So price on this is not bad. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. However, pressure testing methods were not scientifically controlled in those days. The 7.92X57 is a powerful round when loaded correctly, but neither it nor the 06 are magnum calibers, so follow directions!! Because of the soft metal in the receiver, it was possible for European gunsmiths, as well as some American makers of custom rifles, to manufacture beautiful sporting rifles excellently finished, from the receivers or action. I've done some projects that people with more experience questioned, , and I appreciate the questioning it got me to look for answers to questions I could'nt come up with myself, so i'm not trying to change your mind. Everything good and modern occurred after that, they believe, and nothing much before. I have one of these nice rifle. The maximum operating pressure for the Gewehr 88 commission rifle is less than that of any 8mm Mauser rifle, as the makers of the Gewehr 88 did not fully understand the greater energy of smokeless powder compared to black powder. Suitable only for short range hunting? I'd love to be able to do it myself! The invention of smokeless powder in the late 19th century immediately rendered all of the large-bore black powder rifles then in use obsolete. The result was the famous Mannlicher-Schnauer Model 1903, a design that set the standard for quality hunting rifles for the next 70 years. Some of them were modified to use the stripper clips used with the Gewehr 98 by milling a slot into the left side of the action and adding stripper clip guides on the top of the receiver. From 1905 the rifles were also converted to use the Gewehr 98 type stripper clip by adding stripper clip guides to the top rear of the receiver and altering the magazine becoming Gewehr 88/05 rifles. do yourself a favor and buy a Turk mauser (k.Kale if you can) for about a hundred bucks and shoot it. The 8.08mm (.318 in) bullet diameter however remained unchanged. Lothar walther, Douglas and Shilen make barrels and I'm sure most other reknowned makers do too. Generally now known as Haenel-Mannlichers, these German bolt-action rifles were not cheap. $149.90. THE LIST IS BY NO MEANS COMPLETE, WE HAVE OVER 1500 STOCKS. Payment Condition It should feed well (not sure about length) and I don't think the pressure would be excessive with moderate loads. In 1903, the Germany Army adopted a new service cartridge that fired lighter bullets measuring 8.20mm (.323 in) in diameter. The same the prized Mannlicher Schonauer: it actually should be named Schlegemilch Schoenhauer cause it has nothing to be named Mannlicher. These arent like the military Gewehr 88s where you can get by shooting regular 8x57js. 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STOCK IS IN GOOD CONDITION SHOWING DINGS, SCRATCHES. Otheres were thinking in terms of .338 etc. My question is how to treat the theads for the barrel shroud. A brush gun is for navigating through brushy conditions not shooting brush! Although I have never been a big fan of the 857 there is absolutely nothing wrong with this cartridge as it is right up their with the ubiquitous 30-06. Corrrction: "There" instead of "They" , stupid auto-correct. It is sometimes described as a Mauser with Mannlicher features, and sometimes the reverse. There are no makers names externally anywhere I can find on the gun. To settle a patent infringement claim by Steyr-Mannlicher, Germany contracted the Austro-Hungarian company to be one of the manufacturers of Gewehr 88s, and Mannlicher together with Otto Schnauer derived from the Mauser-Schlegelmilch design a whole family of turn-bolt actions, the last of which was serially produced until 1970s. Gewehr 88/05, Gewehr 88/14, Karabiner 88, With m/88 620 m/s (2066 fps), 8mm Mauser 868 m/s (2847 fps), This page was last edited on 20 November 2022, at 10:38. After the start of World War 1, some of the remaining Gewehr 88 S rifles were modified to the Gewehr 88/14 standard, which was generally similar to Gewehr 88/05 but with cruder workmanship. These rifles when found as sporting arms are often known as the Mannlicher-Haenel or Schilling-Mannlicher, because the names of those manufacturers sometimes appear on them. please nourse.brad@gmail.com is my email and/or you can text me at 518902015 pleasse and thank you. It should be fine with moderate loads. I'll try to track down a link. It's waiting to be finished and D&Ted. Check out the original cartridge box on the 2nd page. These rifles should never be used for any other commercialy available cartridge. A rebore job will be about $200. MAUSER Swedish M96 1900 Waffenfabrik Oberndorf GI#: 102174894 deepen the grooves to the desired bore diameter. I'm planning on building at least one Gew 88 sporter rifle I got from Centerfire and I was just wondering if anyone has done a Gew 88 sporter before. I got it with an old Turk marked bayonet an an incorrect US canvas sling. If you have one thats been sporterised, dont worry, it will shoot just as well as the modern sporters will, all things being equal.. All these plants were under the financial control of Loewe. I think when you look at the fantastic workmanship and quality of materials used to build the Old fashioned guns including the ubiquitous 98 Mauser sporting rifles you begin to see and understand what garbage is being built today. let's say 2 years down the road you want a new stock with the turk, it's just a matter of what material and profile you like. HAENEL. Many beautiful rifles were made on this design. On the negative side, they are chambered for cartridges like the 857 and 957 that by todays standards are relatively low velocity and suitable only for short-range hunting. Haenel. 