plymouthmauser
Senior Member
Houston, we have a new Gew98.
I traded my Romanian scrubbed bolt MM DOT44 K98k plus $200 for this mostly bolt MM 1916 Simson & Co. WWI Gew98. Here are the 'before' pics as it came home; I have not taken it down yet.
The good: Serial 1246e matching parts: stock, butt plate, barrel, receiver. ejector box, both bands, both trigger screws, and good bore
The bad: stock varnished, I think, but not sanded, I think. Trigger guard, floor plate, and follower do not match the action and each other, but are Imperial proofed. Front capture screw broken off. Cocking piece frozen to firing pin. Bolt body, cocking piece and shroud do not match action and each other, but Imperial proofed. WB carved into butt stock; M/E/W carved into stock. The funky, useless sling held on by a nail has been removed.
So how did I do?
PM
I traded my Romanian scrubbed bolt MM DOT44 K98k plus $200 for this mostly bolt MM 1916 Simson & Co. WWI Gew98. Here are the 'before' pics as it came home; I have not taken it down yet.
The good: Serial 1246e matching parts: stock, butt plate, barrel, receiver. ejector box, both bands, both trigger screws, and good bore
The bad: stock varnished, I think, but not sanded, I think. Trigger guard, floor plate, and follower do not match the action and each other, but are Imperial proofed. Front capture screw broken off. Cocking piece frozen to firing pin. Bolt body, cocking piece and shroud do not match action and each other, but Imperial proofed. WB carved into butt stock; M/E/W carved into stock. The funky, useless sling held on by a nail has been removed.
So how did I do?
PM