We have German rifles for sale from WW2. Nazi rifles including the K98 and Luftwaffe Drilling, with authenticity guaranteed. Shop online today. The rifle has matching serial numbers, except for the barrel band, trigger guard plate and the buttstock sling swivel (the matching serial numbers are stamped on the receiver, barrel, buttplate, bolt body, bolt head, bolt cocking piece, safety lever, front sight and rear sight). All the parts of the bolt display matching serial numbers.
Brazilian Model 1908 Mauser Rifle(Mfg by Deutsche Waffen und Munitions Fabriken, Berlin [DWM])
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Caliber: ........................ 7 x 57mm (7mm Mauser)
Rifling & Twist: .............. 4 groove, right hand twist.
Barrel Length: ............... 29.25 in. (743mm)
Overall Length: ............. 49.13 in. (1248mm)
Weight: ........................ 8.38 lb. (3.8Kg)
Magazine Capacity: ....... 5 rounds
Qty Mfg: ....................... unknown?
Source: ........................ Mauser Military Rifles of the World (2nd ed.) (2000) - ISBN: 087341828X
Canadian Collector Market Value Estimate: $
Brazilian Model 1908 Mauser Rifle
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Observations: (by 'Claven2') Note: Pics of rifle provided courtesy of MILSURPS.COM member 'claven2'.
The Mauser Modelo 1908 long rifle became the standard infantry rifle for the Brazilian Army in 1908. The rifles were produced by DWM, then owned by the Ludwig Loewe Company. DWM, in turn contracted some rifles out to Mauser Oberndorf, which was also owned by Loewe at the time. The maker of any particular rifle can be determined by looking at the address – if Berlin, it is made by DWM. If Oberndorf, it is made by Mauser. The DWM made rifles are more commonly encountered. The contract ran from 1908 until the outbreak of war in 1914. The rifles are essentially the same as the German Gew98 with the most obvious exception being the tang style sight employed in lieu of the Lange-Vernier sight used on the Gew98. The receiver and bolt were left in the white, as was the bayonet lug. The remainder of the rifle was either chemically blued or heat blued. The stocks were made of walnut and retain the pre-1905 Gew98 style stock washer as opposed to the bolt takedown disk then in use on the German issue rifles.
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Mauser Serial Number List
1. The 1908 Brazillian Mauser is, alongside the 1909 Argentine Mauser, considered to represent the very finest of pre-WW1 German arms manufacturing. The rifles were finished to the highest grade and designed to last for Generations in the service of Brazil – something they did very well. In one form or another, these rifles stayed in service well into the 1950’s, though a considerable number reached the surplus market in unissued condition – presumably having been stored as war reserve material.
The best examples are often found with a serial numbered matching bayonet and scabbard and sometimes the rifles are accompanied by a sling, muzzle cover and the original DWM sighting target. The depicted rifle, however, does not have the target any longer.
It is important to differentiate between an original 1908 Mauser as depicted, and any of the later adaptations using the 1908 receiver put together from worn rifles by the Itajuba Arsenal in Brazil. Such examples command a much smaller price on the collector’s market.(Feedback by 'Claven2')
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Russian captured 98k from WWII
updated 2/9/2015
The above photo is of one of these 98k rifles taken completely at random from our stock.
ALL have mixed parts (as initially dismantled and then rebuilt by the Soviets during the 1950's) that are fitted to the rifle and each part is electro-penciled to match the receiver (the buttstock is always stamped on the left-side to match). If it has a X-like stamp on the receiver (a Russian-capture mark representing two crossed rifles) there will be a Y in the X? column, if not there will be a N in the X? column.
Some rifles had their muzzles counterbored to increase accuracy, if so there will be a Y in the counterbored muzzle? column, We also added some columns to determine if the groove for a front-sight hood was present and the length of the cleaning rod.NONE currently have cleaning-rods or front sight-hoods (we offer high-quality reproductions of cleaning-rods at the bottom of this page), and the trigger-guards that used the small non-essential 'guard-screws' will be missing those 'guard-screws' (Gun Parts Corp sells reproductions of the guard-screws cheap). While there are reproduction 98k slings offered elsewhere, we do not sell or recommend them. We used to offer repro sight-hoods but no longer have any for sale and do not know where to obtain more.
