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tredinnick
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Trying to identify post war German 98 sporter
      #263073 - 03/04/15 11:01 AM

Have a fairly nice german made (i think) 98 based sporter in 7x64. I am trying to identify who may have made it if it can be determined. I believe it's a post second world war gun built using wartime parts. The follower is waffen marked as well as the root of the bolt handle. No serial numbers marked on the bolt and the safety has an S engraved on the flag so it can be seen in the safe position. I couldn't find anything else wartime marked. Has claw mounts and a somewhat older zeiss 6x scope that doesn't look as old as the rest of the gun. Barrel is 23 inches. Has fairly nice double set triggers and rear sight with one folding leaf. If anybody has any idea who put it together it would be appreciated.

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Re: Trying to identify post war German 98 sporter [Re: tredinnick]
      #263108 - 04/04/15 06:58 AM

Flattop,

I have an identical rifle (minus the scope and the set triggers) in 8mm. Mine was actually built in Texas. I'll take pics and post here.

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Re: Trying to identify post war German 98 sporter [Re: mehulkamdar]
      #263111 - 04/04/15 08:09 AM

The rifle was put together "for the trade" in Germany. It was proofed by the Munich proofhouse 666 = June 1966. The stocks were usually supplied by a now defunct stockmaking company in Bishofsheim,Rhoen, Bavaria. Such rifles were almost the hunting rifle Standard in Germany in the 1960s. Identical rifles were offered by the big German mail order houses "Frankonia", Würzburg as their "Favorit-Standard" at DMark 349.-, by Ed. Kettner, Koeln, as their "Stadtvogt" at DM 425.-.These models were the cheapest hunting bolt actions offered in Germany. One US$ was then still about DM 4.-. Typical "earmarks" of these models were an ex-military 98k action,double set trigger, soldered on sight bases and front sling swivel and the hogback stock with white spacers, a slight "Schnabel" mimicking protrusinon under foreend and "Scottish" scip-line checkering. Without finding additional marks, maybe under Barrel and foreend, it is impossible to identify the maker who put it together. Any German gunsmith may have bought in the parts and assembled the rifle. Scope and claw mount are perfectly contemporary, new in the 1960s too.

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tredinnick
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Re: Trying to identify post war German 98 sporter [Re: kuduae]
      #263146 - 05/04/15 06:04 AM

Thanks for the info, very helpful, especially the 666 mark. I looked under stock and the barrel is marked Gustav Jehn which appears to be a wholesaler or distributor.

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Re: Trying to identify post war German 98 sporter [Re: tredinnick]
      #263151 - 05/04/15 06:40 AM

Gustav Jehn in Lippstadt was and is a wholesaler to the German gunshops, but they don't carry such rifles any more, see their English website http://www.jehn.de/en/index.php . They are the German importers/distributors for Weatherby http://www.weatherby.com/support/service-centers.html and other American and international stuff.

Edited by kuduae (05/04/15 06:41 AM)

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