All matching 1914 Spandau Gew98 with a been there done that look. Excellent bore, no import, honest piece that saw combat. A little show and tell, let me know what you think.
1914 Spandau Gew98
- Thread starter Jhr98k
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This sold at GunBroker in 2009, didn't save much detail other than pics and venue, but opinions are risky with so little detail... 2009 pics are worse than these but it looks factory original to me here. Stock acceptance is right as well serial looks period. Pretty rare in this condition and state, but if you sell it do yourself a favor and do better pictures, the rifle is rare because of its state, not so much absolute rarity, Spandau made a lot of rifles (comparatively) but this original is very rare, any 1914 is very rare, this rifles condition or state doubles its rarity.
**there are reports as high as the n-o blocks but this I think are due to other factors, not 1914 product per se... Spandau production is fully supported to the early h-block, quite a lot for 1914 but still very rare.
**there are reports as high as the n-o blocks but this I think are due to other factors, not 1914 product per se... Spandau production is fully supported to the early h-block, quite a lot for 1914 but still very rare.
That is a great looking Spandau!
I second what Loewe said regarding better pics.
Here's a good prescribed order of the bare essentials:
1) right side of stock.
2) underside acceptance on bolt handle
3) right side of receiver
4) left side of receiver
5) sN on bolt
6) face of receiver
7) trigger guard/floor plate SN
8) acceptance on stock wrist
9) SN and stock keep acceptance
10) letter near top buttplate screw
11) buttplate
If willing to disassemble:
12) barrel acceptance and code
13) stock SN
14) handguard SN
Naturally every part is worth photographing, but those are the ones that tell us the most.
I second what Loewe said regarding better pics.
Here's a good prescribed order of the bare essentials:
1) right side of stock.
2) underside acceptance on bolt handle
3) right side of receiver
4) left side of receiver
5) sN on bolt
6) face of receiver
7) trigger guard/floor plate SN
8) acceptance on stock wrist
9) SN and stock keep acceptance
10) letter near top buttplate screw
11) buttplate
If willing to disassemble:
12) barrel acceptance and code
13) stock SN
14) handguard SN
Naturally every part is worth photographing, but those are the ones that tell us the most.
joryfreeburg
Senior Member
Nice rifle…. Congrats
PrayingMantis
Senior Member
Love the condition on this one, looks like it just came back from the war and has never been messed with. I added it to the reference.