This rifle is in pretty good shape externally, save for a splinter out of the forend on the left side, which I shall have fixed. Lots of them made to sporter standard by many of the best German smiths. Right now I'm thinking that whatever caliber I keep it in will be based on the x57 case to insure the rifle won't have trouble feeding the rounds. When I miss, I don't blame the brush for getting in the way. In the U.S. Mauser it is generally called 8mm. Modern hunters make statements like I always blast away at 1,000 yards as it eliminates that sneaking up bit some people call hunting Spoken like a true slob modern hunter. Suitable only for short range hunting? All are great shooting rifles with the properly configured ammo. The invention of smokeless powder in the late 19th century immediately rendered all of the large-bore black powder rifles then in use obsolete. ._3-SW6hQX6gXK9G4FM74obr{display:inline-block;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:16px;height:16px;font-size:16px;line-height:16px} In his entire life he didnt design not even a single screw but he was a very very smart manager and director of Steyr factory OEWG. You'd have to build a dedicated machine to do this. Unlike many German service rifles before and after, it was not developed by Mauser but the arms commission, and Mauser was one of the few major arms manufacturers in Germany that did not produce Gewehr 88s.[3]. Lothar walther, Douglas and Shilen make barrels and I'm sure most other reknowned makers do too. Fahrradfabrik] in Suhl on a Gewehr Model 1888 Commission action. 14th December 2020 gewehr 88 sporter. Under no circumstances should this military pointed bullet ammunition ever be used in the model 1888 rifle or in sporters made from the 1888 action. My guess is the that the old German gunsmiths made a spacer to cover the threads or just cut the old threaded part of the barrel shoud off and used that. I won't shoot modern or mil-surp ammo in it. Sie haben die Wahl", "Bro strzelecka polskiego wojska w wojnie polsko-bolszewickiej", "Karabin i karabinek Mannlicher-Mauser wz.1888", "Firearms of the Irish Civil Wars: Part 2 the Republicans: their Unionist opponents had a much better quantity and variety of arms, but the Republicans put theirs to a lot more use", "M1913 Mannlicher Gew88 Austro Hungarian Rifle", "Brazilian military rifle cartridges part 2: Steyr vs. Mauser and fn wins! Ends: Thursday, November 3 | 9:49 AM Central. Many came home In 1945 as war trophies. Many Gewehr 88 rifles stayed in active service in second-line units, reserves, and in armies allied with the Germans through and well past World War I. If you really want a 30 cal, how about a 7.65 x 53? In 1898 a Mauser design was adopted, the Gewehr 98, which was the culmination of a series of Mauser models in the 1890s. Collecting Haenel-Mannlichers may never make you any money, but it can lead into exploration of a fascinating byway in the history of the sporting rifle. In other words, 46,933 ft. lbs. It is loaded to very low pressures and in my Husky 96 it is very accurate. There were numerous blow ups with these rifles, serious injuries and deaths were recorded. Owned this Type 99 for 16 years. A Kar 88 barrel is 19" long, so if it is longer than that, it may have been rebarreled. I think I'll build it in 9.3x57. Lots of them made to sporter standard by many of the best German smiths. I bought one about 5 years ago for 600. Honestly, you can find a very nice Husky M46 already chambered in 9.3x57 for less than you'll spend on a conversion. Rifles. The Gewehr 88 (commonly called the Model 1888 Commission Rifle) was a late 19th-century German bolt action rifle, adopted in 1888. There are no makers names externally anywhere I can find on the gun. From first glance, that is very obviously a European sporter, so don't worry, it wasn't an American bubba who did it. I'd be curious to see some pictures of the scope and markings on it. Americans who would not think of using a low number Springfield 1903 with modern ammunition, will unhesitatingly so use this old German type which was built while our Army was still using black powder single shot rifles! Schilling j bore that I stupidly sold. The Bhler steel 24" octagonal barrel is chambered for the 8x57J (.318"), ammunition still produced by the main European cartridges manufacturers.. In the 1902 Sears catalog, the price was $24.50. It's waiting to be finished and D&Ted. Model classification and certifiable originality are the backbone of gun collecting, and with Haenel-Mannlichers and other civilian rifles based on the Commission action, this is almost impossible. Pictures are too poor for me to tell if it is or not but it looks like it may be. Stock Mauser GEW 98 modified Sporter project long action large ring . don't bother messing around with the 88 if your goal is a cheap hunting gun. This Commission Rifle was made in Germany by Amberg in Germany. If it's a big thumper you want then the 9.3x57 is just the ticket. deepen the grooves to the desired bore diameter. I got it with an old Turk marked bayonet an an incorrect US canvas