98 was the initial standard issue, but the Gew. During the Weimar Republic era the original Gew. It was unwieldy for trench raids and otherwise encumbered soldiers like artillerymen and machine gunners, so a shorter version was developed called the Kar. The main battle rifle used by the Germans in WW I was Gew 98, 49.2" in overall length, the most distinctive feature being the "roller coaster" rear sight. Also rear sight has small markings on one side to show the 150 and 300 meter positions.Didn't Germany keep a good number of K98a rifles after the war? I have one stamped 19 above it. Many times this item gets lost but occasionally remain with rifles which adds to the true history of these. Paul, one added point on the 8.15X46 R pre WW1 G 98k type target rifles by Mauser as they put in a hard wood unit with shallow loing dished out portion to drop the round into and operate rifle as single loader. Interseting in my study from Mauser sales books is that the first G 98k type Target rifles were sold in 1907/08 period Not earlier! Ok, thats all I can add to this story accept many German target shooters re loaded their own rounds. In the add description there is NO mention of offering new 6 grooved barrels while in post WW1 adds from late 1920 period only new 6 grooved barrels were offered etc. Of course price played a role in all this but the 8.15X46 R became one of the most commonly used target rounds as time went on from its creation in late 1890 period. In Post WW1 examples new barrels were offered and became standard on all Totaly new made rifles in 8.15X46 R with 6 grooves which beacme standard in the industry. Ok now its most likely that in the pre WW1 period they used the same barrels from 7.92 rifles and simply and chambered them for the 8.15X46 R which worked ok but was not optimum set up. Comparing Pre WW1 7,92 hunting round with 8.15X46 R
Front page 1908 period the very first ADD by Firm Mauser offering modified G 98 rifles set up for use with lead bullets both offered for normal 7.92 cartridge and 8.15X46 R.Ĥ. Paul, More to add on the G 98k made up for target rounds for lead bullets most likely in 8.15X46 R as noted from the under barrel bore/groove data on rifle in question.ġ. Also the firm Mauser scrubbed many of the dates off of G 98 actions when they were used to make up such target rifles etc.
AUTHENTIC MAUSER GEWEHR 98 SERIAL NUMBERS
I only learned this some years ago when I started studying serial numbers with a few actual known dates and not any ring dates that were sometimes left on and caused more confusion. Also some odd things in regards to the commercial style SN on these early rifles is they don't jive with pre war or post war Mauser Commercial serial numbers on sporters!. Most of the 7.92 for lead bullet rifles were made Pre WW1. Paul, I guess I overlooked the bore image which is 4 groove which would then indicate to me the rifle was set up for the 7.92 for lead bullet for target, Not 8.15 R target? Question is why anyone modify the extractor since the 8.15 R rim is only slightly larger than the 7.92. Paul: markings on the underside of the barrel in the chamber area would clarify caliber, unless, of course, it’s been altered post-Oberndorf. It could be an 8.15 x 46 r don’t really know. From the pics shown it’s not clear if the bolt even belongs in this G98. The crown B crown U proofs on the receiver are Oberndorf proofs, pre-late 1920s (again, notes are elsewhere). Paul: If the serial is in the commercial range, it dates from early to mid 1920s (I’m away from my notes now). Regards, JonĬomments by Bob T, another sharp collector on commercials: The mark on butt is the WFM Marking also found on some of these rifles most like done in just post WW1 period. If it chambers an normal 7.92 X 57 it could even been re chambered for this or left in most likely the rimmed target round. I can just see on top of barrel the partial designation for Lead Bullets behind rear sight base. The tip of extractor is ground down to make a narrow hook form most often this is found on Converted G 98 into 8.15X46 R for target shooting with Lead bullets only. The long extractor was cut down but must still function OK.
AUTHENTIC MAUSER GEWEHR 98 SERIAL NUMBER
Paul, I see a person on your site showed a G 98 by WFM, no date with commercial proofs and serial number range. Sorry for the delay, here are some comments from Jon Speed regarding this rifle:
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