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Rolf
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Reged: 26/02/07
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Loc: Germany, Bavaria

12/65 shotgun built on 98 system
10/10/18 11:44 PM

Gentlemen,

during a visit at a gunsmith-friend I noticed an unusual "rifle", built on a Mauser 98 standard system with a very thick barrel.
On closer examination I found manufacturer marks of "RWE"company on the 98 system and the barrel stamped with the word "Nitro".
The gun has the caliber 12/65 and has a modified bolt system for feeding the shotgun cartridge from the magazine. One magazine box wall is set to the side to provide an enlarged magazine box for storing the fat cartridges.
Handling, loading, shooting and safety function is the same as the common 98 system.

My friend gave me the range of the possible manufacturing year as between 1917 and 1930.
An assumption for the existence of the gun could be the amount of military rifles in 8mm caliber which should be destroyed after the lost WW1. Some owners ordered the rifles to be changed to have a gun for hunting purposes.

If anybody knows more about the manufacturer or these guns I would be happy to hear about it!

Best regards
Rolf

PS: And yes, if anyone is interested I can take some photos and send these to someone who is interested of loeading these in the nitroexpress-system...
:-)

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12/65 shotgun built on 98 system	Rolf	10/10/18 11:44 PM
Re: 12/65 shotgun built on 98 system	Huvius	11/10/18 01:15 AM
Re: 12/65 shotgun built on 98 system	kuduae	11/10/18 01:37 AM
Re: 12/65 shotgun built on 98 system	DarylS	11/10/18 02:11 AM
Re: 12/65 shotgun built on 98 system	93x64mm	11/10/18 07:31 AM
Re: 12/65 shotgun built on 98 system	2152hq	13/10/18 12:56 AM
Re: 12/65 shotgun built on 98 system	sbs470	13/10/18 07:32 PM
Re: 12/65 shotgun built on 98 system	Rolf	17/10/18 11:19 PM

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