sling. One was the rifle itself cut down 10.5 inches and with the bolt handle bent down somewhat. What made the German import worth 50 percent more than this state-of-the-art lever rifle? I seem to recall an ad in Shotgun News for a VCR tape demonstrating how to build a rifling machine. The Gewehr 88 (commonly called the Model 1888 commission rifle) was a late 19th-century German bolt-action rifle, adopted in 1888. Never got to shoot it First time this old girls been shot in at least 100 years. It's a Gew 88 actioned sporting rifle that we reportedly taken home as a sourvenier by a GI after WWII. Those suitable for the then standard .323" bullet S cartridge were stamped with a Z-prefix registration number, while those deemed suitable only for the limited standard old .318" bullet Patrone 88 cartridge got a D-prefix number. for the round nose and 51,333 ft. lbs. The 7.92X57 is a powerful round when loaded correctly, but neither it nor the 06 are magnum calibers, so follow directions!! I'll try to track down a link. Check out the original cartridge box on the 2nd page. You may have noticed a new age verification message when you entered the site. Well if you are talking 600 yard shots that the average hunter with his low skill level that has no business taking then the answer is yes. So is it 9mm para or some other 9mm flavor? 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In conclusion old time real hunters understood wild game habits and used to actually stalk up to ranges as close as 25 yards. STOCK IS IN GOOD CONDITION SHOWING DINGS, SCRATCHES. The gun was said to be taken from a pile of guns to be burned in the middle of a village- so the sporterizing was done pre-war in Germany. We're currently in the process of updating HideTV and you can access the new system and get more info below! Some idea of the number of these rifles made may be gained from the fact that in the year 1890 to 1891, Ludwig Loewe & Company supplied 425,000 model 1888 rifles to the German Army alone. Tags: None. Military Firearm Restoration Corner. OP, be very careful if you try to shoot this thing. No reliable gunsmith would ever rebarrel to any of the modern calibers (1891 or later), especially the Turk or Chinese exports, far too much chance of expiediency exceeding safety in the hands of arsenal managment. For this reason the Gewehr 88 is also known as the "commission rifle," or "reichsgewehr"." This is a re-barreled sporterized Gew. 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My 8X57's are about all I really want ballistically and recoil wise, as well as being Economical!! After these claims were found insupportable, Ahlwardt was sentenced to 4 months in prison for malicious falsehood.[3][4]. One like yours one with a claw mounts scope. Haenel, a prominent German gunmaking company in Suhl, also made Commission rifles under contract. There was usually a stock-bolt in the fore-end, and sometimes they were fitted with receiver sights. it has the eagles carrying a swastika the serial is 22651 I BYF 43 it has so many markings on it actually. ._2a172ppKObqWfRHr8eWBKV{-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0;margin-right:8px}._39-woRduNuowN7G4JTW4I8{margin-top:12px}._136QdRzXkGKNtSQ-h1fUru{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;margin:8px 0;width:100%}.r51dfG6q3N-4exmkjHQg_{font-size:10px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.5px;line-height:12px;text-transform:uppercase;-ms-flex-pack:justify;justify-content:space-between;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center}.r51dfG6q3N-4exmkjHQg_,._2BnLYNBALzjH6p_ollJ-RF{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex}._2BnLYNBALzjH6p_ollJ-RF{margin-left:auto}._1-25VxiIsZFVU88qFh-T8p{padding:0}._2nxyf8XcTi2UZsUInEAcPs._2nxyf8XcTi2UZsUInEAcPs{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-widgetColors-sidebarWidgetTextColor)} The Gewehr 98 (abbreviated G98, Gew 98, or M98) is a German bolt action rifle made by Mauser firing cartridges from a 5-round internal clip-loaded magazine. If I could find a way to do it cheaply then I'm good to go but if I can't do the conversion to 9.3 myself or find a way to do it cheaply I may just have to stick with 8x57 (which isn't a bad caliber by any means, just not exactly what I want). It should feed well based on case size but what about the length? Most had double-set triggers. 