DocRock
member
This is the first of two that I won in a Rock Island Auction a few weeks back.
We have a Gewehr 98 receiver, case color hardened, tastefully engraved, large scope claw mount. The magazine follower has been modified so that it doesn’t block the bolt when the magazine is empty.
Barrel is octagon to round, marked 7.9mm, slugs at .3175”. Flat face crown looks good. Matt full length rib with two notch sights, a fixed sight with an adjustable slider sight inside and a folding, sprung detent, matt engraved folder that is slightly taller. Rib goes to a ramp front sight with a bead.
Stock is nicely checkered, not too beat up, very light, and feels nice in the hands. Typical German cheek piece. The recoil lug bolt and the tang bolt are both pillar bedded.
Only issue I can find with it is that the double set trigger doesn’t work. When the rear is pulled to set, it doesn’t seem to do so. Any advice and counsel on that would be welcome.
A little bummed it’s the original .318” bore rather than .323”, but as a .323” bullet will not chamber, it will help ensure no hot 8x57 gets shot in it.
Markings are minimal and hopefully someone can help. Aside from 7.9mm on the barrel and a small number 2 in a circle at 6 o’clock on the barrel, there appear to be some proof marks, utterly undistinguishable but the same on barrel and receiver. There is a serial number on the barrel but nowhere in the receiver. And then, in addition to “Gew 98”, these cryptic markings on the receiver:
2,45 g G.B.P.
And under those letters separated by a line
St. M. G.
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