This rifle was produced right at the end of 1940 and was only completed in early 1941 as evidenced by the production date code on the inside of the buttstock which reads 12 41 indicating the 12th week of 1941. Mauser-Werke AG, Berlin-Borsigwalde, Eichborndamm.Ħ60, or bnz. In excellent condition, all matching down to the screws, we have a very scarce Gustloff-Werke manufactured 337 code 1940 dated K98k Mauser Service Rifle. FN Herstal (after the 1940 German invasion of Belgium and seizure of its arms industry). Berlin-Lubecker Maschinenfabrik AG, LubeckĬh. Gustloff-Werke, Werk Weimar, in Weimar (but only from 1941) Jake took half a dozen photos of the crate and its contents and markings. (Waffenfabrik Brunn or BRNO, but only applies after the German seizure of Czechoslovakia and the takeover of its arms industry).īcd. in Cosmoline were a dozen German Mauser K98 rifles complete with bayonets. As the OP refers to a '1937 dated K98' and expects state (Nazi) markings, he's presumably talking about a military rifle, to be precise the standard German armed forces' rifle of that era, the KAR98k, a further shortened version of the WW1 KAR98AZ or other models, hence the lower case 'k' at the end (kurz = short).Īccording to John Walter ('The German Rifle) around 250,000 KAR98k rifles were manufactured in that year out of an estimated 1.02 million over its 11 year production life 1934-1945.Īs pietasvenatores says, a factory production code-letter or letters is usally seen on the front receiver ring above the year date.
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