So I've got this old gun... (Mauser Mod98k BYF41 all matching)

[SemperFortis]

This rifle sat on my wall for almost a decade until this weekend, when it caught my eye while I was home on special liberty. I know almost nothing about Mausers, so I was hoping someone could get me a little more info on it aside from date an location of manufacture. Any takers?

[SemperFortis]

More pictures available on request... I've got the gun covered from just about every angle!

[Dad]

Lets see….
Laminated stock with a flat butt plate.
Originally issued to the "Heer" (German Army)
Manufactured by Mauser Werke A.G., Oberndorf-am-Neckar

Need a lot more pictures of numbers to verify "all Matching" (trigger guard, screws, safety, firing pin, barrel bands, bolt shroud, top of receiver, etc).

Sling is not installed correctly, it is on the wrong side ( should be on the left side of the weapon), middle band is also installed incorrectly.

D.

[4F4Nam]

Regardless, it is a really nice looking Mauser. How is the bore?

Ed

[SemperFortis]

Bore is clean and bright.

These are all the pictures I and my father took: http://imageshack.us/g/834/barrellhdetail.jpg/

Hope that helps!

Note that I'm absolutely not looking to value this rifle for sale, I plan to pass it down as it was passed down to me. Any tips for preservation are greatly appreciated.

[4F4Nam]

What marks are on the top of the receiver? If they are there, I would not do anything to this rifle but clean and lube it. And pass it down!
SWEET!......(are you sure you don't want to sell it) Heh heh.

Ed

[spanner1751]

You have a real treasure there - a Holy Grail for many Mauser collectors.

[dave]

Standard WW11 German service rilfe.

[Richard H Brown Jr]

Gentleman.

I pointed SempreFortis here, so he could get *excellent* information. But I did find something out, Doing a Mauser Markins info search I found a info page that pointed out that German armorers were issued lots of repair parts and a marking kit, to punch in the sn of *REPLACEMENT* parts of guns they worked on. (sorry lost the url). So. *matcing numbers* on a german ww2 weapon, doesn't mean much more than the parts were either oem or German Military Armorer replaced.

RHB

[Dave in NGA]

What a nice example. Too bad rifles in that condition rarely show up in my neck of woods. All I seem to find are the 'ratted out' examples.