Buying a Gewehr 98

>>32386825
The ammo is fucking retard expensive. Be ready to pay 1.50usd per round once shipping is priced in.

>>32386825
That's a good price for it. Do you have a picture of the receiver?

>>32386861
No, I didn't ask to look at it.
What should I look for?

>>32386963
swastika stamps :)

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>>32386825
make sure its not sporterized. check the stock length and make sure it has a bayonet lug and the like

receiver markings are good to know, and does it have the roller coaster sights?

check the bore too

>>32386846
The rifle is $250 ... don't listen to this do.

If it's not sportorized and the barrel is even decent at all, buy it!!!

>>32387026
It does have coaster sights

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>>32386963
http://www.k98kforum.com/showthread.php?7544-Gewehr-98-Maker-year-list

Manufacturer and date, matching serial numbers, etc. Almost every single part on the Gew.98 was stamped with the last two digits of the serial number, right down to the buttons on the rear sight elevator.

>>32387037
yummy. for $250 i'd buy it as long as the barrel isnt chopped. you could put $100-200 into a new stock/metal bits if the stock was sporterized and you'd still be getting a good deal.

buy that thing and take some pix.

Somewhat related, I just bought an American Krag, sporterized to shit for $400
I'm gonna swap out the stock and sights to try and make it look authentic again.
Did I do good?

>>32387555
>Did I do good?
IDK how badly has it been sporterized? Was the barrel shortened at all? How have the sights been altered?

>>32387562
Don't have any pictures yet because of cuckifornia's 10 day waiting period, but it's in good condition.
It's still in 30-40. Krag and with its original barrel, but it's got some classic 20th century bubba-ing, namely a peephole sight and a beavertail stock

>>32386825
>I don't know much about the G98 and was wondering if there was any thing I should look out for?
from what I heard, you better have a 450yd range available, because it shoots ~36" high @100yds

>>32387216
I bought it, Pics soon

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>>32387741
>I bought it, Pics soon

Waiting warmly.

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>>32388125

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>>32388137
>Dat Minimum range

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>>32388150
Noice

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>>32388158

How is the rifling

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>>32388125
>>32388137
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>>32388158
>1916 Spandau "Sternegewehr"
>$250
Nice! Do any numbers match?

The "Sterngewehr" or "Star Rifle" were rifles assembled on bare receivers by workshops surrounding the arsenal who made the receiver.

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>>32388176
last one

>>32388184
>Do the numbers match?
Yes it's all marked "4709"

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>>32388216
>Yes it's all marked "4709"
Even with a missing handguard and cleaning rod that's a great deal.

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>>32388125
>>32388137
>>32388150
>>32388158
>All this for $250
Fuck you did good annon!... super jelly

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>>32387741
>>32388125
>>32388137
>>32388150
>>32388158
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>>32388216
GG no RE

outstanding anon!!!! congrats!!!!

>>32388239
Any k98 handguard will fit it and early ones look right.
Cleaning rods are out there.

Congrats on the amazing purchase OP

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>>32388125
Is this stamped 7,62 at the top of the receiver?

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>>32389976
Probably 7,92; the Germans marked the actual groove diameter of the barrel on it, so there's a little variation in the numbers. Tightest I've seen is 7,88.

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>>32388440

>S P A N D A U
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fucking hawt m8

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I have realized that the spring on the take down lever is broken
How fucked am I /K/?
could I just buy a replacement spring and fix it myself, or am I going to need to take it to a gunsmith?

>>32390545
Literally any mauser98 spring will work from any country (sweden, spain, basement america, roach). Its also called the ejector box, its doesn't take anything down, if anything it can be called the bolt release.

fuck me i wish i could get Gew 98's for 250 i'd have enough to field a company

>>32390584
>ejector box
Thanks for correcting my vernacular, I have found a suitable replacement

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>>32390545
You just buy a replacement ejector box assembly and tap the old broken spring out from its dovetail slot and replace it with the intact spring. You'll want to keep the ejector box because it's a numbered part.

>>32390800
Thanks I'll keep that in mind