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I did take it apart… there were no markings underneath the barrel, only some of the fancy patterns that I think were practiced there by the gunsmith.

Thank you. he passed in 2016 (aged 100 actually). He owned the rifle since he acquired it some time after WW2 until his death. Interestingly, the box of “Norma” rounds was kept with the rifle, and when I received it a few years ago, half the box of 20 rounds had been fired, so he had shot it...

Right, I understand… Just not sure why they would need to check a rifle (which at this point had been in his possession for 30+ years) for its caliber, especially considering there was only one caliber of k98 rifles. No chance he was shooting this thing in the 90s

That’s NOT my great grandfather. That is (presumably) wartime photo of a German soldier with a rifle similar to mine. I posted it because I was unsure if mine was a wartime mod, or a post war mod.

So what’s the point of doing this to a rifle like this?

What is a “chamber cast”? And is that something a gunsmith does? I thought it was just how the file was made, so not sure why it’s written in that paper

Thank you. These are the only papers on the gun. One is the mailing ticket, the other is some paper about him getting it fixed (?) also, not sure why it says 9mm… he did bring home some pistols (I don’t have these) that may have been mauser, but this is qualified as a rifle, so one or the other...

How about knowing it’s history. I know with a lot of allied guns you can find the serial number and see when or if it saw service and where. Is this possible with the information I have?

Ok, thanks guys! does this make my rifle worth more or less than the average mauser in good condition?

others have told me that it is not a military rifle. One man on FB said: “This is a 1921 vintage Mauser 98 made at the Erfurt Royal Arsenal just after WW1 when the 98’s were considered evil by the Allies and dealt with by the Versailles Treaty… from my research; 1) it has the Erfurt Royal...

I found it on a FB page dedicated to original ww2 color photos. People in the comments seem to agree they are Cavalry boots. Either way, it looks similar to my rifle. Here’s an ad I found, could be post war.

If it helps, he spent many years at a base in Heidelberg, so I guess it makes it likely that he did the sporterization.

Asking for any info on this K98… Year of production, and if the stock is original. I know the wood cannot be a shaved down military because of the lack of sling hole. I will include a picture I found in another group of a similar looking gun held by a soldier during the war, which has similar...