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    could'nt resist

    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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    Well, every good display needs "the other guy" to put it in reference. That was my excuse, anyway!

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    haha, I heard the cg haenel is a pretty rare maker.

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    That's a very, very nice rifle.

    One of those (some day, some day) is on my list.

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    Quote Originally Posted by smle13 View Post
    haha, I heard the cg haenel is a pretty rare maker.
    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.

    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 oilicon. 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?
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    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 Germanicon 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!

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    congrats to you on a excellent find and purchase...

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    Absolutely beautiful. I think the Gew98 is the stateliest of the Mauser line.

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    how much do you think its worth?

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    Info for Info - how about you first of all telling us what you paid for it!

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