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OzzMan
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And some more for the thread. Will be adding more photographs as I go through them, and as will when I come across them!
Yesterday at 4:22 PM
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My first Gew98 for the WW1 collection, 1916 WMO bolt mismatch
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Glad to see you joined the Gewehr club! I’ve seen all you been posting it as a wanted traded on ingo and several other forums...
Jan 20, 2023
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My first Gew98 for the WW1 collection, 1916 WMO bolt mismatch
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Hello, just wanted to share a recent addition to the WW1 collection, been wanting one of these for awhile. This will probably be my only...
Jan 20, 2023
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1889 Spandau G. Mod 88. Thorn & #12 Rework (the case for depot sanding)
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I've seen plenty of over stamps on plenty of guns, but this does not make sense to me at all. Why would you sand old markings off the...
Jan 5, 2023
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1889 Spandau G. Mod 88. Thorn & #12 Rework (the case for depot sanding)
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This is a completely different model of rifle from a completely different Depot on the other side of Germany. You’re absolutely right...
Jan 5, 2023
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I'm not thoroughly convinced. It doesn't really makes sense to me why you would sand older proofs off to apply new proof stamps? It...
Jan 5, 2023
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This is pure speculation, and mostly based on half-remembered stuff I read on a forum probably twenty years ago (so pass the salt), but...
Jan 5, 2023
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1889 Spandau G. Mod 88. Thorn & #12 Rework (the case for depot sanding)
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To add to this. Why would the German army stop and take the time to sand down a stock to a rifle that would likely be going to a reserve...
Jan 5, 2023
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Gewehr 98 - Amberg 1917 - Matching - Salty
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Hi guys, Picked up this Gew 98 Amberg ‘17 over the summer. Nice salty untouched one. All matching, save cleaning rod. Bore is...
Jan 4, 2023
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1916 DWM 98m EWB
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It’s hard to say what it is exactly until we have documentation. Any explanation we have is just a theory until we can actually prove...
Dec 13, 2022
OzzMan
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1916 DWM 98m EWB
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This is likely the case. Looks like a Brinell Hardness test was conducted on certain parts to make sure they were heat treated right or...
Dec 12, 2022
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Yes the test punch, very common. I do not know the technical purpose, but it is common on hardened parts (receivers, barrels, bolts)...
Dec 12, 2022
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Barrel life
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Are you trying to back into a number as an indicator of how many rounds rifles that key hole have fired? My personal opinion of most...
Dec 8, 2022
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I have an Arsenal rebuilt SPANDAU 1915 with a perfect barrel. It is matching with a renumbered bolt (only on the bolt ball not the...
Dec 8, 2022
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Barrel life
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There was were part of my question is. The other part is, how many rounds until you start getting keyholes? I know the groups will start...
Dec 8, 2022
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