WW 1 GEW 98 Mauser???

taperloc

June 03, 2009 21:23

The Nazi's seemed to have stamped most of the weapons that they issued during World War 2.
I have a 1917 dated GEW 98 with no Nazi proof marks. I bought this rifle from an elderly gentleman in the early 70's. It may be a "bring back", but I never asked him.

Were there many "Nazi" marked World War 1, GEW Mauser's?

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  rufe-snow

  June 03, 2009 22:21

  Your out of sync by about 20 years. If you ever find a nazi marked World War I Mauser its guaranteed to be one of a kind, and worth a million.
  
  
  All kidding aside, the nazis didn't come to powder in Germany until 1933. This was 15 years after the end of World War I.

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  p3skyking

  June 03, 2009 23:04

  Many Model 98 Gewehres were used by the SS in the thirties. These were WWI rifles that were converted into "transitional models" by the change of the Lange (rollercoaster) rear sight to a flat sight and the change of the thin lower band to a wide lower band. Most of these models had S/42 and small Waffenamts (Nazi) markings on the new rear sight base.
  
  Additionally, in the early twenties, a rifle called the Model 98b was manufactured by Simson in Suhl. This rifle was the same length as the Gew 98, yet called a "Karbiner" instead of a Gewehr (rilfe). It had a tangent rear sight, a turned down bolt, and the through the stock sling attachment that was standard on the K98k. It had Weimar proofmarks. These proofs were used for a time after the Nazis gained power.
  
  So, yes there are Nazi marked WWI Gew 98's!

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