Württembergische Gew 98 WMO 1912

[mauser1908]

Owning a Württembergische Gewehr 98 has been on my list since started truly collecting these. Honestly, I was unsure if I would ever own one. 12 years later I was able to pin this 1912 WMO down and it was certainly worth the wait. The only real downside to this gun is the stock has been hit, and some weirdo added two dowels to it. Otherwise, with the exception of the screws, it's factory matching! According to Jon Speed, 5000 rifles were ordered and delivered to Württemberg in 1912.

 

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[biggymu]

That’s a great find. Until the ones Chris posted, I had not seen one before. It is in excellent condition for the age. A real hen’s tooth.

 

[chrisftk]

Glad this one landed your way Sam. The light sanding may have been done when those dowels were added. Can you see any evidence of damage that may have possibly triggered that? Just such an odd repair. Still, you can clearly see the fancy W cypher, so it's really a modest wart.

Nice to have a 1912 to look over too, since Cyrus and I have 1911s..Looks right as rain, the factory bolt is probably my favorite aspect of all; an even smaller number of those within an already small universe of Würt contract guns. The HHH acceptance is pretty much par for the course with this variant. I know we had discussed this before, but I think this is a "house" inspector for WMO outside the Prussian crowd (not dissimilar to the house acceptance on some of the Suhl 88 carbines for Baden gendarmerie)

Anyway Sam congrats again. I can't believe we have a triumvirate of these now in this group. Lightning struck 3 times in a short cycle (4 times if you count the one that went bananas at Poulin last year)

 

[joryfreeburg]

That’s awesome Sam…. Congrats. One of these is on my hit list as well…. Really nice rifle, I wouldn’t let the stock bother me on a rifle like this. Very cool that it’s all there and matching. Any of us that like Imperial rifles covets one of these examples

 

[feldmütze]

That's a special gewehr. Congrats on being the new caretaker,

 

[PrayingMantis]

Sam, i can't say enough how glad i am that you found a Wurtt and it happened to be this one. The sanding really isn't bad, as Chris mentioned, and that matching original bolt more than makes up for it. It's great to see in detail, and while there's nothing surprising about it, having photos for reference in very helpful. Congrats again man!

 

[Cyrano4747]

Oh that one is great. Anything from Wurttemburg is hard to land. Congrats on a great find. Can't believe it's matching.

 

[OnlyMil]

Nice pickup Sam and excellent photos. I too wonder what facilitated a dowel repair in such an uncommon place? These rare rifles have certainly been coming out of the woodwork within the last couple of years. Do you mind me asking where you were able to pick this one up?

Glad you got this one, thanks for sharing!!

 

[mauser1908]

That’s a great find. Until the ones Chris posted, I had not seen one before. It is in excellent condition for the age. A real hen’s tooth.

Thanks, Rick! I appreciate it!

Glad this one landed your way Sam. The light sanding may have been done when those dowels were added. Can you see any evidence of damage that may have possibly triggered that? Just such an odd repair. Still, you can clearly see the fancy W cypher, so it's really a modest wart.

Nice to have a 1912 to look over too, since Cyrus and I have 1911s..Looks right as rain, the factory bolt is probably my favorite aspect of all; an even smaller number of those within an already small universe of Würt contract guns. The HHH acceptance is pretty much par for the course with this variant. I know we had discussed this before, but I think this is a "house" inspector for WMO outside the Prussian crowd (not dissimilar to the house acceptance on some of the Suhl 88 carbines for Baden gendarmerie)

Anyway Sam congrats again. I can't believe we have a triumvirate of these now in this group. Lightning struck 3 times in a short cycle (4 times if you count the one that went bananas at Poulin last year)

Thanks, Chris! Over a decade passed without seeing a single one for sale, it seems as if there’s been a flood. As for the dowels, I have no idea. They are drilled clear through the stock; the only thought I have is there was potentially a wall mounting device that was removed and necessitated the dowel. I’ve seen some weird crap come out of VFW halls.

That’s awesome Sam…. Congrats. One of these is on my hit list as well…. Really nice rifle, I wouldn’t let the stock bother me on a rifle like this. Very cool that it’s all there and matching. Any of us that like Imperial rifles covets one of these examples

Thanks, Jory! I’m very pleased with it.

That's a special gewehr. Congrats on being the new caretaker,

Thank you, Mike! I appreciate it!

Sam, i can't say enough how glad i am that you found a Wurtt and it happened to be this one. The sanding really isn't bad, as Chris mentioned, and that matching original bolt more than makes up for it. It's great to see in detail, and while there's nothing surprising about it, having photos for reference in very helpful. Congrats again man!

Thanks, Cyrus! Appreciate it! Still hard to believe we were all able to scrounge one up in such a short period of time.

Oh that one is great. Anything from Wurttemburg is hard to land. Congrats on a great find. Can't believe it's matching.

Thank you, I appreciate it.

Nice pickup Sam and excellent photos. I too wonder what facilitated a dowel repair in such an uncommon place? These rare rifles have certainly been coming out of the woodwork within the last couple of years. Do you mind me asking where you were able to pick this one up?

Glad you got this one, thanks for sharing!!

Thanks Alex! Hard to saw why they were out there. The only thing I can think of would be there was a device or bracket holding it to a wall. The stock is stable, and has no damage whatsoever. As to where it came from, I made a trade deal with another collector for it.