RIFLE IS MARKED DANZIG 1917, THE BARREL AND RECEIVER ARE MATCHING BOLT DIFFERENT. THIS PARTICULAR RIFLE IS IN GOOD CONDITION, SOME VERY MINOR PITTING TO BORE, HEADSPACE VERY TIGHT. Many have been converted to sporting use. Mauser Model 98 with Voigtlander Braunschwelg Claw Scope and Lymon Adjustable Open Sight (B8460-18). The Gewehr 98 saw further military use by the Ottoman Empire and Nationalist Spain. The overall length of the rifle measures approximately 42-1/4. Lange Visier of the Mauser Colonial Gewehr 1898: KSGew98/ Schutztruppen Gew98 retained the early Lange Visier sight adjustable from 200 m eters to 2000 meters. It has a carbine style front sight band, rear sight, sling swivels, and 7-1/2 handguard. Average cost to make: 54DM Manufactures: Erfurt, Spandau and Mauser Oberndorf produced unknown number of KS Gew 98 for the Schutztruppen. The stock and 23 barrel have been shortened. Here we have a Mauser GEW 98 Spandau 1917 Chambered in 8MM Mauser This Mauser Gew 98 8mm Rifle had been modified. 3 day evaluation ,buyer pays return shipping. Comes with original leather sling (Type unknown, likely a WW2 K98). 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. Mauser GEW 98 Spandau 1917 8MM for auction. 98 Mausers originals not altered, price is for both 1 early war 1 late war Spandau & Danzig Royal Arsenals for sale online. This is a 1911 GEW 96 Spandau (Mauser) Rifle, all matching numbers including the stock, parcial cleaning rod, numerous clear markings, bore good. 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. 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 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.