Book about Weimar Simson 98s?

[Dugger93]

Loewe that is one fantastic rifle! You are lucky to have it!

[Dugger93]

I would love to restore that rifle myself but if you decide to restore it I have some Simson parts I would let go of.

[DaveDavis]

Okay here are both my 1924 and 1925

the 24 has a mm bolt the 25 is matching /// note butt stock repair to the '25

[Warrior1354]

Very cool thank you for the pictures Dave

[heavy_mech]

Very nice rifles and not seen often. That butt repair happened a lot before cupped butt plates. The wood on that '24 held up really nice over the years.

[Loewe]

Beautiful rifle Dave, - hate to imagine what its worth... while the Republican era is the least collected of the three era's, the rifles are the hardest to find like this and this is a super rare rifle in this condition. Soft prices are to be expected for 90% of 1919-1931 production, this is as much due to the lack of a war and lack of understanding of the period as to the almost complete absence of nice original rifles. The vast majority of "nice" rifles have NS era work done to them also, so true rifles of the period are almost unheard of. What there are is largely reworked Imperial rifles and unless they are RM or unit marked they just do not command good prices.

The only exception of course are P08's and 98b's, and they really become competitive in value with nice Imperial and 98k when condition is there. (Really a rifle like #323 is so rare it should command an astronomical price, - I would tag it for your wife if she is unaware of its rarity, terrible to see someone take advantage of her if you aren't around when its sold)

Jordan, always interested in what you come across, this is probably my favorite era these days, I spend almost all my reading time learning about the political-economic history of this period, especially as it relates to Germany.

[DaveDavis]

Beautiful rifle Dave, - hate to imagine what its worth... while the Republican era is the least collected of the three era's, the rifles are the hardest to find like this and this is a super rare rifle in this condition. Soft prices are to be expected for 90% of 1919-1931 production, this is as much due to the lack of a war and lack of understanding of the period as to the almost complete absence of nice original rifles. The vast majority of "nice" rifles have NS era work done to them also, so true rifles of the period are almost unheard of. What there are is largely reworked Imperial rifles and unless they are RM or unit marked they just do not command good prices.

The only exception of course are P08's and 98b's, and they really become competitive in value with nice Imperial and 98k when condition is there. (Really a rifle like #323 is so rare it should command an astronomical price, - I would tag it for your wife if she is unaware of its rarity, terrible to see someone take advantage of her if you aren't around when its sold)

Jordan, always interested in what you come across, this is probably my favorite era these days, I spend almost all my reading time learning about the political-economic history of this period, especially as it relates to Germany.

Thank you, I really need to get with you on my other post WW1 era rifles. There are 15 -20, and some may be of interest to your research.

[flynaked]

North fleet Simson!? Awesome! I really like the stock on the 24, that straight grained walnut almost gives the impression of elm, I wonder if it’s American walnut?

[heavy_mech]

North fleet Simson!? Awesome!

I saw that too. What a nice bonus.

..the stock on the 24, that straight grained walnut almost gives the impression of elm, I wonder if it’s American walnut?

Not a wood guy, at least not at that level but pic 2 and 3 really show what I think you mean. I also wondered about where that wood came from. Good stuff.

[DaveDavis]

North fleet Simson!? Awesome! I really like the stock on the 24, that straight grained walnut almost gives the impression of elm, I wonder if it’s American walnut?

Here's a better photo