

I have one with the chequering panel on the underside just in front of the trigger guard, It also has the serial on the trigger block and on the rear of the cylinder in line with the one on thje block!, Don't think it has one on the barrel so may be a later replacement..


John

Early seventies may be John depending on if its a no safety or single sider safety.

[johnbaz]

Early seventies may be John depending on if its a no safety or single sider safety.

Spot on Mick, According to the Woc, 423452 was manufactured in 1972







I'll have to finish it one day!!



John

[averageplinker]

Hi,
It has matching numbers on the trigger block, cylinder and on the barrel assembly. The barrel number is actually on the underside of the breech block and is abbreviated (the first 2 digits have been dropped).

On the right hand side of the breech block it it stamped.......

WEIHRAUCH
MELLRICHSTACT-BAY

An interesting wee beastly it is

[Geezer]

Crickey, older than I thought!

I forgot to mention that it has no safety catch which I guess is not surprising if it is a 1960s model.

Would the threads be metric in that vintage? The reason I ask is that the rear trigger guard screw is not original and I want to check if it is the correct thread?

Cheers Rich.

No safety should mean pre-1970 (roughly).