I recently just picked up a nice find like yours, I picked up a gew98 transitional. It's a full length GEW98 1918 but has the S42 code like yours. Mine is all matching as well, the owner I don't think knew what he had and I ended up paying $225. They are very cool pieces of history, thank you for sharing.
I have a 1915 Danzig gew98 but mine retained the original walnut stock with imperial markings but remilled to k98 specs and bottom sling mount removed. Same setup, looks and feels like a k98 but is not. Fastest way to tell them apart is the sling mound on the trigger guard from the ww1 slings.
Almost a K98b. I am lucky enough to have found a matching example. Post WWI, Treaty of Versailles conversion. Same reason I love the Mosin M91, they killed everybody. I have one that went from Russia to Austria to Finland.
I just picked up one at a little gun shop! But they cut the stock down so for 200 bucks I figured I would try and bring it back to life, so I get it home and somthing just didn't seem right! So I done a bunch of research and measuring, found out all measurements exactly fit k98k barrel sight post, and also having k98k sight with bolt and all, I found a beauty of a stock on ebay with everything for 399! Do you think it would be worth buying the stock and returning it back to the original..well kinda original configuration? By the way thanks for the video it really helped out!!! Beautiful gun!!
I have a gewher 98 receiver kar 98 made at dwm in 1915 it has s/42g and waA63 on the sights and stock+ bands as well as the barrel. As for the trigger guard it is still gewher 98 and the bolt is still the imperial bolt but has been bent down. The stock has a flat buttplate and not sight hood.
I also have a Franken-Mauser . Its a 1917 Spandau Gewehr 98 . With the overall length of just less than 43 inches and a barrel length of just less than 24 inches . It has the tangent rear sight with a turned down bolt handle . Other markings on the barrel are S/42G , K63S , 7.9 as well as 8 MM .The trigger guard has a hole for the sling. It has a stock that has been sporterized (cut down between the barrel and rear sight) but I believe its the original stock since it has the lower swivel sling attachment . Also where the take down gourmet was it has been plugged with wood as well as where the cleaning rod would of been . I would like to put a k98 stock on the gun like yours to add more originality to it . I inherited this gun so I don't have much history of it . Any insight by you would be greatly appreciated . Thank you for your insightful video .
A buddy of mine has a 1915 Gew 98 OBERNDORF barreled receiver K98k (Russian Capture) with 2 EAGLE "ZZA4" SS markings on barrel and receiver. One crown marking on one side 3 crown the other. What could this mean?
+Saber1796 The owner called it a Franken-Mauser. I don't think he knew what it was and the price reflected it. I knew what it was so I snatched it up. Probably my best gun show find.
I have a 1915 Spandau GEW98 (with 1920 property mark) that was converted into a 98k with flat butt stock, yet with a barrel that has a sight hood. The barrel was replaced, and the bore is excellent. Unfortunately, the gun has no matching numbers. It also has an Iraqi "jeem" mark on it, so it is a well traveled weapon.
I have a converted k98 myself, but it's receiver has no original markings at all, except its stamping on the side addressing it as a gewehr 98. The 2/42 only says s/42. No k. But its marked BYF all over it. Any ideas what all this means?
So basically in a nutshell it was carried by a German soldier in ww1 and than was given to a polish soldier but when Nazi Germany invaded Poland it was back in German hands and was modified to become a kar98k and was given to a German soldier again and now it's in your hands. Honestly That's amazing and it'll be interesting if the German soldier from ww2 who carried it was the son of the German soldier who had it in ww1
I've come across a few like that. You just have to look thru a lot of junk and listen to loads of BS to find one like that. Most folks selling a K98 like this one know what they have and its value so you are going to pay thru the ass for one this nice. Rare finds are out there but they are getting harder and harder to find. Any gun or pawn shop worth their salt will google and research what they have.
I have a gewehr 98 Mauser. It's a mauser waffenfabrik obendorf 1918 with a turkish crescent. I would love to know the history of it. Sides Turkish service.
I have one... 1917... Then converted to 98K and after the war it ended up in Israel.. There it got a new stock and sighthood... Never got converted to 7.62 and then somehow it ended up in norway :P
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I recently just picked up a nice find like yours, I picked up a gew98 transitional. It's a full length GEW98 1918 but has the S42 code like yours. Mine is all matching as well, the owner I don't think knew what he had and I ended up paying $225. They are very cool pieces of history, thank you for sharing.
Thats a great rifle. Love it. Good find. Can't wait to see you fire it.
Nice rifle man, I'm envious.
Great video as always, very informative!
I have a 1915 Danzig gew98 but mine retained the original walnut stock with imperial markings but remilled to k98 specs and bottom sling mount removed. Same setup, looks and feels like a k98 but is not. Fastest way to tell them apart is the sling mound on the trigger guard from the ww1 slings.
Almost a K98b. I am lucky enough to have found a matching example. Post WWI, Treaty of Versailles conversion. Same reason I love the Mosin M91, they killed everybody. I have one that went from Russia to Austria to Finland.
I just picked up one at a little gun shop! But they cut the stock down so for 200 bucks I figured I would try and bring it back to life, so I get it home and somthing just didn't seem right! So I done a bunch of research and measuring, found out all measurements exactly fit k98k barrel sight post, and also having k98k sight with bolt and all, I found a beauty of a stock on ebay with everything for 399!
Do you think it would be worth buying the stock and returning it back to the original..well kinda original configuration?
