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Thats good news i use bore foam to clean barrels but i am sure someone will chime in with other solutions. I am lucky the bore on mine is pristine, the outside is showing its age with oxidization but no rust. The only item thats doesnt share the same serial or last 2 digits is the cleaning...

A very nice example of a 1915 DWM, reminds me to take mine apart and get some detailed photos for review. Mine has been covered with some sort of poly urethane finish, i suspect it was tru oil? I am reluctant to try to remove it, the good news is it doesnt look to be sanded as all markings are...

Perth K98 I saw an rc on another Australian site a few months ago, definitely an rc down to the peened swastika and shellac stock. That one was in NT from memory and the buyer wss chasing $1800. I did mention the fact to him but he was determined to leave it advertised probably hoping to...

1871/84 Spandau

1871/84 Spandau This is the latest aquisition

1871/84 Lowe, i recently picked up a Spandau 1871/84 from 1888. NO unit markings but matching nos serial 9633

Thanks Hambone, it was listed on a local auction site as a VZ24, suffice to say no one placed a bid. I contacted them after the auction and made an offer which they accepted, the cheapest 8 x 57 I now own. The barrel and magazine well was full of cosmoline, I doubt it had been fired? After a...

Hi All, I have recently purchased the VZ98N, it was passed in at auction and appears to have spent time in Israel? The VZ24 I purchased at the beginning of last year, a Romanian refurb, these are not common in Australia. Both are in excellent condition and chambered in 8mm, the barrels are...

Is there any case with the GEW98 in which the cleaning rod is void of any numbers?

Understood, I will attempt to get some better photos of each rifle, I have had both apart but the weather wasnt conducive to good photos. In the mean time:

Low res photos below

Hi all, have been out taking some photos today, the weather has improved since earlier this week. Please feel free to pass comment or ask questions, I feel these are both good representations of either rifle. Would like to collect more but we are restricted to 3 rifles of any calibre, both...

Happy to say the serial number on the butplate below the bottom screw matches the rest of the rifle!! Was planning on taking this down, but by the look of the floorplate and screws, they have never been tampered with, i am tempted to leave as is!!

Dwm gew Thanks Loewe South Eastern Australia is a very pictuesque place, Arizona is very nice spent some time around Prescot in the 90's. The stock is stamped on the underside in front of the rear swivel 8517 matching the rest of the rifle. cant say the same for the handguard as I havent...