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Winning Bid US $800 First bid $500 Quantity 1 # of bids 8 Time left Auction has ended   Started 2025-05-07 00:00:00 Ended 2025-11-21 22:35:25

Deutsche Waffen-Und Munitionsfabriken (DWM), Model: Gewehr 98, Cal: 7.92x57mm (8mm Mauser), MFG: 1915, S/N: 6143 (serial block y), Bolt action rifle, 29 '' barrel. The semi-pistol grip is very good with numerus small nicks, dings, dents, scratches, & vice marks from use/age. early-war production stock with no finger grooves. Both outside edges of the stock where the upper handguard meets the stock have been sanded/worn down. Unmarked unit disc in right cheek of stock. Three worn German cartouches on right cheek just behind the unit disc; Two more on the bottom of the wrist & three on the belly of the stock. The left cheek has thirteen tallies etched into it, possible kill notches. The blued metal finish on the barrel retains about 70% coverage with areas thinning, toning to a brown patina, or just worn gray. The receiver is correctly left in the white & has light speckled patina. The left side of the receiver is marked ''GEW.98'' in German script. the left side of the receiver band is marked with a Prussian eagle proof & the S/N. the top of the receiver band is marked ''DEUTSCHEWAFFEN-UND'', ''MUNITIONSFABRIKEN.'', ''BERLIN'', ''1915''. The right side is marked with three imperial German proofs. The top rear of the barrel where it meets the receiver is marked ''7.92''. the left rear of the barrel is marked with the S/N; & the top is stamped ''S'' for spitzer. All parts S/N MATCHING, including screws & smaller parts other than the forward barrel band (H band). The H band is marked ''47''. The bore is good. its bright but with consistent roughness throughout. The barrel holds a barleycorn front sight with a checkered base. Rear sight is the V-notch ''Lang Vizer'' sight marked 4 to 20. Inside the rear sight is speckled surface rust. The stock carries a steel buttplate thats left in the white. Buttplate is toning to a brown patina. rifle has both bottom sling loops, has the cleaning rod, & comes with a Ersatz Bayonet with sheath & frog. A Ersatz bayonet is a substitute bayonet made in Germany during the early years of WW1 because there weren't enough regulation bayonets to equip the rapidly expanding army. They were made in small local workshops & the only specifications for the bayonets was to have a 12'' blade & mount to the Gew 98. Because of this many different variations were made. These would be replaced by regulation bayonets once production caught up & the ersatz bayonets would be sold off. The vast majority made their way to turkey where they would shorten the blades to around 10'' (like the one here) these are called ''Turked'' ersatz bayonets. They bayonet is marked on the guard ''1912''. a rare unmolested Gew 98 in all original configuration with only one mismatched part. FFL or C&R Req. - Value: 1000 to 2500

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Deutsche Waffen-Und Munitionsfabriken (DWM), Model: Gewehr 98, C... Item # 4489 This auction is over. No new bids can be placed. Price: US $800

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