Gewehr 98 Spandau 1915 2367s

[PrayingMantis]

Recent pick up from a forum member; thanks @MichaelWC! This 1915 Spandau went through Köln and received a salvaged replacement stock. The stock is overstruck externally and the receiver serial is pencilled in not far from the original in the barrel channel. (The numbered on the metal weren't altered.) Everything else except the ejector box seems to be factory matching, and the acceptance is consistent with earlier wartime Spandaus. It’s definitely a warhorse, though had some significant cleaning in the past.

The unit mark is neat, R.J.R.212.2.K.67. I didn’t have an example of a wartime marking, so that’s a welcomed addition to the collection. https://wiki.genealogy.net/RIR_212

SPANDAU 1915

Receiver 2367s c/F c/C c/V
Barrel 2367s c/M Kr44
Front Sight 67
Rear Sight Leaf 67 c/H
Rear Sight Base c/H
Sight Slider 67 c/H
Sight Slider Tabs 67
Ejector Box
Trigger Sear 67 c/?
Front Barrel Band 67 c/H
Rear Barrel Band 67 c/H
Trigger Guard 2367 c/F, c/F
Trigger Guard Screws 67, 67
Floor Plate 67 c/F
Follower 67 c/F
Stock 5130 2367 c/FW c/X c/?
Stock Wrist c/E
Recoil Lug
Stock Keel 2367
Handguard 2367
Buttplate 5130 c/R 4 M
Bayonet Lug 30 c/B
Cleaning Rod 0
Bolt Body 2367s c/H c/H
Extractor 67 c/F
Safety 67 c/F
Cocking Piece 67 c/F
Bolt Sleeve 67 c/F
Firing Pin 67 c/F

 

[PrayingMantis]

Barrel and sights. Note the lack of acceptance on the front sight post.

 

[PrayingMantis]

Magazine assembly and bands.

 

[PrayingMantis]

Depot matched stock, which I think came from an early Danzig, and original handguard.

 

[PrayingMantis]

And the bolt.

 

[joryfreeburg]

Nice rifle Cyrus…. Congrats. That rifle has a great look to it

 

[chrisftk]

Cyrus-- that's a nice example and wartime unit marked to boot-- Interesting to see the stock renumbering and that they ignored restamping the buttplate-- I've seen that occur elsewhere, so totally kosher.

Either way, glad Mike passed it along to you. It's a great gun!

 

[MichaelWC]

Recent pick up from a forum member; thanks @MichaelWC! This 1915 Spandau went through Köln and received a salvaged replacement stock. The stock is overstruck externally and the receiver serial is pencilled in not far from the original in the barrel channel. (The numbered on the metal weren't altered.) Everything else except the ejector box seems to be factory matching, and the acceptance is consistent with earlier wartime Spandaus. It’s definitely a warhorse, though had some significant cleaning in the past.

The unit mark is neat, R.J.R.212.2.K.67. I didn’t have an example of a wartime marking, so that’s a welcomed addition to the collection. https://wiki.genealogy.net/RIR_212

I am glad you like it. Letting stuff go can be hard at times but hen you know when it's going to go to a good home and collector. That is always bonus.

 

[biggymu]

Very nice rifle Cyrus!
What is the suffix under the serial? I just can’t make out exactly what it is on any of the 3 locations? A “c”?

 

[chrisftk]

Very nice rifle Cyrus!
What is the suffix under the serial? I just can’t make out exactly what it is on any of the 3 locations? A “c”?

IMO it's an "s"

 

[Slash]

IMO it's an "s"

Agreed 100% on the letter block. And great rifle Cyrus ....

 

[AndyB]

Nice rifle and normal handwritten letter font s. Typical wartime unit stamp, i believe there existed similar marked S98/05 bayonets.

 

[AN-94]

Congrats on a nice rifle with interesting depot work! It's nice to see examples like this where you can see the thought process behind the depot work of the rifle and how they went about fixing it up.

 

[OnlyMil]

A righteous rifle Cyrus

 

[PrayingMantis]

Thanks, everyone! Suffixes can be harder than fraktur acceptance at times, glad there's a consensus that it's an S.

 

[mauser1908]

Awesome rifle, Cyrus! I really like this one. I think we’re seeing a lot of trends in each depot’s procedure.