The Gew 98 action was the final product of several years of development and earlier Mauser designs. The bore has strong rifling and is still bright and shiny not import marked. During World War One the German Army’s standard rifle was the Gewehr 98 Mauser in 8mm Mauser. All numbered parts are matching minus the bolt. I just bought a nice 1942 Husqvarna M38 and it was a lot more than 200.00. I saw 2 or 3 Husqvarna M38s for sale last year and, depending on condition, they sold for 375.00 to 475.00. Description: Up for sale is a 1944 Mauser k98 8MM in used condition. Yes, you got lucky so that doesnt really show true market value, even in Canada. This rifle is in very good condition for its age. For sale is a Mauser K98 bolt-action rifle in 8mm Mauser.
98' and the left rear of the barrel is marked with the Nazi firing proof. We have for sale a 1944 German K98 Mauser Dou Date Code this is all matching and is not import marked. We don’t know exactly, because the French burned the Mauser plant to the ground in ’46, after having their fill of the Germans in two wars. The top of the receiver ring is marked with 'dot' over '1944', the left side wall is marked 'Mod. The best estimates for 98’s, K98’s, licensed clone rifles and 98-pattern rifles that weren’t exact clones is over 110 million rifles. Description: This is a Late WWII Karabiner 98k rifle manufactured by Waffenwerke Bruenn AG, Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1944.
A nice example will be priced at around $350. 1944 DOT German Karabiner 98K Mauser in 8x57 SOLD. The Russians loved to electropencil non-matching parts as if they were matched and would mark each capture with an “X” mark on the receiver. The Russians “refurbished” these captured rifles after the war re-bluing the metal and refinishing the wood with a kind of deeply stained shellac. A Russian capture is the most commonly commercially available K-98k in the United States. The example shown here is a Russian capture K-98k. After the war, these rifles ended up in the arsenals of many nations giving rise to many interesting varieties and variations which are too numerous for treatment here. This rifle became the main German battle rifle of World War II, and was exported by the Germans to several other countries. The K-98k is a bolt action rifle that was built on the Model 98 system in the 8mm Mauser caliber.