Besides the chambering, the bore (designated as "S-bore") was also dimensionally redesigned. German government driven efforts to improve the performance of the military M/88 ammunition and the service arms in which the M/88 was used resulted in the design by the Gewehr-Prüfungskommission and adaptation in 1905 of the dimensionally redesigned 7.92×57mm Mauser chambering. The M/88 cartridge was loaded with a relatively heavy 14.6 grams (225 gr) round-nosed ball cartridge with a diameter of 8.08 mm (0.318 in) and was designed by the German Gewehr-Prüfungskommission (G.P.K.) (Rifle Testing Commission). The parent cartridge on which the 7.92×57mm Mauser is based was adopted by Germany in 1888 as the Patrone 88 (cartridge 88) or M/88 (along with the Gewehr 1888 service rifle). In the 21st century it is still a popular sport and hunting cartridge that is factory-produced in Europe and the United States.ġ888 pattern M/88 (left) alongside the 1905 pattern 7.92×57mm Mauser S Patrone. In its day, the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge was one of the world’s most popular military cartridges. The 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge was adopted by the German Empire in 1905, and was the German service cartridge in both World Wars. ) is a rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge.
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The 7.92×57mm Mauser (designated as the 8mm Mauser or 8×57mm by the SAAMI and 8 × 57 IS by the C.I.P. Germany, United Kingdom, Spain, Czechoslovakia, Poland, China, Dominican Republic, Yugoslavia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Iran, Egypt, and many other countriesĨ.08 mm /. This excellent G43 sniper rifle is complete with an original blued cleaning rod and a correct WWII "aye/K43" marked magazine.From left to right 9.3×62mm. The left side of stock has a partial "eagle/359" proof with a smaller one inside the pistol grip.
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The rifle is fitted with a correct wartime laminated stock with a smooth cupped buttplate and a early resin impregnated laminated handguard. It has the standard tangent rear sight and blade front sight (absent the front sight hood). It is fitted with a correct wartime "ZF4" sniper scope that is marked "Gw/Z F 4/36679/ddx", indicating it was manufactured by the Voigtlander and Sohns company.
#7.92 mm mauser gewehr 98 serial number#
It has a single Eagle/359 Waffenamt proof on the side with the serial number "4056" milled/etched on the front end. Fitted with an original (non-matching) Walther production scope mount correctly marked "fest" and "lose" on the locking lever. It has the stamped action cover with the sliding dust cover on top and a single Waffenamt proof on the rear end. It is fitted with the rough forged bolt carrier that has the hold-open latch with the cocking handle on the left side. It has the earlier rough forged single bolt guide receiver that is marked on the left side "G43/ 709L/ac 44", with a single "eagle/359" Waffenamt proof on the right side.
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These were the standard, mid/late war German sniper rifles intended to replace the K98 sniper rifles. This specific rifle has the earlier G43 markings that were used during the early part of 1944 production. This is an excellent example of an earlier/ mid-WWII German Army issue, Walther G43 semi-automatic sniper rifle that is complete with an original WWII ZF4 Sniper scope and Walther proofed G43 scope mount.