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Just finished it. I thought it's really good episode.

I recommend these three books written by a Dr. Dieter Storz. They are phenomenal resources when it comes to imperial small arms. Here is a link for you. https://www.militaria.at/Book.aspx?book=15800400&Language=de

You're entitled to your own opinion. I don't really see anything wrong with helping somebody who is on youtube. In my opinion, the show is great to help spread information, help the community and help the hobby grow. There is nothing wrong with that. Sure some information maybe wrong or...

So I used Griot's Garage leather care. I saw it used one time on gas monkey garage. They used it on leather car seats that were about 80 years. I use it on all of my leather stuff. From leather boots to slings. It is great stuff...

I am happy it finally found a good home. That used to be mine. I can confirm that is a replacement scabbard. I had a spare scabbard laying around. So I threw it on that bayonet. I also really enjoy the KS98 bayonet. Like what chris said, they are a good design and very handy. They are also a...

Great lookng Gew 98 Brooksy. Looking at this rifle makes me miss my Spandau 1911 Gew 98 but it went to a good home. I have two Gew 98's made by Spandau and dated 1900 with unit marks. My other Spandau made Gew 98 is dated 1902 with no unit mark.

Well done Sam. Awesome Navy Gew 98. I am happy you got it. It actually looks a lot nicer than I thought. That is one of two Ku marked Gew 98 I have seen. The other one is located in the UK. 1906/DWM/5737/ KU 1211 (Ku may stand for Gouvernment Kiautschou and was therefore issued to troops of the...

Awesome Navy Gew 98 Cyrus. I will have to update that Gew 98 information on my Kaiserliche Marine list.

I have listened to that podcast about three or four times now. A lot of great information in the podcast. I am not going to lie. The podcast really does make you want to buy the books.

Always nice to see my old rifle. It was one of my favorite Gew 98 I owned.

Hello everyone, I just wanted to share a little snippet of a section of my book that I am working on. This section is about seventy five percent done. I still need to do a little more research. I did ask another forum member for some help with the photo. If you see if you see anything that I...

Awesome and rare rifle Sam. Sam do you care if I catalogue this rifle for my database? I mainly, ask because this rifle was used with the II Pascha Expedition. "A second Pascha Expedition also known as the Asia Corps ("Asienkorps") was formed at Neu-Hammer in July 1917 under the command of...

That is absolutely a stunning rifle. I always love looking at your photos because your photography is amazing. I always find experimental and test rifles fascinating to look. Makes you kind of wonder if the imperial ordinance department looked at this rifle. The rear sight is kind of interesting...

Awesome pickup Chris. Are we going to see a group photo of all the M1871 makers together?

Not the greatest photo, but after zooming in and looking at the action. I'm just going off the rifle having a thumb cut out on side of the action. I really feel like the rifle is a customized Ottoman 1893. At the same time it looks like there's a magazine cut off button by the bolt. So it could...

Awesome pick up Marc.

Not trying to be mean Jordan but that photo maybe well known now, but it wasn't back then. The camouflage on the Gewehr 98 is called Lozenge camouflage. The Germans called Buntfarbenaufdruck (multi-colored print). It started being used in late 1916. The camouflage on the Springfield 03 is called...

Going off of the leather ammo belt. That photo was probably taken in German South-West Africa. That is the third pattern ammo belt. German South-West Africa was the only German colony that had a special standard issue leather ammo belt. The guy sitting down has a third pattern ammo belt. The...

Ha I was watching this one on GunBroker. I am happy you got this one Chris. It's a great looking Spandau sterngewehr.

Not many hoops to go through. The biggest thing about importing it will test your patients. I have only imported items from South Africa. Like Chris said, every country is different. I use Simpson limited as my importer. You can call them or you can email about the importing process works.