CJZKU93
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I picked up a Gew 98m rifle from a LGS over the weekend. The rifle is a complete mix master of parts. The receiver is a Danzig that appears to have been dated 1903. But most of the Danzig and Gew98 have been warn away over time. The Imperial proofs can still be made out on the receiver though time has not been kind to them. The rear sight has S/42G Marks and proofs from when the site was changed in 1935. The front barrel band has the same serial number as the barrel but the rear barrel band is a mismatch. The bolt is a total mix master and looks like a late war K 98k bolt that is mostly blank except for some marks on the underside of the bolt and bolt handle. The bolt handle has a flat spot ground on it and a serial number stamped there. The stock on the rifle has been sanded a lot but on the right side below the bolt take down disk an MP over 8 inside a circle is stamped. Below that a W L has been burned into the stock. There is also a faint impression on the wrist of the stock that might at one time have been an Imperial inspection mark. I could not find any import marks.
I wish the receiver could talk, it might have some interesting stories over the last 112 years and where all it's parts came from.
I wish the receiver could talk, it might have some interesting stories over the last 112 years and where all it's parts came from.
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