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1943 BYF & 1915 Danzig

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Nedwin1

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I was gifted a collection of rifles which included a pair of 98 Mausers. I am not well versed in Mauser’s, so I thought it prudent to survey as best I could and ask for help assessing from those who are more knowledgeable than myself.
I’ll post the Danzig in “The Imperial era” forum.
I have included a brief description and I believe I have documented pretty thoroughly with the photos.
Thank you in advance.

1943 BYF s/n 43097 g
All parts appear to be matching with the exception of the cleaning rod.
The action screws are in good condition. They have clearly not been removed in a very long time. I tried to remove them, but did not feel I could do so without damage.
I removed the butt plate. Internal red paint was good with flaking, Butt marked 6 3 43. Which I interpret as Friday of 3rd week in January 1943.
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Congrats on the Mausers, that's an awesome rifle and a great gift! The bolt is FN made (E/140 accepted) and the g suffix indicates the rifle was made in August of 1943 though the stock was completed earlier as you mentioned. That's a nice walnut stock on it as well, the handguard and stock will be numbered internally.
 
AN-94 said:
Congrats on the Mausers, that's an awesome rifle and a great gift! The bolt is FN made (E/140 accepted) and the g suffix indicates the rifle was made in August of 1943 though the stock was completed earlier as you mentioned. That's a nice walnut stock on it as well, the handguard and stock will be numbered internally.
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Thank you! Much appreciated. I knew I was in the right place for information. I did take the handguard off and it's a match. Also, I added a photo of the sling.
 
Thank you! That's simply great! The sling is even a Karabiner 98 sling from WW 1, Reichswehr or Standard Mauser. Are there any markings on the sling and the keeper??

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If you are going to take it apart in the future, please be sure to purchase the proper tools. Regular big store flathead screwdrivers are not correct for the job and they WILL mess up the screws. Awesome example, that byf43. Congrats!
 
Telperion said:
Thank you! That's simply great! The sling is even a Karabiner 98 sling from WW 1, Reichswehr or Standard Mauser. Are there any markings on the sling and the keeper??

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Thank you for the nice response.
I can't find any markings on the sling. It's gotten quite dark and it's becoming a bit frail. With a very careful cleaning it should have a long life.
 
Mauserguy85 said:
If you are going to take it apart in the future, please be sure to purchase the proper tools. Regular big store flathead screwdrivers are not correct for the job and they WILL mess up the screws. Awesome example, that byf43. Congrats!
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Thank you for the kind words.
I do have a gunsmith driver set. But even with a snug fit it wasn't going anywhere without a scary amount of force. I carefully applied a little fine oil and let it soak upside down for a day. But to no avail. I would really hate to mess it up.
 
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