My Pre-War Kar 98 German Rifle Close-up and Personal

[recycled365]

She's a beaut !  I marvel at mine too, the weimar eagles really set yours off !

[DIOSpeedDemon]

@recycled365 THANK YOU MATE!! CHEERS.

[TaZ101SAGA]

The stock disk is to help disassemble the bolt. You push the firing pin into it to compress the mainspring, which enables you to remove the safety and cocking piece.

[AnimeFanatic5602]

The ring in the stock is for disassembling the bolt. After you remove the bolt body, place the firing pin into the hole and push down to compress the spring and go from there. There are several videos up on Youtube that show how to do it.

[Rupushae]

The buttplate is marked gqm 44. gqm stands for the subcontracted factory that made it it was made in 1944 the stock is a replacement. Still a nice rifle.

[ww2man1939]

Mauser AG Oberndorf is where this one was made, and those two holes on the butt stock are for taking apart the firing pin assembly, so not to bend or depress the bolt at all. Avery fine piece of equipment, I love the one I have, its a 337 1940 Russian Capture, and I shoot it almost every week. One of the best designed rifles in my opinion.

[DieDeutsch]

Man, that rifle is beautiful, you're so lucky to own such a fine piece or German engineering... and yeah, one soldier? From the caliber of that thing, I bet it could take out 3 in one shot! Hahaha. Man, so jealous of you, my Grandpa picked up a Mosin Nagant Izhevsk 91/30 off of a dead Russian... and that's what I've got. I've got a vid of it too. Check it out if you want.

[davespiegal]

@DieDeutsch ur grandpa a nazi?

[DieDeutsch]

@davespiegal Ja, er war...

[davespiegal]

@DieDeutsch Sie bedeuten, dass er ist? Здравствуйте! от России.

[lover69234]

@DieDeutsch was your grandpa a nazi?

[DieDeutsch]

@lover69234 Yeah....

[xX0rt4Xx]

@DieDeutsch Salutes to him. He would had fought well.

[derdesertfox]

Fire that thing! Its made to be shot! Enjoy it! Just be sure to take GOOD care of it and keep it CLEAN if you do.

[stranded170]

By the way, I'm not sure if pre-war K98ks were manufactured with cupped butt-plates. Does the stock have any markings, particularly around the takedown disks?

[stranded170]

The eagles you see on the rifle are of the Weimar Republic. Even though Hitler became President after Hindenberg's death in 1934, K98ks were not marked with the swastika until around 1937. The small markings you were observing around the rear sight are Waffenamt markings. Any inspector from the Waffenamt office of the Wehrmacht was given a particular number code, so they do not necessarily coordinate with the manufacturer. I skimmed over your video, but does the rifle have all-matching numbers?

[CREvoTheGreat]

Does it have the cleaning rod & front sight hood?

[DIOSpeedDemon]

It did not come with a cleaning rod and the front sight cover was not available on this early model. It looks like a sight cover could go over the original sight real easy. I could probably get a cleaning rod for ten bucks but I never fire the thing. It sounds like a damn howitzer close up. RH DSD

[hugetird]

@DIOSpeedDemon the little round metal piece was for when they would clean the rifle they would press a certain part of the bolt down on it to get the firing pin out

[coryfan101]

i love that gun in call of duty 5

[hunteraja]

omg pledge what were you thinking thats a rare gun!!!

[warezvz]

the mauser is a muti rifle, it can be also upgraded to a sniper, silencer and an infra red sniper.