1914 dwm g98

Hi
Here is my DWM 1914, and it is generally matching, except for the hand guard, cleaning road and firing pin.
Unfortunately the rear trigger guard screw is missing.
Serial number is 6517.

Luckily the chamber and the bore are not pitted, and I will bring it to the range as soon as possible.

We are still in the midst of the covid epidemic here in France, so I prefer stay far from the shooting range.
I publish some photos.
Regards

That’s a wonderful and extraordinarily rare rifle. Thanks for sharing, please post a couple close up photos of the right side of the receiver and if the buttstock. The wrist acceptance would be of interest here too. Great find, this may be the current high number .

Here are more pics;the butt-stock markings are almost erased but the serial number on the wood is still readable.
Also a view of the receiver right side.

Still a great rifle looks like your 1914 dwm passed through a Depot as well that may explain the few mismatched parts #7 for Rastatt.

Warrior1354 said:

Still a great rifle looks like your 1914 dwm passed through a Depot as well that may explain the few mismatched parts #7 for Rastatt.

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Sir
sorry for the question, how do you know this?
please forgive me, i don't have enough knowledge about German weapons.

(some more pics)

That's the current information from the Storz book on the Gewehr 98 and kar98a carbines. Still alot of unknown depots that have not been discovered yet.

To close the subject, I publish the last photos I made.
It might be worth it to list this G98 in the imperial picture reference index?

Regards

It is worthy of adding to the reference thread, Cyrus should be able to add it soon. As said by Sam the rifle is quite elusive and difficult to locate, very few were made in 1914, probably less than 10,000 and possibly as low as 8,000, though it is also probable most were finished or delivered in 1915. Such numbers are trivial to what was to come in production, probably a day or so worth of production during the height rifle manufacture.

It looks like it is mostly factory original, which is a significant attribute for these early wartime rifles. What is most of interest is the underside of the bolt handle, the opposite of the serial numbered flat surface. The opposite side should be a eagle fireproof and a acceptance stamp, probably C/D which is on the right receiver and typical of the stock acceptance in this range. Such information would be helpful if you get the time to take further pictures, such recordings help flesh out trends that establish ranges of acceptance and can be used to authenticate other rifles of a similar range. As you may imagine, and most collectors know, fraud is rampant in our collecting field, less than some other specialties, but certainly enough to merit vigilance.

If you get the time, see if you can photograph or at least confirm the acceptance under the bolt handle stem and the acceptance at the wrist (small of stock) and under the serial along the bottom edge of the buttstock.

Lastly, is the rifle in its original caliber?

A lovely scarce Gew98 !
Thanks for sharing.

The rifle is in the original 8X57 IS caliber with a nice chamber an bore.
I will make the requested pics this weekend, thank you for your answers.
Best regards

I submit the latest photos requested, unfortunately the wood markings are difficult to read; hoping that this will allow you to learn more anyway...and I can't wait to know more gentlemen


Regards

Thanks for the extra pictures, the bolt is factory as we thought all along, which makes this even more valuable, only Jordan's and yours are known to have the original factory bolts and stocks. This makes the rifle more rare and therefore more valuable.

Little more can be said regarding the subject, so little is known outside of the few surviving examples and the limited details available. However DWM would go into 1915 strong and lead the pack in production, though not much more than Danzig and Spandau (Erfurt killed them all in 98a production, -by a wide margin, but G98 wise DWM was the leader in 1915 which goes to show the superiority and competence of the private firms over government operations... DWM went from no "German" military rifles since 1909 to 10k in the waning weeks of 1914 and then the lead producer in 1915, WMO was similar, though had been piddling G98's all the pre-war years, actually the leader in 1914 production barely displacing Spandau)

Anyway, a rather rare and desirable rifle, hopefully it will never be cleaned or modified, it is near perfect as it is!

thank you for this additional historical information; no fear to have I leave it in the state, it made its life...
However I will take it to the range as soon as possible, he was made for that!
(The condition of the barrel and chamber is very good.)
I hope this G98 will soon be on display in the imperial picture index...

Thanks
best regards

Wonderful to see another 1914 DWM. Still funny to think to only one I've seen in person was in the hands of a reenactor at Newville.

Added to the reference. It's been a busy summer around here, i have a lot of catching up to do.

PrayingMantis said:

Wonderful to see another 1914 DWM. Still funny to think to only one I've seen in person was in the hands of a reenactor at Newville.

Added to the reference. It's been a busy summer around here, i have a lot of catching up to do.

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Hello
as announced some time ago, I will revive this Sunday that DWM at the range...all is ready, target and reloaded ammo.
Best regards

If you are going to shoot it I would use very mild loads, that recoil lug looks like it’s missing quite a bit of wood on the right side. Definitely don’t want to damage the stock on that one!

Nice rifle, new here to the K98k forum and im just taking a look around.