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Thank you for the walk through

I used to own a beautiful 1937 Radom made WZ 29 rifle with a non matching bolt. I kick myself every time I think about how I lost it

Very neat variant one doesn’t see often. As an aside, I always thought the Soviets would have been better served to adopt a proper short rifle about this length rather than slightly modifying the still rather long Dragoon rifle to be the m91/30.

those are very very scarce here in Poland, I've seen one for sale only once and the price was pretty crazy (you could buy 4-5 polish mausers, or 12-15 soviet mosins) with nowadays prices(and inflation) it would be probably enough to get 3 or 4 WWII M1 garands (and those are pricier here than in the USA) long story short, I'm jelly and hope it will serve you well.

Awesome. A grail gun for sure! I’ve been looking for years and will have to console myself with an Ng30. One thing I’d like to see is if the receiver notches you used to load the rifle from a clip were actually modified to make that work?

Insanely cool. I hadn’t even heard of this variant before. Thanks for sharing!

Brother I know this video is years old by this point, but I'm hoping you see this. My Werndl is missing the middle barrel band, which also contains the sling swivel. would you be able to provide me with accurate measurements of the inside diameter of yours? maybe I might find a similar part to fit it.

So I recently inherited a k29 from 1931, and it's a little worn, but the action still functions fine. The issue is that it doesn't have a stock anymore. I'm looking at getting a new stock for it and was wondering what kind of stock they would take. Is it just a regular mauser 98 stock?

I guess that I hit the "jack pot" a couple years ago. A 1928 Warazawa K98 in nice condition for $50 US

my father has one from 1939, he would like to sell, what are prices at ?

Next time just contact me 😉 I just discussed this article with my friend from Poland. Interestingly I came to the similar conclusions after technicaly examining wz.29 compare to historical sources. All patriotism aside wz.29 was inferior to other mauser short rifles.

If you have some issues with translation PL-EN, I will be glad to help. I am a firearms and gunsmithing passionate, so my "technical" english is pretty good. Ask any time! P.S. reciever - komora zamkowa, bolt - zamek ;)

This video gold mine of knowledge for me :) If you would be so kind, could you give any good reference books for Polish Mausers? Thank you, for your work!

31 caliber?

Poland lost, then won. But they only won because the Colt M1911 45acp entered the war.

Great information.

Just yesterda, I picked what I was told and believe is a Polish K98 AZ?. I need to watch this video again with mine in front of me. Is there any possibility that I can send you pictures for help in identifying mine? It's actually in very good shape with great rifling and very clean. Kind of bought it because my son in law was so enamored with it. It came with around 140 old rounds that I haven't looked closely at, yet. Figured I'd pass it on to him when I'm gone. Thanks for the video.

One question that it has been bothering me. During the german invasion was the long Wz.98a or the short K wz.29 the standard rifle of the polish army? and if so, how common would the other rifle in the front lines?

The logic of those gun buybacks eludes me, "I'll give up this historical piece to be destroyed, this will stop gun violence for sure"?

I love seeing history restored. My closest to a wz29 is my 660 1940 "K98k" that still has 1939 and 1940 markings from poland before Steyr got their paws on it.

I did a repair similarly on a bubba-ized original turked gewehr 88/05/35 stock, and on an 88/05... Lucky to find on ebay cracked stocks that were good in the areas i needed...the joints are hidden by the front barrel bands, you absolutely cannot see the repairs!

Nice video and good job bringing one back from the dead, I appreciated the bit on how to achieve straight holes on such a piece.

Great t-shirt! fun to watch new clip

Thanks for sharing, the blemish corrosion indicates possible combat service and ownership by a Polish soldier fortunate to have evaded Nazi or Soviet capture, then continuing to fight among the British Forces, not necessarily improper storage or neglect.

your way to check out the slide movement saved me a lot of heartache. one slide wasn't moving freely. that is what was causing my problem. Couldn't get the bike to go over 40 mph. many thanks!

