Gewehr 98 Zielfernrohrgewehr (Sniper)
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Sorry, but no.
Bases are fake/reproductions.
Scope and rings look original, but put together. Scope likely reblued.
Stock should have a bolt cutout.
Don't buy it, or if you already did, give it back to the seller!
Warrior1354
ax - hole
So many problems, receiver looks like it has been polished and the stock has been sanded.
Someone most likely took a once all matching Gew98 rifle.
Cleaned it up, sanded the stock, added fake bases, bent the bolt, and now you have a sniper.
Someone most likely took a once all matching Gew98 rifle.
Cleaned it up, sanded the stock, added fake bases, bent the bolt, and now you have a sniper.
mauser1908
Senior Member
Yeah if you can return it that's the best bet. Gun looks like an early WMO 1917. Big thing to remember is snipers are only found in the N block of that year for that maker.
In the future, I would post it here first so Wolfgang can see it. Imperial era snipers can be a minefield and require tons of study and dedication if you're going to mess with them. The level of standardization you see in the Nazi era didn't really exist with these in this era.
Authenticity aside, there is some price point at which a rifle like this might be worth buying simply for it's overall visual appeal and functionality, so long as you know exactly what you are buying and pay accordingly. I won't even speculate as to what that price might be for this particular rifle, but assume it would be somewhere in the "sum of the parts" range.
It could be a Mauser receiver, probably 1917, but that receiver FP and serial are not Mauser style for this range. The RR suggests Mauser/1917 but not a-block and the serial fonts and suffix do not compare well. I think this is very possibly a complete fabrication, best guess is that the receiver is a Mauser/1917 from the q-r block with scrubbed LR re-FP and reserialed by a humper (which is fairly common on eGun)
I asked for the RR because the RR seems to C/R C/Dx2, and the style is consistent with Mauser in 1917 (this pattern is only known in the q-r blocks though); the FP is not real, has similarity to Danzig, but certainly not Mauser. The serial and suffix do not compare well with Mauser a-block.
Unfortunately the only way to be sure is to see the RR in detail (close up and clear) and to confirm the BC which is distinctive for Mauser (no one used Mauser's patterns).
Anyway, if eGun is any representation of Germany and Central Europe's market, then Germany, Austria and Poland are as full of crooks as the United States...
I asked for the RR because the RR seems to C/R C/Dx2, and the style is consistent with Mauser in 1917 (this pattern is only known in the q-r blocks though); the FP is not real, has similarity to Danzig, but certainly not Mauser. The serial and suffix do not compare well with Mauser a-block.
Unfortunately the only way to be sure is to see the RR in detail (close up and clear) and to confirm the BC which is distinctive for Mauser (no one used Mauser's patterns).
Anyway, if eGun is any representation of Germany and Central Europe's market, then Germany, Austria and Poland are as full of crooks as the United States...
Ok, I asked owner again:
It was an original Gewehr 98, not a sniper.
Rest is like you told: bended the bold, sanded the stock.
Installed the mount and the scope. He said both should be original, may be reblued.
Price for the rifle should be 2000,- $
Best regards
Peter
It was an original Gewehr 98, not a sniper.
Rest is like you told: bended the bold, sanded the stock.
Installed the mount and the scope. He said both should be original, may be reblued.
Price for the rifle should be 2000,- $
Best regards
Peter