By the way thanks for the video it really helped out!!! Beautiful gun!!
I have a gewher 98 receiver kar 98 made at dwm in 1915 it has s/42g and waA63 on the sights and stock+ bands as well as the barrel. As for the trigger guard it is still gewher 98 and the bolt is still the imperial bolt but has been bent down. The stock has a flat buttplate and not sight hood.
Very interesting as love those old Military rifles...Good info and vid...Good stuff...
Has such an amazng story to tell
I also have a Franken-Mauser . Its a 1917 Spandau Gewehr 98 . With the overall length of just less than 43 inches and a barrel length of just less than 24 inches . It has the tangent rear sight with a turned down bolt handle . Other markings on the barrel are S/42G , K63S , 7.9 as well as 8 MM .The trigger guard has a hole for the sling. It has a stock that has been sporterized (cut down between the barrel and rear sight) but I believe its the original stock since it has the lower swivel sling attachment . Also where the take down gourmet was it has been plugged with wood as well as where the cleaning rod would of been . I would like to put a k98 stock on the gun like yours to add more originality to it . I inherited this gun so I don't have much history of it . Any insight by you would be greatly appreciated . Thank you for your insightful video .
That is a very historical piece!
Very neat, that rifle has probably been in many a battle.
Hey ! What is the book you use at 0:57 ?
I would also like to know!
Very best rifle kar 98 k mauser in this world thanks for this video
Ignoring the improved rear sights .... "Look at how they massacred my boy"
thanks for your nice video
A buddy of mine has a 1915 Gew 98 OBERNDORF barreled receiver K98k (Russian Capture) with 2 EAGLE "ZZA4" SS markings on barrel and receiver. One crown marking on one side 3 crown the other. What could this mean?
So are the stocks interchangeable or do they require modified same question for the rear sight
Wow what a unique find. Did you know it was different when you were buying it? Did the other owner spot it or did they not know?
+Saber1796 The owner called it a Franken-Mauser. I don't think he knew what it was and the price reflected it. I knew what it was so I snatched it up. Probably my best gun show find.
I totally agree with you on this a rifle. What a find now if we could only get it to tell it's story .
North Florida Gun Guy Nice find. Deals like that are few and far between. Great "Franken-Mauser". Doesn't get any cooler than that.
I have a 1915 Spandau GEW98 (with 1920 property mark) that was converted into a 98k with flat butt stock, yet with a barrel that has a sight hood. The barrel was replaced, and the bore is excellent. Unfortunately, the gun has no matching numbers. It also has an Iraqi "jeem" mark on it, so it is a well traveled weapon.
fusil très intéressant, je ne connaissait pas cette transformation
J'en ai un aussi, mais il à été transformé en K98k par l'Allemagne de l'est après la guerre.
You should get your hands on a Spanish FR-8. Sweet oddball rifles!
I have a converted k98 myself, but it's receiver has no original markings at all, except its stamping on the side addressing it as a gewehr 98.
The 2/42 only says s/42. No k.
But its marked BYF all over it.
Any ideas what all this means?
S/42 is a prewar code for Mauser Oberndorf, and BYF is the wartime code for Mauser Overndorf.
I'm about to buy a Gewher 98. I want to convert it to a K98K. How would I go about doing this?
Sell it and buy a K98k.
So basically in a nutshell it was carried by a German soldier in ww1 and than was given to a polish soldier but when Nazi Germany invaded Poland it was back in German hands and was modified to become a kar98k and was given to a German soldier again and now it's in your hands. Honestly That's amazing and it'll be interesting if the German soldier from ww2 who carried it was the son of the German soldier who had it in ww1
So can you put a k98k stock onto a Gewehr 98?
Any interesting back story on how it arrived State side?
None from the guy I bought it from. No import mark so I'm assuming it was a war trophy or souvenir.
Very cool!
Nice find. Did it have a serial number in the barrel channel? (Don't know if you got it apart)
I didn't strip it down that far.
Cewl history. What's the barrel like?
+Bogus Mosin Good, I don't think it was fired a lot.
I would think the back sight is not original and not matching to the original Gew98.
I have an Israeli Mauser that started life as a Gew 98
How do you find these things in such good condition?
I've come across a few like that. You just have to look thru a lot of junk and listen to loads of BS to find one like that. Most folks selling a K98 like this one know what they have and its value so you are going to pay thru the ass for one this nice. Rare finds are out there but they are getting harder and harder to find. Any gun or pawn shop worth their salt will google and research what they have.
I have an israeli 7.62 conversion made from one of those Gew98/98k conversion. I find it quite interesting.
Now that is a rifle with a lot of history. What's the reciever date?
It’s an Oberndorf 1914
Nice, served in two world wars and was used possibly until the 70s. That means that rifle has about 50 or 60 years of military use.
I have a gewehr 98 Mauser. It's a mauser waffenfabrik obendorf 1918 with a turkish crescent. I would love to know the history of it. Sides Turkish service.
Two war rifle. Should qualify for retirement.
I have one... 1917... Then converted to 98K and after the war it ended up in Israel.. There it got a new stock and sighthood... Never got converted to 7.62 and then somehow it ended up in norway :P
That's quite an interesting history for a single rifle.
Yep... Its in perfect condition aswell... Looks like it hasnt been used... Only paid 300 dollars but i have no idea what its worth...
noice
Lol amazing
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Any interesting back story on how it arrived State side?