My Gewehr 98

[Calif-Steve]

If you compete in a Military Match/ Vintage Match you will have one or two rapid fire stages. The barrel will get hot and the rear sight will bind up and not move. This had to be a problem in WWI. Mind you I am shooting light loads, with full charge loads the recoil will beat up the shooter and the rifle will heat up quickly. I would guess the sight would bind quickly then. If you slowly fire 20 rounds at the range you will not have any issues.

[Ovidio]

I’ll check it out sooner or later.
Last Friday I shot a first stint of 15 rounds fairly quickly. I could not hold the barrel with bare hands easily, but I moved the rear sight from 800 to 700 without noticing any kind of “rigidity”.
My rifle is good, but a bit worn. The rear sight moves very freely once you press the button.
Maybe that makes a difference.

[GeeRam]

Nice looking rifle, wish I'd grabbed one when they were still around. Who knew they'd become invisible and unobtainium...?

Funnily enough I was looking online at them over the weekend, as a dealer in the UK has 3 x G98 in stock at the moment, two from Danzig factory, one from 1916 and one from 1917, and a Mauser made one from 1918.

[Ovidio]

Go get one.
They’re gorgeous!
You won’t regret it.

[Eaglelord17]

I had to jump on mine as well. Not a perfect example as the stock was refinished and the metal is rough, but still is a example. Later on I can always upgrade if a better one comes along.

I will also say it is the first M98 Mauser variant I have actually enjoyed. My previous M98 rifles I didn't really like and sold them off, this one is somehow different.

[Ovidio]

Yes, it is something special.
It gives me a strange feeling. I really love to shoot it.
Something like my SMLE gives me.

[Calif-Steve]

Lothar Walther makes the GEW98 barrel right now. Just need to find the right gunsmith to do the work.

[GeeRam]

Go get one.
They’re gorgeous!
You won’t regret it.

Hah...........if only it was so simple in the UK.

[Ovidio]

Lots of milsurp shooters install Lothar Walther barrels on the M96 Carl Gustafs here.
I think it is good to have the possibility of getting new barrels for these old horses.
What I don’t like are those who compete with the new match grade barrels, but that is another story...

[CINDERS]

Ovidio they should go into the modified class like we have here where faux pas snipers and such can compete against similar rigs as it is a tad unfair to the chap shooting an as issued rifle thats seen goodness knows how many rounds and traveling around the globe.