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Guys do all wartime production 08/15 stocks have serial numbers on them?

http://www.ohioordnanceworks.com/rifles ... mount.html

Here is a link to the gun for sale, I have not gotten closer pics but I'm sure the guys at OOW could get us fixed up on request.

About $20,000 and I will try for better pics of the jacket and paint.

It's a DWM 1918, I'm thinking about buying but I want one that is all original and the only thing I'm not sure about on this one is the paint on the jacket. Any help or opinions would be greatly appreciated as always.

I will work on some better pics and post this coming week.

Some jackets have the paint while others do not? Can you tell is there any pattern reason or timeframe on which ones do and don't. Also on the one in the pic does it look original to you?

Did the Germans between the wars apply a green paint to the outside of the barrel jackets or was this sometimes done during WWI?

Could anyone just quickly go over what parts typically match on a German MG15 please?

That's awesome thanks for sharing!

Silly question but what type of grease do you use?

On my 08/15 the gasket that goes between the filler cap and on the water jacket has all but worn out. Anyone making replacements or ideas on the best way to replace that piece?

My 08 does leak a bit both at the muzzle and rear of the barrel, if someone could give me the idiots guide to packing it properly that would be much appreciated. Also to prevent any rust what type of oil or grease would you put on parts such as in the grooves where the backplate fits onto the receiv...

First of all thank you everyone for the help and of course I will have plenty more questions to come. I changed out locks, fired 1,500 rounds of the 70s Romanian, and only had 1 jam this past weekend. Bob is there any way I could ask your assistance in taking a look at the lock that was giving me tr...

Jmann thanks for the help. On the cleaning I do always clean on the same day as shooting, but in this case my challenges in disassembly have slowed me down a bit but thankfully it is all cleaned properly now.

I'm getting close to figuring all of this out, well closer anyway. When I go to remove the muzzle booster from the barrel I can not get the booster off as it seems to tight around the barrel. That is what was preventing from taking those back plates off - the barrel booster was keeping the barrel fr...

My plan is to head back to the range this coming weekend with a good k98 to try the ammo plus a different lock in the 08 to see what happens.

Removing the left and right closure plates is now the step I'm working on. I have the backplate off, feed tray out, and spring cover off so I am getting close. I have attached a few pics of challenge on getting the those plates off to remove the barrel extension and get the barrel out. Sorry with al...

Blitz out of 350 rounds had about 30 fail to fire like in pics.

Went to try out my 08 this weekend and had several 4th position stoppages. The ammo I used is the 1970s Romanian that I thought did so well in the Maxims. Please take a look at the pics of the some the rounds that failed to fire and see if you agree it was the ammo? From left to right the markings a...

Thank guys I have the backplate off now! Sorry I can be a bit slow sometimes so thanks for helping out. My next challenge is I am not understanding how to remove the barrel extension plates, connecting rod, and crank handle from the rest of the gun. I have Dolf's book and it is excellent but I must ...