However, this rifle soon had to be converted to fire the new Spitzer round that Germany adopted after the turn of the century. Lothar walther, Douglas and Shilen make barrels and I'm sure most other reknowned makers do too. Its a model 1888 German Commission rifle. How can I get the barrel rebored for 9.3 bullets? Kyle you're fooling with a weapon contrived in black powder era and obselete by WW 1. In response the German Army's Rifle Testing Commission developed the Gewehr 88 which was adopted for service in 1888. These in 7.92x57i. Check out the original cartridge box on the 2nd page. That said, it sounds like you are adamant about using the 88 as a basis for a sporter. [12] Ethiopean rifles (some ex-UVF rifles also found their way there) also saw action during the East African Campaign. Ahlwardt accused Loewe of being a spy for France, and denounced the rifle as a Judenflinte ("Jews' musket"). Gew 88's were re-serialized by the army capturing them in some rare cases (i.e. for the pointed nose. 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. Small quantity made just after WW1 for commercial consumption until 1921 when Danzig factory was disma .Click for more info Seller: David Condon, Inc. Area Code: 540 Also with a new barrel I may have a little trouble with the barrel jacket issue. For purposes of comparison, the official Mauser specifications on the two cartridges and on the Gew. Inter-war Germany used Gewehr 88 rifles only for the militia. But, as Bilurey said, getting someone to do the work could be problematic at best. Amberg GEW 88 Commision Mauser rifle. Learn how your comment data is processed. We get these ideas, don't let anything stop us, and spend an amazing amount of time and effort trying very hard to produce what we've imagined. STOCK IS IN GOOD CONDITION SHOWING DINGS, SCRATCHES. ), autos, models, woodcarving. Americans who would not think of using a low number Springfield 1903 with modern ammunition, will unhesitatingly so use this old German type which was built while our Army was still using black powder single shot rifles! Guns, hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, good beer and things that make people think. PRE-WW2 1919 GERMAN MAUSER M98 1898 GEWEHRFABRIK DANZIG COMMERCIAL SPORTING RIFLE 8X57 OR 8X57JS. you may not have the rifle forever, so some forethought as to if your kids might shoot the gun someday might skew your build details. And why, when Model 95s are prized by collectors, are Haenel-Mannlichers all but forgotten except for a few devotees of early custom rifles? The compression of the bolt lugs, their seats and the removable bolt head, require headspace attention they seldom get. Modern hunters make statements like I always blast away at 1,000 yards as it eliminates that sneaking up bit some people call hunting Spoken like a true slob modern hunter. Made in 1891 so this is an antique, no FFL/transfer needed. I can't imagine that it would be easy, but Americans were making accurate rifles before 1800 - I bet you could do it too! It's waiting to be finished and D&Ted. A lot of the older Gewehr/Karabiner 88 sporters were purpose built by CG Haenel. Kyle, Nice commercial 88 sporting rifle they were manufactured until right after WW1. We're also planning on running streams this week for Shot Show so keep an eye out. In the beginning of the 20th century China bought for a second time a large number of original Gewehr 88 rifles. Many were converted to employ the Mauser-type box magazine. Later models provided for loading with stripper clips (Gewehr 88/05s and Gewehr 88/14s) and went on to serve in World War I to a limited degree. Anyone know what TYSKT is, though? The rifle has an odd appearance as the entire 'floating' barrel is encased in a sheet metal tube for protection, but with the tube removed the rifle looks rather modern. C.G. Kyle, Send me your name & address so I can take out some insurance on you. 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These arent like the military Gewehr 88s where you can get by shooting regular 8x57js. TH 88MauSporter 154 31 Sergeant Feb 06, 2016 #3 Certainly enjoy the 1888 sporters like yours. ._3K2ydhts9_ES4s9UpcXqBi{display:block;padding:0 16px;width:100%} Your supposed to have a clear shot, not shoot through brush. 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 Gewehr 1888 is a further development of the receiver and bolt of the Gewehr 1871 combined with a Mannlicher magazine. The idea was to devise some sort of 'button' / cutter that could. The European sporters are generally worth as much as a non-modified rifle. 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. It may not display this or other websites correctly. ._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4{width:100%}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4:hover ._31L3r0EWsU0weoMZvEJcUA{display:none}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4 ._31L3r0EWsU0weoMZvEJcUA,._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4:hover ._11Zy7Yp4S1ZArNqhUQ0jZW{display:block}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4 ._11Zy7Yp4S1ZArNqhUQ0jZW{display:none} For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. The 8.08mm (.318 in) bullet diameter however remained unchanged. 