ID a Mauser 98

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I have my dads Mauser 98 converted to 270 Winchester, but not sure about the markings on the receiver. Hope someone can tell me anything about them. It is a heavy rifle with a long 25 1/4" barrel.
 

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Get 98 = Gewehr 1898, the WWI era German military Mauser.
The stamps with crowns are Imperial German proof marks.
1780
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is the serial number, the n counts (I think it is an n, might be some other lower case German letter.), they did not go to more than four digits, but added a letter after every 9999 guns.
 
Thanks Jim. So assume it may have made in 1898. I last fired it to test it after my dad's accident back in '72 - car accident in Montana where he was hunting. It is really accurate. Wonder if the longer barrel has something to do with that.
Pat M.
 
Not MADE in 1898, a MODEL of 1898, made until up in the 1920s or 1930s when they went to the Kar 98 with the same action, just a shorter barrel and some other details.

Barrel length doesn't have much to do with accuracy, barrel quality and the inletting to the stock are what count.
 
There is probably a manufacture date under that scope base. If it is zeroed really nice you may not want to bother it, depending upon your curiosity.
 
Nice thing about the scope mounting is that you take one of the screws (left or right) on the rear and swing the scope and it comes out of the front. There is a "window" where the scope locks into and you can see part of the top of the receiver and I see "1920" so guessing that is the manufacturing date? Also I can always re-zero the scope by adjusting the left and right screws. Just another reason to go shoot it.:rofl:
Pat M.
 

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Nice thing about the scope mounting is that you take one of the screws (left or right) on the rear and swing the scope and it comes out of the front. There is a "window" where the scope locks into and you can see part of the top of the receiver and I see "1920" so guessing that is the manufacturing date? Also I can always re-zero the scope by adjusting the left and right screws. Just another reason to go shoot it.:rofl:
Pat M.
You may wish to remove the scope entirely and use a broomstick to twist the rings out of the base.
Same thing when zeroing, it is very easy to bend the scope tube.

Don't forget the grease In the dovetail base when reassembling.
 
Looks like a crown visible through the scope base. That would be for one of the royal arsenals at Erfurt, Danzig, and I don't know where all else.
The 1920 stamp shows it was issued or likely reissued to the small German army permitted by the Versailles Treaty. There might be an original date under the scope base.
 
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