waffenAmt WaA 63 Eagle with drooped wings HELP Please

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Dakota

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Hi, I am new to this forum, we purchased a Mauser K98K today, It has an inspection mark WaffenAmt code of WaA63 on the metal of the rear site. We have just done some research on this mark and could not find any that show an eagle with the drooped wings. Does anyone know if this was still made around 1933 and would you know the Company code and Company name of this rifle. It also has the number that has been scratched out.

Thank you
 

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What information is written on the receiver? It's dated 1933? It might be a Standard Modell Mauser, a commercial rifle. The K98k didn't come out until 1935. More photos will assist greatly in determining what you have.

I believe droop winged eagles were used up to 1937.
 
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Zeppelin5000 said:
What information is written on the receiver? It's dated 1933? It might be a Standard Modell Mauser, a commercial rifle. The K98k didn't come out until 1935. More photos will assist greatly in determining what you have.

I believe droop winged eagles were used up to 1937.
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Both Mauser and Sauer made K98ks in 1934.
These were the “K” date rifles. “G” date was 1935,
Numeric dated rifles started in 1936.
 
Looks like a Russian capture. The dropped eagle/63 is a Mauser Oberndorf inspection. I believe the "drooped" wing style was used 1936-1937 with some overlap through the years.
 
Being an RC the parts in question have nothing to do with the base rifle sir. I don’t know where the 1933 question is coming into play here, but it doesnt appear this rifle is a standard modell or banner by the rough machining on the handguard retaining lip. More pictures will be necessary to determine what your barreled receiver is.
 
Zeppelin5000 said:
What information is written on the receiver? It's dated 1933? It might be a Standard Modell Mauser, a commercial rifle. The K98k didn't come out until 1935. More photos will assist greatly in determining what you have.

I believe droop winged eagles were used up to 1937.
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Thanks, we were referring to Germandaggers.com where we saw pre 1933.
 

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Here are a few more photos. I took some photos before putting the rifle on layaway.
 

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That plus the RR serial and the serial on the bolt shank. Plus it’s scrubbed, but not all yugo’s get scrubbed, I looked at 5 today and one still had bnz4 on top but all the other yugo features. They also shortened HG’s about 1/2”, why? I don’t know haha.
 
Post 9, you must have just breezed over it, I’m sure you knew all those yugo features anyway!
 
flynaked said:
That plus the RR serial and the serial on the bolt shank. Plus it’s scrubbed, but not all yugo’s get scrubbed, I looked at 5 today and one still had bnz4 on top but all the other yugo features. They also shortened HG’s about 1/2”, why? I don’t know haha.
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The ones that got a 1/2" shorter Yugoslav made replacement barrel also got the stock and hand guard shortened the same amount to keep the bayonet lug/muzzle dimension the same for mounting a bayonet. Interesting that the rifle is a W-prefix but is scrubbed. Most of the Yugoslav refurbed rifles with crest remaining are W-prefix for some reason.
 
Interesting, I’ll have to check the prefix of the one I saw at the shop then. I won’t pretend I know yugo 98’s explicitly, just things I’ve noticed in passing, thanks for the info.
 
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