Gewehr 98 DWM 1909 3366a

[PrayingMantis]

One of my favorites. Unfortunately it has a bulged barrel and the stock has a chip out of the side next to the trigger guard. Still, it’s a great example of how nice pre-war Gewehren were. Glad I got it, likely saved it from being hacked up for the receiver.

All matching but for the rod, which is number matching, but I added it later. What’s interesting on this one is the extra acceptance: in the back of the receiver bridge, on the stock next to the barrel serial, and over tops of the c/FW cypher. It also has a couple on the numbers I suspect are pre-serial assembly numbers: barrel and receiver are 85, then trigger guard and floor plate are 91.

DEUTSCHE WAFFEN-UND MUNITIONSFABRIKEN BERLIN 1909
Receiver SN 3366a
Barrel SN 3366 a Bi 18
Front sight SN 66
Rear Sight SN 66
Sight Slider SN 66, 66, 66
Ejector box SN 66
Trigger Sear SN 66
Front barrel band SN 66
Rear barrel band SN 66
Trigger guard SN 3366
Trigger guard screws SN 66, 66
Floor Plate SN 66
Follower SN 66
Stock SN 3366
Handguard SN 3366
Buttplate SN 3366 a
Bayonet lug SN 66
Cleaning Rod SN 66
Bolt body SN 3366 a
Extractor SN 66
Safety SN 66
Cocking piece SN 66
Bolt sleeve SN 66
Firing pin SN 66

 

[PrayingMantis]

Rest of barrel, bands, and trigger guard.

 

[chrisftk]

Cyrus, beautiful DWM. So glad you've been posting more here and on our FB group. Good to have you back man.

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[PrayingMantis]

The stock, which has some marks but it pretty nice overall.

 

[PrayingMantis]

And finally the bolt.

 

[PrayingMantis]

Cyrus, beautiful DWM. So glad you've been posting more here and on our FB group. Good to have you back man.

Thanks, Chris! It’s been fun getting back into Gewehrs and rephotographing what I already have.

 

[Loewe]

I too am glad to see more of Cyrus here, his absence was noticed!

I am especially grateful for his presence when he brings a nice DWM with him! Away from trends, but 1909 is a scarce year for any G98, though while the arsenals were engaged with 98a production DWM/WMO did take up most of the slack. Still you can never get too much of pre-war DWM & WMO!

Most appreciated is the thorough examination, this is far from common in trends, often rifles are little more than receiver details... so very often theories or "conclusions/stories" often revolve around 2 or 3 thoroughly examined rifles amidst a group of poorly reported "filler". But this is the nature of history itself, so-called historians often weave elaborate theories based upon fragments overlaid with their own prejudices to tell a story, which is hardly a science (another "profession" "who sings the song of those whose bread they eat" as Schopenhauer so famously described his profession, a statement more relevant today than ever before...), but at least we recognize our deficiencies and shortcomings!

 

[gill120]

Bulged Barrel

Is that bulge in the barrel 10-12 inches down from the muzzle? If yes probabaly due to firing rod grenade.

 

[PrayingMantis]

I too am glad to see more of Cyrus here, his absence was noticed!

I am especially grateful for his presence when he brings a nice DWM with him!

Thanks, Paul! That’s why I’m such a hit at parties.

 

[PrayingMantis]

Is that bulge in the barrel 10-12 inches down from the muzzle? If yes probabaly due to firing rod grenade.

The bulge is actually right belie the muzzle, almost like some dirt got in there or something. A machinist told me it was fixable, but I sort of like it the way it is.

 

[Fal Grunt]

I would leave the bulge alone. You can fix it, but like everything, it is a part of the rifles history.

Forgot to send you stock pictures, glad I saw this. Will send them shortly!