607 WTHeck Gewehr 88 sporter I stopped by Cabelas and beheld in the used rack a 90 percent-finished Gewehr 88 Commission reblued action with a what appears to be a new 7x57mm barrel. Used by the paramilitary Rifle Union, the rest were kept in the storage and were re-barreled before World War II. I wouldn't keep it as an 8 x 57 either, especially after having a had a surplus Turk case head seperate in a 98 action. Should I go for it? If you're going to reload and be buried with it, maybe. There were also two carbine versions, the Karabiner 88 for mounted troops and the Gewehr 91 for artillery. The Hide Armory. I agree that a 9.3x57 Gew 88 would be a very cool and unique sporter but on the other hand I'm still wondering if it is really worth putting a $200+ barrel on a $30 gun. ._12xlue8dQ1odPw1J81FIGQ{display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle} Either will do what the 06 will do. I've casually thought about what would have to be done to create an accurately rifled bore, and I've concluded that I'm not going to go there. The markings found on Gew 88's are very extensive and therefore are a topic of their own. It should be fine with moderate loads. It is stunning. The second is the impossibility of classifying rifles by model and year. I have a few in different configuration. Early German Bolt-Action Sporters Set a Standard, Video: Richard Mann on the Mozambique Drill, 8 On-Target Concealed Carry Insurance Options (2022), 10 Affordable Double-Barrel Shotgun Options (2022), Best AR-15 Options For Any Budget And Buyers Guide (2022), Best Concealed Carry Handguns For Women (2022). A brush gun is for navigating through brushy conditions not shooting brush! The first step was to select a new cartridge. Isidor Loewe also held a controlling interest in the Waffenfabrik Mauser. Get 12 Issues a year of the country's best firearms writing. The original cartridge was limited to about 35,000lbs. This rifle has a 29" barrel and strong rifling with frosting in the grooves. Kyle, The same the prized Mannlicher Schonauer: it actually should be named Schlegemilch Schoenhauer cause it has nothing to be named Mannlicher. Warning. Number three was the same as number two except that the bolt handle was turned down and a stacking rod was provided. How can I get the barrel rebored for 9.3 bullets? C.G. The Gewehr 88 was also sometimes made into very elegant sporting rifles by gunsmiths in Germany. A rebore job will be about $200. $795.00 Compare MITCHELL'S MAUSERS 98K - C52673 These rifles were manufactured at the two Loewe plants at Charlottenberg on the outskirts of Berlin, and at the Mauser Waffenfabrik, at Oberndorf, in Wrttemberg. If you want to search the archives, I'm fairly certian we may have, If you can figure out how to do this, there are hundreds of tousands of. However, pressure testing methods were not scientifically controlled in those days. These arent like the military Gewehr 88s where you can get by shooting regular 8x57js. China first bought Gewehr 88 rifles for the First Sino-Japanese War in 18941895 and after that started production of the unlicensed Hanyang 88 copy. This is something we need to do to continue using our email system. When Germany replaced the 88 with the Gewehr 98, many of the rifles were given to Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire during World War I because both states had a shortage of rifles (however, it was used extensively by the Turkish Army even through the 1930s and 1940s). Failures related to case seperations or high pressures are more dangerous in the pre-98's than in the 98's, they are much more so in the pre-91's. Nice commercial 88 sporting rifle they were manufactured until right after WW1. 7.9257mm Mauser adapted rifles have the receiver marked with a large "S" rollmark. 8x57 jrs (8mm mauser) mauser hanyang 88 8mm commissioner gewehr 1888 c&r as-is osgah305 littleton, co 80120: used: 5/4/2022: $380.00 : other model 8x57 jrs (8mm mauser) gewehr 88 8mm mauser spandau 1889 (read) howard, ks 67349: used: 4/12/2022: $416.13 : 8x57 jrs (8mm mauser) 1888 gewehr 88 chinese mauser b14965 rw mount morris, il 61054: used . He is a regular contributor to the annual Gun Digest and has won the Gun Digest John T. Amber Literary Award. - Free Online Library", "Ethiopian military rifle cartridges: Part 2: from Mauser to Kalashnikov", "Weapons Of The Greco-Turkish War Part 1", "Israeli Small Arms IDF issue weapons [Archive] - UZI Talk Forums", "Zbrojownia tamtych lat Arsena odrodzonej armii", "Weapons of the Irish Revolution part I 191416", "From Arisaka to assault rifle: The military rifle cartridges of Japan part 2", "Fuzil da Comisso Alem de 1888 "Gewehr '88" (Rev. Its stint as the official infantry rifle of the German Army was short-lived only 10 years but it went on to a successful career in every corner of the globe as both military rifle and, in its converted form, a hunting rifle. Vintage Sniper Rifles . Everything good and modern occurred after that, they believe, and nothing much before. The German sporting rifle cartridge for the 1888 is known as the 857 rimless. The actual caliber is commonly about 7.9 mm, that being the usual German War Office designation for the old M. This doesn't mean that I think you shouldn't - maybe you should! [15] These were likely intended for sale in South America, where use of the 757mm cartridge was widespread. Now yer makin sense!!! Why would I not when I am quite capable of doing so? Haenel. They are converted military rifles, however, not to be confused with the Mannlicher-Schoenauer high grade sporting rifles or the Schilling or Haenel top quality rifles of later design and manufacture. The following information on the Gewehr 88 Carbine comes from Chapter 12 of Mauser Rifles and Pistols by W. H. B. 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