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#Mauser rifle serial numbers database serial numbers#

Some countries did not want anyone to calculate how many rifles they had. ' Perhaps the serial number sequence started at 1000.

#Mauser rifle serial numbers database serial numbers#

It seems as if there were only ~3000 built but the serial numbers go higher than 3000. There was a discussion on the M1903/ A3 page about serial numbers of the Remington M1934 built for Honduras. Dieter Storz “Rifle & Carbine 98, M98 Firearms of the German Army from 1898 to 1918”.

In the last 10 years a good number of books have come out that cover the Imperial era Gewehr98 rifle and its short carbine variation, the Kar.98a, the best known being Dr. The basic goal of the research is to identify the high and low serial numbers by model and year. A database of serial numbers is being maintained as a research project. Add To the Turkish Mauser Serial Number Database. The right side of the receiver, left side of the butt and the bottom metal are each stamped with the serial number, “3625”. Markings: There is no visible import mark. Caliber: 8mm Mauser (7.92x57mm) Action Type: Bolt Action, Internal Magazine. Model: Gewehr 98 (Gew 98) Serial Number: 3625.

Minor addition which is not directly relevant in this case but might be more generally when looking at Gew98 serials: According to Ball (Mauser Military Rifles of the World 4th ed p 168) the star rifles 'had a numeral suffix as opposed to alpha suffix' he shows a photo of a rifle with what appears to be a 2 stamped under the 4 digit serial.

Since the Karabiner 98k rifle was shorter than the earlier Karabiner 98b (the 98b was a carbine in name only, a version of Gewehr 98 long rifle with upgraded sights), it was given the designation Karabiner 98 kurz, meaning 'Carbine 98.

The Karabiner 98k was derived from earlier rifles, namely the Mauser Standardmodell of 1924 and the Karabiner 98b, which in turn had both been developed from the Gewehr 98.

The survey is necessarily focused on reworked models that have years and serial numbers in modern script.

Serial Numbers The survey form is available to input your serial numbers.