ALL have a 99% or better refinish (which is hot-dip blued) on the metal though there may be some evidence of slight external speckling caused by a reaction of the metal from exposure to blood (these were, after all, used by the losing side during wartime). Though the wood is very sound and serviceable it will likely show old bumps and dings from actual wartime usage and may have some nicks and scrapes in the thick shellac-type finish (as is common on all Soviet reworks) from handling and storage. Headspace has been carefully checked for each rifle, and all are excellent in that regard, all bolts are turned-down and blued (as issued). The bores on these 98k's are much better than to be expected for a 60+ year-old battle-rifle with sharp lands and grooves, however none are perfect or 'like new' (they were, after all, actually issued to and used by German soldiers during WWII that only had corrosive ammunition available to use in them).
These rifles were assembled to be (and are) excellent shooters, and many identical examples saw action inVietnamand other politically unstable places like Angola during the 1960's.
ORIGINAL MARKINGS INTACT!
All original Nazi markings, being either Weimar-style eagles with folded wings(standard on all German military arms mfg. before 1938) or the more familiar Nazi-style eagles with outspread wings atop a Swastika(on most rifles mfg. after 1938) have (unless noted otherwise)NOT been pinged-out or otherwise obliterated, and are usually very bold and clear!.
NOTE: The Russians captured literally MILLIONS of 98k's, and 'reworked' EVERY SINGLE ONE! Not a *SINGLE* example exists for sale in Russia or the former Soviet States that did NOT undergo this 'refurb' treatment, and literally no 'original configuration all-matching' Nazi 98k Mauser rifles exist behind what once was 'the iron curtain' (except for the few exhibited in museums) so aside from G.I. bring-backs these are all that will ever be available with intact German markings.
THIS is how they were packaged for storage and transportation. . .
Here is how one of our customers was able to easily
refinish an actual RC 98k he purchased from this page:
They clean-up pretty darned nice, don't they?
EMPIRE ARMS has, since September 2002, sold over ten thousand (10,000) Russian-captured 98k's off of this very page, and have had only THREE (3) returns ever.
The 'gravy train' ended in mid-2007, and ever since it has been slim pickings.
Unlike other dealers we *WANT* to repurchase items that we have previously sold, as there are unfortunately no more of these available overseas (we literally bought them all and all supplies have been entirely depleted, whether any of you want to believe it or not).
The following rifles (if not marked SOLD) are the only ones currently available. . . we will add more as we are able to repurchase them, but make no promises as to future availability.
All qualify as 'Curios & Relics' by ATF for direct delivery to licensed collectors.
Please read and agree to our Terms of SaleHERE*FIRST*,
then order by serial-number from the following table
(we will not 'HOLD' any item without BOTH payment and paperwork in-hand)
| DATE | CODE | FACTORY | serial # | eagle type | X? | counterbored muzzle? | grooved for sight-hood? | cleaning rod length? | wood-type | buttplate | Notes | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | S/27 | ERMA | 1136d | stick-type eagles | Y | N | N | 12.5' | laminated | flat | all milled parts | $425 SOLD |
| 1937 | BSW | Berlin-Sühler | 3989a | Weimar | N | N | N | 12.5' (included) | laminated | flat | all milled parts | $475 SOLD |
| 1940 | 337 | Gustloff | 7923b | swastikas | Y | N | Y | 10' | laminated | flat | all milled parts | $525 SOLD |
| 1941 | bnz | Steyr-Daimler- Puch | 7591e | swastikas | Y | N | included | included | solid walnut | cupped | bluing removed from bolt | $425 SOLD |
| 1935 | S/42G | Mauser | 6359r | Weimar | Y | N | N | 12.5' | aminated w/ Army cartouche | cupped | all milled parts | $480 SOLD |
| 1937 | S/147 | Sauer & Son | 4346a | Weimar | Y | N | N | 12.5' | laminated | cupped | solid front band, dark bore | $375 SOLD |
| 1942 | bnz | Steyr-Daimler- Puch | 229e | swastikas | Y | N | Y | 12.5' | laminated w/ Army cartouche | cupped | stamped mag-fplt rough bore | $375 SOLD |
| 1941 | bnz | Steyr-Daimler- Puch | 5858j | swastikas | Y | N | Y | 10' | laminated | flat | all milled parts, rough bore | $425 SOLD |
| 1938 | S/243 | Mauser Borsigwald | 3142a | Weimar, 3 eagle/swastikas on right side | Y | N | N | 12.5' | laminated | flat | all milled parts, nice bore | $475 SOLD |
All markings unconditionally guaranteed to be genuine
REPRO 10' or 12.5' 98k cleaning-rods, excellent quality (installed on any rifle you buy from us) . . . $12 each
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