Most notable on this is collectors of SS small arms. I know very few collectors that actively thwart sharing of their knowledge and to a degree I can sympathize with them as many frauds out there will pounce on such details to manufacture their 'attic finds' to defraud collectors. Limiting research in this aspect has been a problem in many otherwise brilliant works. I have three gew98 and two kar98a maker marked muzz covers and forwarded him pics of them through a mutual german collector friend in Munich. For example of an assumption he stated that there were no known maker marked gew98 muzzle covers. Storz did the best and most methodical work by far. Law and Storz neither are collectors or students of german arms. As well Law made alot of assumptions like they were fact which collectors for the most part knew then were spurious.
Law came out with "Backbone of the wehrmacht" He made more than his share of mistakes by befriending one collector of illrepute whom supplied alot of fantasy 98's for the book as though they were legitimate.
#German mauser k98 serial numbers plus
Off topic a bit but 20 plus years ago when R. Mike The imperial small arms collections in the US far outweigh quality and quantity of what Storz had available to him in europe. I suggest you visit this site for the meat of the matter : I could go on but it is alot of data relevant to few excepting some nuts like myself. A good friend of mine has done exemplary work in Imperial german proofings and manufacture of small arms. he paid more homage to museums and limited documentation than examples in collectors hands. As always don't take such works as "bibles".One of Storz's main faults was not referring to peices in collectors hands. Storz's work is first rate but has it's share of assumptions and flaws. To understand the 'german' system of proofing, serialing etc etc. The majority of erfurt gew98's from 19 were sterne marked. As well many rifles assembled by the suhl entities and erfurt were "sternegewehrs" and had the numerical suffix in place of the alpha. In 1916 shortages of rifles required a revisions commission to approve out of spec parts across the spectrum of german small arms production. The scheme the germans used of supplying parts to artillery depots where many rifles were assembeled from new and salvaged parts to include receivers was widespread.
From 1915 until 1917 Erfurt predominantly manufactured in regards to gew98's receivers and spares. The production of gew98's began in late 1915 at erfurt. For the largess the letter 'J' was never used as it looked too much like the script "i" in written german. The alpha suffix as noted was for 10,000 rifle lots. That book is the third of three books on German rifles and, although expensive, contains a wealth of information. The above information is taken from "M98 Rifle & Carbine" by Dr. The total number of M 98 rifles made at Erfurt is, it appears, unknown but is certainly a six-digit number. Some of the rifles are marked with a 'star' indicating manufacture from parts made at Erfurt and supplied from elsewhere. The production of M 98 rifles did not begin at Erfurt until 1916 and had reached 275 a day by June that year. In addition, a rifle took about seven weeks to manufacture so a rifle dated 1917 may, in fact, have been made in 1916. The system is not so straight forward as one might suppose as there are some inexplicable gaps in the numbering blocks. Once a second run through the alphabet was necessary the letters were doubled i.e.'aa' and so on. Thereafter it was repeated with the addition of the letter 'a', etc. Includes leather sling.The numbering system ran from '1' to '9999' with no suffix.
#German mauser k98 serial numbers serial number
Wood stock also has a cartouche of serial number to left side of buttstock. Bayonet band is marked with number "6810", and there are importer marks to right side of barrel toward muzzle. Serial number is marked twice to left side of barrel and receiver, and model name is marked to left of action. Top of receiver ring is marked "243/X/1939". Features a single barrel band, bayonet lug, metal buttplate, and cleaning rod. Blued military finish with plain semi-pistol grip walnut stock and forearm. Bolt action rifle with internal magazine, big ring receiver, and adjustable tangent and fixed hooded blade sights.
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