It is complete with an original WWI leather sling and reproduction cleaning rod. The trigger guard and floor plate are the correct milled parts. This rifle has the early milled upper band and the thin pattern milled lower band.
The same proofs are on the lower lever of the butt stock below the sling swivel and again in the pistol grip area. Mauser Kar 98k Sniper 1200 Yards (Rifle Channel Video) German Mauser Gewehr 98 ETR Iron. The Gewehr (rifle) M-98 was adopted by all branches of the German military in April of 1898 and it served as standard issue for the Imperial German Army until at least 1924, when a shortened Karabiner 98b was introduced.
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The right side of the stock has the double Crown Proof over a letter. Archive Forum for discussions about the Mauser Rifle. The rifle pictured here was built by the Mauser factory itself in Oberndorf/Neckar during 1918, the last year of the war. The stock and handguard are the correct wartime versions with the finger grooves on the sides. The scope was made by Emil Busch and is marked "EMIL BUSCH A-G/RATHENOW/VISAR 2 3/4X GEWEHR No. The left side of the receiver has the Imperial Eagle proof, and the receiver sidewall is marked "GEW 98". The top of the receiver is covered by the front scope base, so we can't identify the exact manufacturer, but it has standard Crown over script letter proofs on the right side of the receiver and top of the barrel. The scope is a Visar 2 3/4x with a top, forward mounted. These mounts are pictured and described in Senichs book 'The German Sniper 1914 - 1945' on pages 51 - 54. The scope is mounted on a rare semi-turret mount. Changes made to the original design included : 1903 Internal bolt and Firing Pin change. Mauser Model GEW 98 Bolt Action Sniper Rifle with Scarce Semi-Turret System and Scope CaseThis is solid example of a Mauser GEW 98 sniper rifle with a scarce semi-turret system. FOR SALE Ocular housing stamped VOIGTLANDER BRAUNSCHWEIG 3X 24727. The primary difference of these WWI GEW snipers is the scope manufacturer and type of scope bases used either the scope bases/claws were both mounted directly on top of the receiver or the rear base/set were off-set to the left side of the rear receiver, as in this case. History The Gewehr 98 was adopted by the German military to replace the model 1888 commission rifle in April of 1898. WW1 WWI GERMAN Gewehr 98 Gew98 Mauser Rifle Original Voigtlander Sniper Scope - 1399.00.
The Gewehr 98 rifle has a bolt action system that has. These WWI rifles all started out as standard service rifles and were modified/converted to sniper configuration by the addition of a set of double claw scope bases and scope. 1915 Mauser Gewehr 98 Bolt Action Rifle found in Germany by Corporal Lawrence McVey during World War I. This is a good example of an WWI German Gewehr rifle that was converted into a sniper rifle.
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