06-02-2016, 06:47 PM. Beautiful. It was designed by the German Army's Rifle Testing Commission, and combined elements of Mauser and Mannlicher rifle design. Nice website of John Robb's M1888/05. do yourself a favor and buy a Turk mauser (k.Kale if you can) for about a hundred bucks and shoot it. This began by adapting a Swiss design, resulting in the Patrone 88 or M/88 of 1888, an 8mm rimless "necked" cartridge (bullet diameter 8.08mm/.318 in) loaded with an 8.08mm (.318 in) 14.6 g (226 gr) round-nose bullet propelled by a single-base smokeless powder. HONORS [+] Ribbon graphics not necessarily indicative of actual historical campaign ribbons. Rifle is in excellent shape, bore is bright and clean. 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. It depends on if it is a model used on German sniper rifles. I blame the deer for getting behind the brush. The Gewehr 88 was also sometimes made into very elegant sporting rifles by gunsmiths in Germany. Part of the production run was exported to China (see lower) or Latin America (for example Brazil army use them in War of Canudos in 18961897). Conversion of ex military rifle to half stocked sporting gun by Hollis & Sons. Gewehr 88/05 rifles were also used by Yugoslavia,[6] Czechoslovakia (for example as modified guard shotgun),[7] and Poland. For this reason the Gewehr 88 is also known as the "commission rifle," or "reichsgewehr". The first importer of Haenel-Mannlichers was Oscar Hesse of New Jersey, who began bringing them into the U.S. in 1894. To keep pace with the French (who had adopted smokeless powder "small bore" ammunition for their Lebel Model 1886 rifle) the Germans adopted the Gewehr 88 using its own new Patrone 88 cartridge, which was also designed by the German Rifle Commission. 3d 17h left (Mon, 06:45 PM) +$35.00 shipping Sponsored Gewehr 1888 (Gew88) Commission Rifle Stock - Project/Restoration Piece Brand New $250.00 or Best Offer +$30.95 shipping 10 watchers Sponsored 1 GEW 88 gew 88/05 commission rifle barrel 8mm mauser Good shape $80.00 Buy It Now The German sporting rifle cartridge for the 1888 is known as the 857 rimless. The actual caliber is commonly about 7.9 mm, that being the usual German War Office designation for the old M. This article appeared in the 2016 Gun Digest annual. A 9.3 x 57 would be a VERY cool large mammal thumper. I don't know about shooting threw the brush but personally I just think it would be a cool rifle to own. Golf and guns (but cattle pay the bills)

And I'm still waiting for my well to come in, guns (duh, ya think? The front band served also as sight guard. I planned on doing more research if I did plan to do it. A Kar 88 barrel is 19" long, so if it is longer than that, it may have been rebarreled. China first bought Gewehr 88 rifles for the First Sino-Japanese War in 18941895 and after that started production of the unlicensed Hanyang 88 copy. Sponsored. 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Your supposed to have a clear shot, not shoot through brush. I'll probably keep one in the original 8x57 but I don't see why you couldn't do something like 30-06. Making the world a better place to live in. If you're going to reload and be buried with it, maybe. It would be safer to poke a crack whore bear skinned that to put an 06 in a 88. If it was me I'd buy a nice Lothar Walther contoured barrel and consider myself WAY ahead of the game. These rifles should never be used for any other commercialy available cartridge. Do you think it would be possible for me to convert it to 9.3 myself using CNC machines? ; Greece/Turks) or/and when they were re-barrelled. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Everything good and modern occurred after that, they believe, and nothing much before. Any links to barrels I could consider for this project? Sporterized Gewehr 88? One like yours one with a claw mounts scope. When Germany replaced the 88 with the Gewehr 98, many of the rifles were given to Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire during World War I because both states had a shortage of rifles (however, it was used extensively by the Turkish Army even through the 1930s and 1940s). This website uses cookies for functionality, analytics and advertising purposes as described in our. Sometimes you get close enough that it's really satisfying which only makes the addiction stronger! The stock has a small repair behind the rear tang screw. In 1903, the Germany Army adopted a new service cartridge that fired lighter bullets measuring 8.20mm (.323 in) in diameter. [13], China also used this rifle extensively during the Qing dynasty and the Republican era. From then on, many Gewehr 88 rifles were rechambered to fire the new 1903 pattern 7.9257mm Mauser cartridge becoming Gewehr 88 S rifles. and now, have fun! 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