Hi all,
I was fortunate enough to assume responsibility for number of rifles thanks to Mike. I thought I would share one that has not been previously documented here.
This one just spoke to me when I saw it---- It's certainly the "ugly duckling" out of my recent batch, but don't let that detract from it in any way. It's got that untouched an salty look I love to see in a Gew 98. We all love pretty ones, but this one is a witness. It also helped that is was a relatively hard year to find in collectible condition.
The rifle matches except for the rear sight leaf and slider and the hand guard. Floorplate is armorer and seems never to have been numbered to match. It passed twice through Rastatt, where the rear sight likely was likely replaced. There is the front half of a sliding dust cover still on the rifle-- It's pretty snug, so I did not chance damaging it to disassemble the rifle-- There is also an original, but broken sling.
The unit marking is to the Royal Prussian Jägerbattalion No.4, garrisoned in Magdeburg
Receiver 793 b
Barrel (assumed) 793 b (unknown BC)
Front Sight 93
Rear Sight Leaf mm
Sight Slider mm
Ejector Box 93
Trigger Sear 93
Front Barrel Band 93
Rear Barrel Band 93
Trigger Guard 793
Trigger Guard Screws 93, 93
Floor Plate 93
Follower armorer
Stock 793
Handguard mm
Buttplate 793 (2x Rastatt "7" marking)
Bayonet Lug 93
Cleaning Rod 93
Bolt Body 793 b
Extractor 93
Safety 93
Cocking Piece 93
Bolt Sleeve 93
Firing Pin 93
Thanks for looking, and thanks again MIke!
I was fortunate enough to assume responsibility for number of rifles thanks to Mike. I thought I would share one that has not been previously documented here.
This one just spoke to me when I saw it---- It's certainly the "ugly duckling" out of my recent batch, but don't let that detract from it in any way. It's got that untouched an salty look I love to see in a Gew 98. We all love pretty ones, but this one is a witness. It also helped that is was a relatively hard year to find in collectible condition.
The rifle matches except for the rear sight leaf and slider and the hand guard. Floorplate is armorer and seems never to have been numbered to match. It passed twice through Rastatt, where the rear sight likely was likely replaced. There is the front half of a sliding dust cover still on the rifle-- It's pretty snug, so I did not chance damaging it to disassemble the rifle-- There is also an original, but broken sling.
The unit marking is to the Royal Prussian Jägerbattalion No.4, garrisoned in Magdeburg
Receiver 793 b
Barrel (assumed) 793 b (unknown BC)
Front Sight 93
Rear Sight Leaf mm
Sight Slider mm
Ejector Box 93
Trigger Sear 93
Front Barrel Band 93
Rear Barrel Band 93
Trigger Guard 793
Trigger Guard Screws 93, 93
Floor Plate 93
Follower armorer
Stock 793
Handguard mm
Buttplate 793 (2x Rastatt "7" marking)
Bayonet Lug 93
Cleaning Rod 93
Bolt Body 793 b
Extractor 93
Safety 93
Cocking Piece 93
Bolt Sleeve 93
Firing Pin 93
Thanks for looking, and thanks again MIke!
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