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"System Stiegele" rifles
Mar 23rd, 2015 at 11:03am
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     In doing some work on a rifle that is marked "D.R.G.M. 217381 (design patent), "System Stiegele", and "216" (presumably a serial #), I found that the screw threads in it are British Standard Threads.  Even the barrel shank has a 5/8 British Standard Pipe thread.   
      What I am wondering is if any of you have a "Stiegele" marked rifle and would be willing to check some of the screw threads on it?   Probably the easiest is the stock thru-bolt.   Mine is 3/8 BSF.   Further, can anyone offer an hypothesis for the reason for the threads being so made?  British made?   Some German outfit getting a "deal" on British taps and dies?

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Re: "System Stiegele" rifles
Reply #1 - Mar 24th, 2015 at 7:57pm
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Is this a martini action?.Mike
  
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Reply #2 - Mar 24th, 2015 at 11:04pm
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MIKE:
    Yes, a Martini-type action, but thoroughly a German schuetzen rifle in appearance.  Really surprising to find the British threads in it.  Mfr is probably between the wars, '20's - '30's.
    As the "Stiegele's" are not uncommon, I had hoped to find someone with another who would check his thread spec's.

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Reply #3 - Mar 25th, 2015 at 12:40pm
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It is not surprising as tooling and designs were swapped back and forth between manufacturers and countries. There was no thread standardization or need for it, and metric, imperial and proprietary threads are commonly encountered regardless of country of origin.
  
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Re: "System Stiegele" rifles
Reply #4 - Mar 25th, 2015 at 7:16pm
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I have a Stiegele martini, but don't know how to determine the threads.
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