Your very nice rifle does not match up to the pictures of the Mauser Banner Modell, because it is not one. It is a Mauser Standard Modell, a similiar...
Thanks for the information on the barrel channel SN or lack thereof, I had assumed the channels wee always numbered. The information sharing is what...
In the same lot as the above Gew. 98 and the SM I posted earlier, I also got a mostly matching byf 42, all matching but the bands, in a walnut stock....
Early war, mid war, late war, it is really just personal preference. I personally like the prewar and early war dates 1934 to 1940. But they are hard...
Great looking rifle Chris. Is the sling the early type with the sewn on H buckle, or the later type with the football stud? I am guessing the former...