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Military Barrel Identification Help

FoxHound0985FoxHound0985 Member Posts: 7 ✭✭
edited October 2007 in Ask the Experts
Please help me identify this barrel. Marked on the underside is a (german) eagle along with 3 other markings that I cannot identify. Near the breech threads it is marked 7,9x (I cannot make out the last #). There is a marking on the underside that looks like "BU 179 S" and the serial # is 7162. The long range site is set for up to 2000 meters(?). It measures 29 inches in length. A .35 remington cartridge fits perfectly in the breech. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Fox


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Comments

  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It fits a Gew 98, Standard German rifle of WWI.

    Addendum: I forgot to mention it is 8x57 Mauser. Nominal diameter is 7.9mm and it uses the .323 bullet.
  • FoxHound0985FoxHound0985 Member Posts: 7 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thank you for the info. Do you know where I could get a stock and receiver to try and restore it? Thanks again.

    Fox
  • FatstratFatstrat Member Posts: 9,147
    edited November -1
    "The Shotgun News" might be a good start. Every milsurp importer/parts vendor in the country runs ads there.
  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You may find that aquiring original pre-1918 Imperial German stocks and other parts to be quite expensive and somewhat difficult. I only recently (last week) aquired a stock I had been searching for for 26 years. No kidding!
  • MIKE WISKEYMIKE WISKEY Member Posts: 10,029 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    your barrel isn't in the 'best' condition and probably isn't worth the work to build a rifle with (you didn't say what the bore cond. is like). That said, if you do want to rebuild it the easyest way is the find a 'bubbadised' ww 1 rifle and start there. the stock (unaltered) will be the hard part to find.
  • 1KYDSTR1KYDSTR Member Posts: 2,361 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That could also be a Peruvian 09 barrel, but with the German proofs all over the place it likely is a GEW. If unsure, check the end of the barrel with a 7mm bullet. If it goes in up to the beginning of the neck, it's and 8mm. If it lodges part way up the bullet it's a 7x57. Redoing the gun would be at best daunting. If you want one look fir a WWII rebuild of a GEW with the tangent sight S/42 model. The originals are very expensive indeed.
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