Hi all,
I've been looking for an Erfurt Gew 98 for a few years and came across a nice one and wanted to share, as I don't believe this one has surfaced before.
This one is from 1902 and is mostly matching with some apparent depot work done to it at Colonge / Depot 4. The mismatched parts are as follows: Front band, rear sight leaf, handguard
The bolt is matching to itself but the flat of the bolt body appears force matched to the receiver. I assume this was done long ago at the depot.
The rear sight base and slider are original and the base has the old 200 meter minimum. The sight leaf is a replacement, possibly a depot replacement.
The barrel appears to be a Bavarian replacement, which would make sense given the nice bore.
The stock was lightly sanded long ago but has aged enough that it still maintains some good character. The cartouches are visible and the serial number is on the keel twice in two slightly different sized fonts (perhaps the depot renumbered upon rework?)
I checked the back of stock disc and was happy to find a Reserve Jaeger (?) unit mark.
Overall, a nice rifle and a pretty early one. Pics to follow:
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I've been looking for an Erfurt Gew 98 for a few years and came across a nice one and wanted to share, as I don't believe this one has surfaced before.
This one is from 1902 and is mostly matching with some apparent depot work done to it at Colonge / Depot 4. The mismatched parts are as follows: Front band, rear sight leaf, handguard
The bolt is matching to itself but the flat of the bolt body appears force matched to the receiver. I assume this was done long ago at the depot.
The rear sight base and slider are original and the base has the old 200 meter minimum. The sight leaf is a replacement, possibly a depot replacement.
The barrel appears to be a Bavarian replacement, which would make sense given the nice bore.
The stock was lightly sanded long ago but has aged enough that it still maintains some good character. The cartouches are visible and the serial number is on the keel twice in two slightly different sized fonts (perhaps the depot renumbered upon rework?)
I checked the back of stock disc and was happy to find a Reserve Jaeger (?) unit mark.
Overall, a nice rifle and a pretty early one. Pics to follow:
Sent from my XT1635-01 using Tapatalk
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