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Hello Gents Thank you for your interest and input in helping me solve the mystery of the stars! Chris, my bolt face does look like yours; I attached a 3rd rate iPhone photo showing the Gewehr bolt face alongside a K98 bolt to show the difference between the two. I did not take the rifle out of...

Hello All I have a 1913-manufactured Gewehr 98 with an S-type rear sight that has stars stamped into the range scale left and right at the 750m and 950m notches. I have the books Rifle & Carbine 98 and Mauser Rifles Vol 1 and neither book mentions stars on Gewehr 98 sights, but there they...