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loumaus, thanks for the info! i looked at every pic i could find of these guns and nothing matched. from what i've read here, the sauer ones were built a little better than others.. too bad it's a paperweight now. thanks again!

Bob, to tell you the truth i turned on the flash and took a pic lol. but seriously i'm no photographer and i don't know the first thing about how to change the settings on my camera. under "picture info" it says" f2.8,1/60,0.0ev, iso80,best, flash fired. hope this helps! the camera is a kodak dx6490.

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in a previous post i asked about a 98 that had gone through a fire. i've decided to make a wall hanger out of the poor thing and in the process of cleaning the rust and soot off of it on the wire wheel, i've come across some markings on the barrel and reciever. i've been searching the archives on this site and checking every link i can to try and decipher what these codes mean. on the reciever there are what appears to be 2 letters in some kind of script that i'm guessing is old german. these symbols are also present on the barrel though the serials are different. the nazi proof marks are present and have not been peened.on top of the reciever is the number "43" i'm guessing that was the year of manufacture. from what i've learned from this site, it appears to be a russian capture due to the "x" on the reciever. also almost none of the serial numbers match. i have no intentions of this being anything but a show piece but it would still be neat to know some of the history behind it. i know these clues are vague and i'm going to try to post some pics as soon as i figure it out. thanks!

anybody know where i can get a surplus 98 mauser stock? i acquired the gun a few days back. it went through a vehicle fire, it got hot enuff to burn off all traces of the existing stock and also warped the barrel. i think it might make a nice wall hanger. i can still see the nazi proof marks and stampings. obviously i don't need anything too pretty, just something to make it look like a gun again. i've checked through various parts suppliers websites, and they all seem to be "out of stock" any ideas? thatnk.. Chad