mod. 98 mauser markings

jaws55

January 19, 2014 06:10

hi guys! i just picked up a Mod. 98 Yugo capture gun, and i am trying to figure out when and where it was built. i receiver ring has been scrubbed and the Yugo crest put in it's place. while cleaning the gun i noticed two small stamps on the trigger W8A77 was stamped below a Nazi eagle. twice side by side. too small for pictures. anyone know what that code is? also there is a "J" on the rear top of the barrel in front of the receiver. let me know if more info is needed.
thanks.

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  charliemeyer007

  January 19, 2014 07:02

  I would slug the bore J might be the small .318
  
  http://mauser98k.internetdsl.pl/kodyen.html
  
  
  "Waffenamts like (WAa280)"

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  TRAP55

  January 19, 2014 07:50

  WaA77 was the waffenampt for Arba GmbH, in Petrikau Poland in 1944. If that's on the trigger, it won't tell you much, other than where the trigger came from. Yugo and Czech refurbs were assembled with what ever was handy, and in spec.
  The "J" sometimes has a lower case "p" next to it. Unfortunately it's one of about three unknown barrel codes, for the barrel manufacturer. Look on the bottom of the receiver, just behind the recoil lug for more markings. They will be assembly proofs, but once in a while you get lucky and there's more.

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  gary wray

  January 19, 2014 07:59

  WaA77 marked triggers/floorplates/bolt sleeves and such were put on 98k's made at Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG, Steyr with the code bnz so that part of your rifle most likely came from there. As TRAP55 has told you, Yugo rifles were made up from lots of parts from all over from left over partsbins and left over rifles....just puttogether jobs.

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  jaws55

  January 19, 2014 12:42

  thanks for all the information guys! big help
  joe

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  gary wray

  January 19, 2014 13:18

  quote:Originally posted by jaws55
  thanks for all the information guys! big help
  joe
  
  
  jaws55...glad usin's on ATE could be of help![:)] You might want to get "into" the Yugo collecting mode and find some others of their rifles including the ones they actually made after the War (like M48's and such) that are similar to the "putogether" 98k's rifles and are nice.

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  jaws55

  January 20, 2014 00:27

  i agree with you Gary. i also have an M48 nice gun, bought it back in the good old days when Mausers were selling with accessories for $125. wish i knew then what we know now!

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  jaws55

  January 20, 2014 00:29

  you guys were right. the stamp is WaA77 not W8A77. no wonder i couldn't find info for that stamp. LOL

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