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This Gew 98 is in good condition and was sporterized at some point by having the forend stock being cut down to expose the barrel. For sale is a Spandau Gewehr 98 Sporter Mauser type bolt action rifle in 7.92×57 Mauser. The leather has deteriorated and become detached at the shoulder of the rifle but the metal attachment remains on the body. Spandau Gewehr 98 Sporter 7.92×57 Mauser. At first Mauser and DWM would make the Gewehr98 in very small numbers. Attached to the middle of the rifle, where the barrel meets the body is a leather strap that has adjustable holes throughout for the metal hinge to attach. Prussian Arsenal Erfurt 1899-1908, 1915-1917 (no rifles between 1908-1915). On the side of the loading bolt is the type of rifle, Under the barrel are the identifying numbers. On the top of the bolt, is the manufacture's name and location. Heavy profile barrel has no markings that.
MAUSER GEWEHR 98 1917 SERIAL
Main receiver parts match (not that it matters much on a sporterized rifle) Serial 9717, with matching bent down bolt, safety, and bolt release, etc. There are inscriptions on many parts of the rifle. WTS: Sporterized WWI German Mauser Gew 98 rifle (made at Spandau, dated 1917), with commercial stock and heavy 26' barrel chambered in 22-250 Remington. The removal of the old chamber and curved bolt were. The L -shaped stacking rod attached nearby the muzzle in order to fit the long WW1 bayonet was removed to accommodate the small police type bayonet. The rifle ends in a long wooden shoulder hold, in a triangular shape, with a notch cut out from the top. The chamber and the bolt come from a Gewehr 98 model made by Mauser-Oberndorf in 1917 and the barrel and stock from a Karabiner 98a (K98a). The trigger guard is adjustable with numbers written on all sides and an adjustable locking lug.
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The rifle has a long metal barrel attached to the main body of the gun that is comprised of wood and metal pieces. The Gewehr 98 rifle has a bolt action system that has two locking lugs just behind the bolt head. a Gewehr 98 model made by Mauser-Oberndorf in 1917 and the barrel and stock.
MAUSER GEWEHR 98 1917 SERIAL NUMBERS
(86.4 × 3.2 cm) Description 1915 Mauser Gewehr 98 Bolt Action Rifle found in Germany by Corporal Lawrence McVey during World War I. Mauser Gew 98 Serial Numbers Erfurt The first successful Mauser rifle was. (12.4 × 125.1 × 4.5 cm) H x W (strap): 34 × 1 1/4 in. The Gewehr 98 (abbreviated G98, Gew 98, or M98) is a German bolt action rifle made by Mauser firing cartridges from a 5-round internal clip-loaded magazine.It was the German service rifle from 1898 to 1935, when it was replaced by the Karabiner 98k, a shorter weapon using the same basic design. McVey, Lawrence Leslie Sr., American, 1897 - 1968 Subject of 369th Infantry Regiment, American, 1913 - 1945 Date 1915-1916 Medium wood and metal with leather Dimensions H x W x D (without strap): 4 7/8 × 49 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. Created by Mauser, German, founded 1811 Used by Cpl.