I know im an enfield guy, but i coulnt resist this one. Its a 1916 gewehr 98 made by C.G. HAENEL SUHL. Its all matching down to the locking screws.
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I know im an enfield guy, but i coulnt resist this one. Its a 1916 gewehr 98 made by C.G. HAENEL SUHL. Its all matching down to the locking screws.
Well, every good display needs "the other guy" to put it in reference. That was my excuse, anyway!
haha, I heard the cg haenel is a pretty rare maker.
That's a very, very nice rifle. :thup:
One of those (some day, some day) is on my list.
Yep, that counts as a rarity here in Mauserland. And the crisp stamps on the butt show that the surface of the wood is very, very original.Quote:
Originally Posted by smle13
Nothing needs to be done or even should be done to this one but but a wipe down of any grime on the wood with a drop of natural turpentine (NOT turps substitute) followed by a wipe over with a linen rag moistened with boiled linseed oil. And here we would wipe over all metal parts with a substance called "Ballistol". Preserves metal and does not harm the surface of the wood.
An excellent find!
P.S: how is the bore?
You might be interested to know that your rifle was most likely given the final inspection and accepted by one Herr Büttner, appointed as Senior Gunsmith (inspector function) in Erfurt from 1. Dec. 1906. The lower large "fraktur" stamp with a crown above is a B, and Büttner is the only inspector with "B" known in Erfurt at that time. The upper stamp is the German imperial acceptance stamp. The monogram below the crown is FW for Friedrich Wilhelm.
Yes, yes, I know someone is going to say "But he was Kaiser Wilhelm, not Friedrich". Nevertheless, from the early 19th century on the Prussian (later imperial) acceptance stamp always used FW, regardless of which way round the monarch of the moment had his Friedrichs and Wilhelms.
Below the final inspector's stamp is a much smaller stamp, usually illegible, to confirm that the completely assembled rifle had been proof fired.
If you are very lucky, you might even make out a tiny inspector's stamp on the ID disk. Man, they were thorough!
congrats to you on a excellent find and purchase...
Absolutely beautiful. I think the Gew98 is the stateliest of the Mauser line.
how much do you think its worth?
Info for Info - how about you first of all telling us what you paid for it!
i paid about $395.00
I don't know much about these but that sounds like a really good deal to me.
I see the stock is really smooth, are they normally that smooth?
Jarrod
I do hope you are not kidding me!Quote:
Originally Posted by smle13
Because that means you are losing a potential profit of about 150-200% by not selling that rifle (guestimates from Hermann Historica past auction figures here in Mauserland - euros, of course!)
Naturally, when it gets up to the 1K level, collectors get mighty picky about perfect numbering and stamps etc. But what we have seen of your rifle looks PDG.
:cheers::cheers::cheers:
was it a good deal?
Thanks!!
very nice looking piece.
Like the OP, I'm more of an Enfield guy...but I had a good look at a 1915 Gew 98 yesterday.
Have to say it was pretty interesting!!
Maybe revising my list for Santa.
If I could find one as nice as this, I'd definitley go for one!
ill trade it for a bmw x5, haha