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. You'd have to build a dedicated machine to do this. 1b)", http://www.wildlife-baldus.com/download/Maji_Maji.pdf, http://www.fhhljx.com/thefreelibrary/Russian+rifles+of+the+great+war,+revolution+%26+civil+war--part+I%3A-a0391733875, "Weapons Of The Greco-Turkish War Part 2", "Three members of the Ethiopian Zabagna, or gendarmerie, photographed about the time of the Italian invasion in the fall of 1935 [721 x 807]: HistoryPorn", "Repblica Armas Infantera Fusiles", "The rifles of Israel 1948-1980 - Israel Military Forum", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gewehr_1888&oldid=1122884205, Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1888, Articles with German-language sources (de), All articles with bare URLs for citations, Articles with bare URLs for citations from March 2022, Articles with PDF format bare URLs for citations, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox weapon with unknown parameters, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2021, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. build what YOU want and shoot with a smile! Isidor Loewe also held a controlling interest in the Waffenfabrik Mauser. Because I am a rare hunter, I respect the wild game I hunt and under field conditions too much can go wrong even if the hunter is a skilled shot. 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Note also that the Austrian 8mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer is an entirely different cartridge from either one of the German. 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. 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. Stock Mauser GEW 98 modified Sporter project long action large ring . The Bhler steel 24" octagonal barrel is chambered for the 8x57J (.318"), ammunition still produced by the main European cartridges manufacturers.. It is loaded to very low pressures and in my Husky 96 it is very accurate. Eight major concealed carry insurance programs are now available to the millions of Americans who carry concealed. I'd think this would go well with you desire to go from 8 to 9.3MM. +$43.00 shipping. Pictures are too poor for me to tell if it is or not but it looks like it may be. box magazine, spoon Mauser bolt, 28 line fancy German sporter round knob stock, creseant steel butt, schnobel forend, 3/4" European leather sling strap, many . (SOME German hunting rifles today are made with the old J- bore dimensions, but that doesnt concern us in the States). This website uses cookies for functionality, analytics and advertising purposes as described in our. 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. It was made for the pre-98 actions. Get the latest news and reviews from Gundigest.com. 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I think the .338x57 may be the best choice for this action for hunting in thick woods (won't be deflected as easily as a smaller bullet). The bolt assembly required 174 operations. Try and get into better lighting and take some pictures of it. The combined plants capacity was 60,000 rifles per month. In response the German Army's Rifle Testing Commission developed the Gewehr 88 which was adopted for service in 1888. The following information on the Gewehr 88 Carbine comes from Chapter 12 of Mauser Rifles and Pistols by W. H. B. Smith. Early smokeless powders needed the kinks worked out. 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. If you need to rebarrel it, you can find issue barrels and Rem takeoffs for well under a hundred bucks. If you're determined to sport the 88, there's not much a 7 x 57 can't do that a 30-06 will. Guns Listing ID: 704599Manufacturer: Mauser Importer: Mauser Model: Argentino 1891 Type: Rifle Action Type: Bolt Action Caliber / Gauge: 7.65 x 53 MM Finish: Blued Barrel Type: Single Grip Type: Wood .Click for more info Seller: Guns Dot Com Area Code: 866 $499.99 NEW THIS WEEK! It should feed well based on case size but what about the length? Founded by Frank Galli in 2000, Snipers Hide has been offering informational videos, podcasts, and other support to its users in one location. 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. The commission rifle's bolt action design was a commission modified Mauser action. Gewehr 88/05 rifles were also used by Yugoslavia,[6] Czechoslovakia (for example as modified guard shotgun),[7] and Poland. There was usually a stock-bolt in the fore-end, and sometimes they were fitted with receiver sights. There are lots of Mauser 98s out there at minimal cost. Beautiful. from Germany. While their handload data goes up to 46,000. I seem to recall an ad in Shotgun News for a VCR tape demonstrating how to build a rifling machine. I agree. Kyle you're fooling with a weapon contrived in black powder era and obselete by WW 1. 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. Furthermore, the bolt in the M. 1888 is bored out from the front to receive a removable bolt face. If so, the 9.3x57 is likely one of themost sensible cartridges to contemplate due to its sedate operating pressures. Otherwise lawsuit. 