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MasterChief	Finally scored a GEW 98	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1018 (10/03/09 08:09 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None Anniversary present from my wifey.1916 Spandau. Any decent G98 was at the top of my want list for a long time and only the 2nd I've seen in my area in the last 5 years (don't internet shop or gun show shop). Mis-match bolt but otherwise apparently matching botl-rceiver-small parts. Non-marked cleaning rod. Much remaining blue. Nice patina on the receiver. Good, solid stock with tiger striping, somewhat attenuated by the old, opaque finish. Visible stock cartouches. Bore condition good in my (old) eyes but not critical to me. Happy to report not Turked that I can see. Repro sling I got from Numrich ($13.60 +S&H). Thanks for looking and best wishes. Dave PS: Paid too much but don't care. One problem: the sear makes slight contact with the cocking piece when on SAFE. When the trigger is pulled while on SAFE the sear drops out of contact, the cocking piece moves forward a teensy bit and the sear is unable to return to position when the trigger is released. Does the same thing with another known-good bolt. Moving the safety slightly in the counterclockwise direction cams the cocking pice back and allows the sear to rise back into position. Spring and pins are OK. No physical damage I can see with a magnafyer, so I guess I have to stone the sear, cocking piece or both a small amount to achieve clearance. Last Edited By: MasterChief 10/03/09 08:11 PM. Edited 1 time.
Crunch130		#1	[-]
Posts: 929 (10/03/09 09:47 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	You and your darn tigerstripe stocks! As if they grow on trees! You make the rest of us look like barbarians! Seriously, it's gorgeous. Nice find. Crunch
cujo		#2	[-]
Posts: 149 (10/05/09 08:47 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hello, Very nice wood on that one and is in beautiful shape for not seeing one in five years your lucky. I have never seen one in person before, but then again I am young. Congrats MasterChief, Mike
Bear43		#3	[-]
Posts: 600 (10/06/09 10:07 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Wow, and the receiver and bolt are still in the white! Most of them you see have been blued during past reworks. You got yourself a nice rifle there.
MasterChief		#4	[-]
Posts: 1019 (10/06/09 10:28 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thank you. I remember when wholesalers like Navy Arms had these for under $100 in the early 1980's although I don't remember what condition the rifles were in. I feel very fortunate to have found one which is complete (if not matching) and in decent condition. I'm zeroing in on the mechanical problem and will fix it within the next few days so no big deal. I know this rifle is rather pedestrian and of no special interest to an advanced collector but holding it in my hands and maybe some day shooting a few rounds down range is better than a new set of snow tires for me! Thanks for looking and best wishes. Dave
Aubullet		#5	[-]
Posts: 1327 (10/06/09 01:33 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	History you can feel and hold in your hands, is never a pedestrian experience to me! That's a real beauty, far nicer than mine, but I like mine just fine for all the afore-mentioned reasons!!!
Bear43		#6	[-]
Posts: 601 (10/06/09 07:20 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hardly pedestrian, MasterChief. Any of these old rifles is a piece of history, plain and simple. I enjoy any I hold, even the run of the mill, dime-a-dozen reworked Mosins. I used to have a Gew98, and I loved that rifle. I picked it up from a gun shop that had racks of 'em for $100 back in the mid '90's. I sold it a couple years ago and have missed it ever since. It was a mismatched, sanded stock, home blued, Turk stamped rifle with a rough bore, but I smiled like the Cheshire Cat every time I popped off 2" 5 round groups at 100 yards. It doesn't matter what they look like or how valuable they may or may not be, they are pieces of history that need to be cherished. You are lucky in that you have a far above average example in your collection now.
MasterChief		#7	[-]
Posts: 1020 (10/06/09 07:50 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thank you for your kind and wise comments. I am not a specialist collector...more of a specimen accumulator/enthusiast. I am in the process of re-watching all my period-type movies (DVDs and tapes) like 'Zeppelin' and the documentary 'Trenches'. Did you know there are GEW 98s in 'The Great Race'? Best wishes. Dave
dou 44		#8	[-]
Posts: 2434 (10/09/09 04:29 PM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	wish my wife would buy me something like that.i have ask her for years to buy me one for a surprise and no luck yet.,some guys have all the luck
smfoley		#9	[-]
Posts: 1 (10/11/09 06:57 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Masterchief, it looks nice. Is the stock matching serial numbered, located on bottom of the buttstock and especially in the barrel channel? Care to post a better (more close up pics of the stock proofs, especially on the right side of the buttstock)?
majspud		#10	[-]
Posts: 10 (10/11/09 08:13 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Congrats on your 1916 Spandau. I know how you feel; my 1916 Danzig is probably my first or second favorite of my seven Mausers. Unlike your story, I got it as a consolation gift to myself after my first fiance left me 10 years ago. I paid $220 then; I'm afraid to look at what they cost now. The rifle has 20 matching numbers, from the bolt to the screws, but the stock is dated 1917 and matches itself. A couple of years ago I found a cleaning rod and a sling to complete it. MS
RLMbassist		#11	[-]
Posts: 181 (10/12/09 09:09 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	$220......geeeez! Wish I had been into milsurps at that time. One of these sits at the top of my want list right now.
majspud		#12	[-]
Posts: 11 (10/12/09 03:25 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It's all relative. In 1999 I was a fourth year teacher making $28K. $220 was a large chunk of change to me at the time; student loans, car payment, rent, but I needed a quality distraction at that point in my life... After posting last night, I went to the gun closet and took out the '16 Danzig....it spoke to me...shoot me...shoot me. So I went to the range today and shot up all my old surplus; 40 rounds of 1940 and 1950 Turk. Pretty much junk, corroded, hangfires, hard primers, and 10 duds besides the 40. Last time I buy bandoleer ammo even if it is cheap. Here are the results. Compensated a little too low; should have aimed at the bottom of the target, not the bottom of the target frame. Hard to judge a 400m minimum sight on a 100 yard range (sitting, no rest). PM Last Edited By: majspud 10/12/09 03:30 PM. Edited 1 times.
adrians	gew98	#13	[-]
Posts: 5 (12/31/09 09:39 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	hi everyone , my wife just got me a gew98 ..danzig 1916 for xmas 90% of the numbers matching ,,i.d disc on butt not takedown hole and no finger grooves in forend ,the wood needed a little work (oooo wool and blo) and she came out looking pretty good, i'm very much in love with my wife BUT this rifle will be in the running if i had to choose one or the other lol, (would post pics if i knew how to do it .)have a great new year ,,adrians .