Recent content by pdmayton

I'm just saying, every one hundred rifles the last two digits are repeated which means 1% of all 98's share the same 2 digit s/n. Now it's true acceptance marks or something would not match but two digit s/ns would. correct me if I'm wrong.

Don't know if I'm missing some serious info or not, thought I found a rear sight/ rear sight leaf spring as a well known mauser parts dealer on an auction site said he had 1000+ of k98a rear sights. I ordered one because he said he would look for the one I need (s/n 11). Math tells me that 1 in...

I know I'm a newbie here but I don't understand why there are death heads on the barrel, this is 1918. Is it maybe a Nazi era barrel stuck on an Imperial receiver? If that is indeed the case the odds of the s/n matching one another are pretty low but even if it is the honest s/n of both items...

Just found out the following info...the "5S" is a depot mark...it was repaired at Koblenz during the war and the Barrel Steel came from Krupp Steel. Perhaps the stock repair was done by the Germans?

She's a beauty, very lucky! What a great price!

Can't help on guessing a value, just wanted to saw, pretty damn cool find :thumbsup:

I'm finding it impossible to take a clear picture of it but if it helps, on the buttstock plate its a large 5 with an s about half the size of the 5 stamped directly below it. The 818 is stamped directly above the serial number, it's the same size, font, and depth as the s/n .

Does anyone happen to know the meaning of the "5S" stamped on the buttplate of the rifle? Also curious is, on the bolt there is an "818" stamped above the s/n, I assume that is some kind of factory code but if anyone knows better share the knowledge. BTW, my missing stacking hook shipped...

Since I don't have enough 'folding-money' to be a 'serious collector' I'm much more inclined to get the mismatched, 'good' conditioned gew based on your estimates. And I don't expect to have the cash to do that in the very near future but I can set a goal and start putting away a few dollars...

So, I believe I have caught the official Mauser bug and I'm figuring out what I want next and I've narrowed it down to either a good example late war Nazi Stamped 98k or a Gewehr 98 with the Naval Stamp but I have no idea how realistic it is to find the latter or how much they go for in...

Perhaps you misunderstood me or I didn't make myself clear. I don't want to undo anything. I just want it to be as clean as I can get it (don't worry this does not include sandpaper) to maintain it. I want to keep it as close to the way it was when it came from the factory as I can, this does...

Due to the sentimental value of it, I will never sell it but at the same time I want to preserve it, not alter it. I look at it as treating the rifle with the care it deserves. I am a perfectionist but I know that sometimes there is only so much I can do. It's still being cared for cause it's...

I mean the metal on the outside (not the bore, or the barrel). I guess I didn't realize that that part was ever blued. It is possible that there is some very stubborn bluing but there are still dark spots (though admittedly not black) on the bolt carrier assembly that I can't get pretty as well...

Black spots on steel Since I started this thread I have tried just about everything I can think of to get these black spots off of the steel on this rifle but no luck! So far I have tried cleaning it with Rem Oil, CLP, NEVR DULL, Mineral Spirits, Bore Cleaner, and even soaking it in coke for...

0.o Okay, glad my mag/spring ain't screwed up! I will take your advice an shoot it occasionally. It still has strong rifling so it should be fine. I think the front sight may need adjusted a bit, haven't shot enough to determine is accuracy yet. As for your posing goes, I'm all screwed up...