THIS PARTICULAR RIFLE IS IN GOOD CONDITION AND DATED 1918 WITH THE MARKINGS WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER AG OBERNDORF A/N 1918. Many have been converted to sporting use. The Gewehr 98 saw further military use by the Ottoman Empire and Nationalist Spain. It was hence the main rifle of the German infantry during World War I. The Gewehr 98 replaced the earlier Gewehr 1888 rifle as the German service rifle, first saw combat in the Boxer Rebellion, and was the main German infantry service rifle of World War I. The Gewehr 98 (abbreviated G98, Gew 98 or M98) is a German bolt action Mauser rifle firing cartridges from a 5 round internal clip-loaded magazine that was the German service rifle from 1898 to 1935, when it was replaced by the Karabiner 98k. Undated rifle, bolt action, Mauser, 7.92 mm Gewehr 98 Picture ID. The Gewehr 98 action, using stripper clip loading with the powerful 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge, successfully combined and improved various bolt action engineering concepts soon adopted by many other countries including Britain, Japan, and the US. Mauser Rifle 98 7.92 mm bolt action rifle by German School as fine art print. The Gewehr 98 (abbreviated G98, Gew 98 or M98) is a German bolt-action Mauser rifle firing cartridges from a 5-round internal clip-loaded magazine that was the German service rifle from 1898 to 1935, when it was replaced by the Karabiner 98k, a shorter weapon using the same basic design.
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