Need price info for a KAR 98 A
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Well, a lot depends upon whether it's in full military condition, the markings on it and the factory that manufactured it. Based upon those factors, it could be worth anything from $450 to $900. 
Erfurt made them from 1906 through 1918. BTW, check under the wood for serial numbers. Sounds like it's a nice piece and if it's a rare "all matching" collectible, I'm not sure I'd want to risk firing it, but it's your call.
Do you have any pics Fred? Without those it's a lot of guesswork.
Compare it against the 1913/1920 (Double Dated) Kar98a Carbine (Originally manufactured by Danzig Arsenal in 1913)http://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=72 in the Germany - Milsurp Knowledge Library (click here) http://www.milsurps.com/forumdisplay.php?f=15.
Regards,
Badger
Erfurt made them from 1906 through 1918. BTW, check under the wood for serial numbers. Sounds like it's a nice piece and if it's a rare "all matching" collectible, I'm not sure I'd want to risk firing it, but it's your call.
Do you have any pics Fred? Without those it's a lot of guesswork.
Compare it against the 1913/1920 (Double Dated) Kar98a Carbine (Originally manufactured by Danzig Arsenal in 1913)http://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=72 in the Germany - Milsurp Knowledge Library (click here) http://www.milsurps.com/forumdisplay.php?f=15.
Regards,
Badger
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mine is not double dated; i think it was because germany had the right to keep about 30 000 of theses after the war and the versaille treaty. They had to redate them.
I hope the image will work; i am not sure how to put it.
I never saw so many productions numbers on a gun, and they all match.; Some of them are half the number ( 2636 or 36 for some parts )
Is the kar 98 a rarer than the gew 98??
Thanks!
I hope the image will work; i am not sure how to put it.
I never saw so many productions numbers on a gun, and they all match.; Some of them are half the number ( 2636 or 36 for some parts )
Is the kar 98 a rarer than the gew 98??
Thanks!
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Your pic won't show because you're trying to load it from your local computer drive.
You need to host it on the Internet and then use the [IMG ] [/IMG] BBcode to link to it.
If you don't have hosting capability, email me the pic at badger@milsurps.com and we'll host it for you, so you can link to it here.
Or, you could try the attachment function here on CGN if it's enabled...
Regards,
Badger
You need to host it on the Internet and then use the [IMG ] [/IMG] BBcode to link to it.
If you don't have hosting capability, email me the pic at badger@milsurps.com and we'll host it for you, so you can link to it here.
Or, you could try the attachment function here on CGN if it's enabled...
Regards,
Badger
These are a nice little rifle to shoot.
I have put all manner of surplus ammo through mine, not to mention various and sundry handloads. Never any problems
It was designed for the 7.9x57 military cartridge and that is wjhat it was used with for many years. The 1904 version of this round had a 154-grain pointed flat-base bullet that came out of a Gew 98 at almost 2900 ft/sec, which is anything BUT a wimpy load. In the latter partof the Great War, German machine-gunners were issued with an anti-Tank loading which used a 196-grain pointed boat-tailed bullet at something close to 2700 ft/sec. This was very steamy stuff, likely higher pressures than anything loaded today, and I am very sure that a lot of it got run through those nice little Kar 98a rifles.
Stay relatively sane in the pressure department and, if the rifle headspaces correctly, no reason at all not to shoot it, apart from "value".
I have put all manner of surplus ammo through mine, not to mention various and sundry handloads. Never any problems
It was designed for the 7.9x57 military cartridge and that is wjhat it was used with for many years. The 1904 version of this round had a 154-grain pointed flat-base bullet that came out of a Gew 98 at almost 2900 ft/sec, which is anything BUT a wimpy load. In the latter partof the Great War, German machine-gunners were issued with an anti-Tank loading which used a 196-grain pointed boat-tailed bullet at something close to 2700 ft/sec. This was very steamy stuff, likely higher pressures than anything loaded today, and I am very sure that a lot of it got run through those nice little Kar 98a rifles.
Stay relatively sane in the pressure department and, if the rifle headspaces correctly, no reason at all not to shoot it, apart from "value".
