Gewehr 98 Restoration

Dryzen said:
How's the bolt? Could keep it for parts.
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The bolt operates perfectly, it is just a covered in some rust.

Kernalvax said:
there is a stock for sale on ebay for stupid cheap

http://cgi.ebay.ca/WWI-GERMAN-GEW-98-MAUSER-STOCK-W-GREAT-CARTOUCHES_W0QQitemZ390116917424QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5ad4c7c0b0#ht_500wt_1182
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It is extremely tempting but since the barrel has been cut down, I would have to source another full length gewehr 98 barrel and aside from the cost of installation by a gunsmith, it would make the rifle more unmatching. I would also have to acquire all the extra hardware too. That stock is also a later war variant indicated by the finger grooves and the bolt take down disc. It is probably 1917 and later made. My Gewehr 98 is a 1905 Danzig and the style of stock wouldn't quite work. As many have mentioned before on here, it is a money pit to try to turn this sporter I have in its current condition back into a military rifle would not be worth the expense. My best bet is to make her into the best sportering rifle as possible for cheap.

If the parts were out there for cheap, I would be inclined to simply do it but I think I would get more joy out of a already matching Gewehr 98 in imperial configuration.
 
Beat me to it.

albayo said:
Look around for something comparable then swap stocks. The 1909 Peruvian, 1909 Argentine, the 1912 Chilean Mausers have similar stocks. The Peruvian 1909 has similar rear sight so its relieved for the sight. If the bands aren't correct look around at the next local gun show for the correct type for your restoration. The bayonet lug is shorter then the South American rifles just replace it with the proper type length one from a K98.
It might be a good idea to buy the book on Mausers 4th Edition by Ball and study the different Mauser similarities. You will know what you are looking for when looking at parts.
I have compared my three Gew 98s to other Mausers in my collection and most are similar. Take what you can for now and then look around for the proper one later.
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The Czechoslovakian VZ22 long rifle is a G98 clone. Some of them were made from war repreation (sp) parts -- right down to the ski-jump sight. German Mauser tooling also was part of the post WW1 payments to the new Republic....
 
Nabs said:
I just wish the barrel had not been cut down to carbine length otherwise I would explore the possibility.
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Maybe the barrel needs to be cut down even more, to 6" to make
a Ge-woo-her-who-er Pistolen-Patronen, identical to a Navy Luger,
only in 8mm Kurz.:eek:
 
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