7/8/2024 UPDATE: Towards the end of the video, I talk about some of the characteristics of the “Polish Mauser sling”. It turns out that the one I have displayed is NOT an original Polish Mauser sling, sadly. Original Polish Mauser slings are of the same “buckle and stud” design, however the metal pieces are made of steel, the leather surface does not have any crosshatch texture (they are plain), and the “buckle” is more of a large flat rectangular shape with rounded edges. I apologize for any confusion.

Great job! Really looks beautiful - one note though: all polish mauser's had bayonet lugs left in white. I know that this stock came in such configuration and it is a standard German/Spanish rework ( just like blued bolts ) but originally it should be left in white - just like aforementioned bolt, recoil lug, buttplate with screws, bolt take down discs and trigger. Cheers

Did they ever recycle imperial german kar98a/az receivers and barrels? I got a kar98 barrel and receiver in a wz29 stock. However it has the non polish, german stacking lug and a hinged barrel band.

I have a WZ29 all matching but the bolt, it's a BNZ bolt , matching itself. German capture?

How much k98 29 go for these days? Thanks

I'd love to add one of these to my collection. Thanks for the presentation.

i’m an american born to two polish immigrants and i just want to say i’ve learned so much about mausers from your chanel. just picked up my first wz 29 export thanks to you

Great work!

I'm from Poland. It's great to see this beautiful piece of Polish history. Regards

Great beautiful example of Polish History 🇵🇱

Great find, like to have one of these myself.

I apologize... mine are still in the back of the safe and I still need to get you some photos.

Love the detail you put into these videos! Been doing a lot of research on a K29 8MM I inherited. It seems the stock has been modified to be more of a hunting rifle. Would love to pick your brain on it sometime if you have the time! Thanks!

Thank you for your clear and interesting introduction, for those who are unfamiliar with the Polish "Radom", & the position it was placed into, following the German occupation.

Looks very similar to mine, also a 1938. I live in Australia and had it imported about ten years ago from the US. My great-grandfather was a machine-gunner in the Polish army at the outbreak of the war and became a POW after the Battle of Kutno. I wanted this to be my first pistol as I felt it was symbolic of what he went through. Very proud to own it.

If I send you pictures of a Polish bayonet I found, could you help identify it?

Beautiful collection, why exactly did you decide on a theme about Polish rifles? I myself have a wz. 29 RADOM. 38year. Greetings!

you showed a radom with a T serial number saying it was made in the radom factory. the last radom made in the factory was the K series. all subsequent radoms were made by steyr.

In 2002 I was notified by a friend who worked at SARCO that they had a number of Polish long rifles from CIA that they had obtained from Albania. They had been scrubbed GEW 98 and only had a rounded triangle with a "a" on the receiver. Front sight had been modified to take a sight hood. Mismatched and "rode hard and put away wet". I later found one in great condition at a local gun shop and it did not have import marks. Check out history collectors forum on TH-cam to see a Warsaw W98.

Your videos on the VIS 35 that I’ve watched so far have been fantastic. You have a very nice collection. Just picked up a Type 1 A block myself.

anyone know where to find parts? Numrich, ebay has almostnothing in stock. thanks

All, With regards to my question towards the end of the video, I recently had a discussion with another collector which may shed some light. In two publications (one is the Polish Mauser book I reference and the other is an article published in the dobroni.pl website), they both state that in 1939, it was documented that the Polish military had in their inventory just above 300,000 Mauser 98 long rifles. With the understanding that only 22,000 Wz.98’s were produced and let’s say 44,500 Wz.98a’s were produced, that leaves a SIGNIFICANT quantity of other “Mauser 98 long rifles”, which we may be able to assume are Gewehr 98 reworks. Given the (assumed) huge disparity between domestic produced long rifles and reworked German long rifles, it would make sense that more “Gewehr 98” looking rifles show up in period photos. Something to consider/think about.

Well done. I always appreciate the detail, professional quality and content of your videos, including the additional photos

Well presented. If there is a way to post your email address I'd like to send you pics of my 1927 warzawa carbine

I got 98a, just like yours (#25XXX), also manufactured in 1937. It also has a two-piece stock. I suppose that could have been common for those made in 1937.