WWII German "K98-Style" Training BB Gun

[Dave-In-Maine]

Posted over on the Carbine forum, then I realized there are other forums!!

My dad brought back from WWII a German air rifle/bb gun. Marked "MARS 15," with a serial number of J 116328. I can find some information on the interweb, but not much. I do know that it was a training rifle, roughly a copy of the G98.

Can anyone steer me towards any information on it? I'd mostly love to know how to take it apart and clean it--I can see 60+ years of dust down the muzzle........

I remember shooting it a few times as a child, but quickly moved on to the .22-cal German training rifle he brought back (basically a G98 but in .22--and a nail driver in terms of accuracy).

Thanks for any and all!!!

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[OxfordAndy]

I like the sound of the .22LR trainer! Been trying to find a real one (not a chinese copy!!) for a LONG time!

[Dave-In-Maine]

Whoa-just sort of re-posted this same question. I had forgotten that I had posted this almost a year ago---sorry for the doubling.......

[GUTS]

I bought one this winter myself, I thought it was kind of neat.

[Dave-In-Maine]

I bought one this winter myself, I thought it was kind of neat.

That's the twin of mine--any info on manuals/websites/resources/values???

Much better pix than I would have taken, too!!!

[GUTS]

They were used as training rifles for the Wermacht and the Hitlerjugen. If it has Venus-Waffenbrick stamped on the reciever it is true wartime trainer, if it doesn't it was made after the war for public use.

Airgun - Mars 115

[browningautorifle]

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