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]. Share. Many of the Gewehr 88-rifles were produced by the armament manufacturer Loewe & Company, whose chairman was Jewish entrepreneur Isidor Loewe. I bought one about 5 years ago for 600. Description: This is a Turkish Gew 88 rifle chambered in 8mm mauser that was refurbished by the Asfa Ankara arsenal in 1935. And why, when Model 95s are prized by collectors, are Haenel-Mannlichers all but forgotten except for a few devotees of early custom rifles? Additionally, both the ejector and the extractor that are attached to the bolt head are prone to falling out if care is not taken during disassembly and reassembly. 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 . 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. OP, be very careful if you try to shoot this thing. In general the Chamber Pressure is listed at 21-tons per sq. (Antique) Excellent condition! 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. [12] Ethiopean rifles (some ex-UVF rifles also found their way there) also saw action during the East African Campaign. I really like the idea of the 9.3x57. All known 757mm Karabiner 88s were produced by Haenel. Haenel made them in 7x57 and 8x57j (.318) diameter. I'm including the 88 in there even though it is not technically a Mauser. For most gun collectors, the era of sporting bolt rifles began with the Mauser 98. I blame the deer for getting behind the brush. Learn how your comment data is processed. I have a Schilling made rifle also in9x57. Gewehr 88 rifles were also used in the Spanish Civil War by both sides. I'm thinking something like 8mm rem mag might even be a possibility. I've shot plenty of mild hand loaded 8 MM. It must be emphasized that these are pre-War figures, and that arms and ammunition made during the War may vary. At the time of adoption, the M/88 "Patrone 7.9 mm" was loaded with a 14.6 g (226 gr) round nose bullet that measured 8.08mm (.318 in) in diameter. /*# sourceMappingURL=https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/chunkCSS/IdCard.ea0ac1df4e6491a16d39_.css.map*/._2JU2WQDzn5pAlpxqChbxr7{height:16px;margin-right:8px;width:16px}._3E45je-29yDjfFqFcLCXyH{margin-top:16px}._13YtS_rCnVZG1ns2xaCalg{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:18px;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex}._1m5fPZN4q3vKVg9SgU43u2{margin-top:12px}._17A-IdW3j1_fI_pN-8tMV-{display:inline-block;margin-bottom:8px;margin-right:5px}._5MIPBF8A9vXwwXFumpGqY{border-radius:20px;font-size:12px;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0;line-height:16px;padding:3px 10px;text-transform:none}._5MIPBF8A9vXwwXFumpGqY:focus{outline:unset} About 5,500 Gewehr and Karabiner 88s were delivered to the Lithuanian Army in 19191920 (granted by Germany and sold by France and the UK). I don't know about shooting threw the brush but personally I just think it would be a cool rifle to own. all it need have is a pilot the diameter of the 8mm lands. FINISH SHOWS ONLY TRACES OF BLUING WITH MOSTLY PATINA COVERED BARE METAL. There were also two carbine versions, the Karabiner 88 for mounted troops and the Gewehr 91 for artillery. It is actually 8.2x56mm. In other words, 46,933 ft. lbs. Guns, hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, good beer and things that make people think. The difficult part would be figuring-out how to rifle it. The original cartridge was limited to about 35,000lbs. 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). provided the existing twist rate worked for the final product. This bolt was straight as in the standard rifle. A Kar 88 barrel is 19" long, so if it is longer than that, it may have been rebarreled. 14th December 2020 gewehr 88 sporter. As shots are fired the clip remains in place until the last round is chambered, at which point it drops through a hole in the bottom of the rifle. LOEWES GEWEHR 88 - C53931 7.92x57mm Mauser; 5% blue, fair bore, good stock, 29'' barrel, MODEL 1888 COMMISSION RIFLE. Lots of them made to sporter standard by many of the best German smiths. Pre-Owned. The old bullet diameter of about .318 inch was increased in 1905 to about .323 inch. Also with a new barrel I may have a little trouble with the barrel jacket issue. [15] These were likely intended for sale in South America, where use of the 757mm cartridge was widespread. I cannot understand how Von Mannlicher name could be associated with the gewehr M1888 since decades. This system was used in almost all Mannlicher designs and derivatives, and while it allows for speedy reloading, it also creates an entry point for dirt. #5937; 8x57 in sporter condition receiver is Erfurt 1890 dated. When I miss, I don't blame the brush for getting in the way. 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. Hoosier Gun Works Online Catalog Not all of our inventory is listed, more coming in Daily RIFLE, AND FULL SIZE SHOT GUN LENGTH SHOTGUN STOCKS LISTED BELOW. The M1888 Gew commission rifle is a Manlicher design and was never produced by Mauser. I have hunted both deer and boar with mine. They may be fine, but what if they're not? The jist of the discussion was using the existing rifeling as a guide. 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