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I recently found a GEW 98 at Cabela’s and it followed me home.
The question I have is the receiver shows it was made in 1916, but it looks like someone added “/17” after 1916. Is this a hack job, or were these really marked that way?
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...eee01cf4-1.jpg
I believe that this is a so-called 'Sterngewehr', assembled from parts available as an emergency measure during WW1. The star indicates emergency make and the appended date indicates date of acceptance using a previously made receiver. More images would be needed, such as proofs, stock markings, matching bolt or no, etc to be able to get closer to which factory made it, but the ammunition plant in Dresden was apparently one of several pressed into service to get these made. As always, experts are asked to help out here, but in my opinion this is a sought-after rifle as they are not as common as others.
A full set of pics will help determine what it actually is...and of course we'd love to see all of it.
Wow, I figured it was just a mix master. It has a nice bore (indoor picture doesn’t do it justice). Here are some more pictures. If there is a specific mark you are looking for, let me know and I’ll take more pictures.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...17cf7fb4-1.jpghttps://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...621f325b-1.jpghttps://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...d746a346-1.jpghttps://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...f7971661-1.jpghttps://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...2c3d8611-1.jpghttps://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...a1cb011b-1.jpghttps://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...ed15c6ce-1.jpghttps://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...a21af29a-1.jpg
Looks good, bolt doesn't match which is almost expected... You have to use a macro setting for the bore and let it do it's job to get the pic. Still, it looks pretty good too.
That's interesting. The floorplate doesn't match either. there may be other numbers. I wonder what the crown stamp means? It looks like the Danish crown, but they were using their own Krags, making some of them too.
jn
The floorplate seems to match the receiver number...
Oh yeah! I lost track of the number!Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
Spandau shows a crown over the writing.Quote:
Originally Posted by jon_norstog
Exactly like this.
It is a legit marking.
Nice rifle!
I love the Gew. 98.
The Germans were a monarchy at that point in time, up until 1918 so the crown was for the Kaiser.Quote:
Originally Posted by jon_norstog
I also believe that the * not only indicated that it was made with previously made parts but previously made parts that had been rejected for being slightly out of tolerances. I would have to double check it though.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...01/large-3.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...1/xlarge-1.jpg
My garden-variety 1916 Spandau G98. Also an overall mismatch but with many matching parts. Elegant weapons from "interesting times". Note that OP's specimen has earlier stock configuration with unit marking disc instead of bolt takedown tool and no grasping grooves.
Beautiful
very niceQuote:
Originally Posted by Ovidio
Awesome score. I hope to get a gew 98 someday. That bore looks like it will clean up really nice.