WW2 Era k98 questions

[moog]

Hi fellow calgunners. Please forgive my noobiness. I've got a k98 rifle with swastikas etc all over it and i was trying to find more information about the rifle. Maybe when or where it was manufactured. I know the mauser in general was a rifle mass produced and by different countries etc. This one has some stampings on it that say, "Mod.98" "svw MB" "25 c" That is pretty much all the texted stampings I could find, minus all the swastikas and birds. Can anyone shed some light? Is this an authentic ww2 era nazi rifle?

[louscamaro91]

Can you post more pictures.
Are the numbers matching?
Do you see any import marks on the barrel or receiver?
Looks likes your missing a cleaning rod and the finish looks wrong. Looks like a park, rather than a bluing.
Might be the pictures.

[Fate]

svw MB is Mauser Werke A.G.
Oberndorf-am-Neckar (under French direction).
Made in 1945

It's a legit WWII K98.

Here's a good link for deciphering other codes: http://home.scarlet.be/p.colmant/german-codes.htm

[Fate]

Looks likes your missing a cleaning rod and the finish looks wrong. Looks like a park, rather than a bluing.
Might be the pictures.

No, it's late war. No cleaning rod often provided (nor even hole drilled for one) and it's a phosphate finish. Completely correct for 1945.

[louscamaro91]

No, it's late war. No cleaning rod often provided (nor even hole drilled for one) and it's a phosphate finish. Completely correct for 1945.

I didn't see the picture of the receiver marking.
Looks like a nice one. Even the slings looks original.
That's worth a chunk of change if all matching.

[moog]

The side of the barrel has the "25c" stamp, the bolt has a "25c" stamp as well.

[paul0660]

Get a username and log on here: http://forums.gunboards.com/forumdis...8-Mauser-Forum

I think they would want more pics, but can probably track this one back to the day it left the factory.

[moog]

Wow thanks for all the quick replys guys!
Here are some more shots. I think it is drilled for a cleaning rod.

[paul0660]

They actually would want GOOD pics.

[mosinnagantm9130]

It is a real 1945 K98, but shouldn't it be either a semi or full Kreigsmodel that late in production?

[SVT-40]

svw MB is Mauser Werke A.G.
Oberndorf-am-Neckar (under French direction).
Made in 1945

It's a legit WWII K98.

Here's a good link for deciphering other codes: http://home.scarlet.be/p.colmant/german-codes.htm

Yup very late Nazi made rifle (not yet under French supervision). Compare it to this post Nazi made rifle with the same markings made under French supervision (star added) and no Nazi proofs. French style stacking rod and French sling cut in the stock.






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[Fate]

Wow thanks for all the quick replys guys!
Here are some more shots. I think it is drilled for a cleaning rod.

Wood isnt' drilled. That's a Kriegsmodel feature!

It is a real 1945 K98, but shouldn't it be either a semi or full Kreigsmodel that late in production?

Looks like it is a semi Kreigsmodel.

Yup very late Nazi made rifle (not yet under French supervision). Compare it to this post Nazi made rifle with the same markings made under French supervision (star added) and no Nazi proofs. French style stacking rod and French sling cut in the stock.

Thx for the clarification re: French production. I was cutting/pasting from the site I linked to.

[timdps]

Looks very nice, but I'm a bit concerned that the trigger guard and mag floorplate not having matching numbers. This is often an indication that the stock has been replaced.

Do the barrel bands have serial numbers? This late they may well not have had serial numbers.

The other thing to check is the stock barrel channel under the barrel. Serial number is usually stamped in the wood there. If you are unfamiliar with K98 disassembly please get an person experienced at it to get the lower barrel band off. Its easy to scratch the metal...

Tim

[Rogerbutthead]

I took a look at Kriegsmodell by Michael Steves and Bruce Karem - and at page 67 it lists "c" serialed svwMB's as the last produced German made rifles there - Mauser Oberndorf - with about 2500 made - another 25,550 French made svwMB marked rifles were produced after the plant was overrun by the French Army on or around April 17th, 1945. So I am guessing the rifle was made in early April 1945?

[moog]

Wow, it's just amazing at what information is out there! Thanks for looking it up for me