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Posted: 2/11/2005 2:21:38 PM EDT
| I saw a WWI era Gew 98 in a gun store today for 180 bucks. It was a german manufacture rifle, it decent shape, allthought the forarm shows signs of being repaired in the past. I thought about picking it up, but i dont know much about mausers, so i dont know if this is a good price or not. Anyone here have a ballpark figure on what a rifle like that should be going for? |
| I picked up two at a show here in Ohio for 125 a piece, they were both Turkish imports, noted by the cresent moon on the reciever. Alot of the Gew 98's were exports. The two that I got were all matching and in very good shape with no repairs, and with cleaning rods. Hope this helps, The Dr. |
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If it has the Lange-vizier (rollercoaster) site, is all matching & is not Turk marked it is worth big $. If it is mostly matching and has the Lange-vizier site, I-d say go for it. The common reworked Gew98's with the tangent site are kind of mundane. -JR ETA: if it is non-import marked, that could bump it into the must buy category. |
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