1928 A1 Questions

[marfen]

I recently posted another thread about this acquisition. There are a few more photos I added to that string.

 

It is a deactivated 1928A1. The deactivation was fairly well done and doesn't take away much from the originality of the SMG.

 

I have a couple more questions I am hoping someone can help with. The upper doesn't match the lower although it is pretty close. The lower is force match stamped beside the original number on the lower and if you look close you can see where it was written on prior as well. From what I have read this does likely indicates a Russian lend lease example?

 

Also there are two spots on the top where the finish is worn although the finish is in really good shape elsewhere. I wonder the likely explanation for this? Rub from maybe being in a shipping crate? in a storage rack? I even wondered if it may have been done when deactivated, but I don't believe the latter is the case. I found one other 1928A1 with similar finish loss in the same places on the internet but nothing commented on regarding this finish loss specifically.

 

Any help to understand the likely reason from the learned people on this forum would be appreciated.

 

Thanks!

 

Mark

 

 

[BillyDixon]

where is this gun located?

[marfen]

Sorry...Canada. I updated my profile accordingly.

Edited March 4, 2019 by marfen

[TSMGguy]

The serial number added to the frame certainly looks like a more European font, with serifs. We may never know why the number was added.

[Barry]

I would have thought that stamping numbers after the gun was blued would have made that set of numbers brighter where the metal was hit

Barry

[Black River Militaria CII]

Stamping usually just impresses the finish into the depression. These numbers were stamped at a later date somewhere else as the font is different, as noted above. Not necessarily a european font but origin will remain unknown unless other examples show up with comfirmed provenance. FWIW

[TSMG28]

Mark,

 

The renumbering of the lower to match the upper is often done with deact guns in Britain. I have seen dozens of examples over the years, both old and new standard deacts. Sometimes they obliterate the original number by grinding it away or X'ing it out, but sometimes I have seen the original number left intact as with your example. It may or may not be one of the Russia guns. However, since this is an old style deact gun, that means it was probably done a while back.

 

The finish wear almost appears to be chemical rather than physical from buffing. There does not appear to be metal loss which often comes from sanding/buffing. The locations of the finish suggest to me that the gun sat on supports in some transit crate, which may have caused the bluing loss. Of course the same could be said about the gun being supported during the deact process, but I have not seen this pattern of wear on the deact guns I have observed in Britain.

 

FWIW

Roger

[marfen]

Thanks for the opinions and thoughts! I appreciate it!

 

Mark