Help W/Value on Gewehr 1915

[Vans Crew 303rd]

Ok this in My rifle, Gewehr Mauser Oberndorf 1915 S/N 47**. ALL 4 digit S/N in the reported places match, with no visible S/N on outside stock. Last 2 digits of S/N in all the reported places match, except the cleaning rod witch is different. Prussian hallmarks on the receiver and the bolt top flat. did not remove anything to look under anything for any other S/N's.
Does not look like This rifle has been reworked, rebuilt, rebluied, and remarked by anyone at anytime. No after/ending WW1 marking's or other conflict markings. It seem to be an original piece without the cleaning rod. included are 3 bad pic's but you get the idea.
Is this a War rifle or a hunting rifle? it is beat up a bit, seen better days and I think a war piece. Idea's, thought's, and maybe value's? please help.

 

[Scorch]

You have a standard Gewehr 1898. If it is marked on the receiver front ring with a date, that is the date of manufacture of the rifle. If there are no marks on the stock, it was possibly stored and not issued, many/most units would stamp the stock for identification. After the 1918 Treaty of Versailles went into effect, many of these rifles were dismantled and refitted with shorter barrels and stocks, and different sights.

 

[Maxem0815]

Well it has value as a piece of history dollar value is about $200.00 on today's market. These guns were sold after the fall of the soviet union in the 90's for $50.00 to $75.00 and came from wearhouses inside East Germany.

Mace
Happiness is a Belt Fed Weapon and lots of ammo

 

[PzGren]

Well it has value as a piece of history dollar value is about $200.00 on today's market. These guns were sold after the fall of the soviet union in the 90's for $50.00 to $75.00 and came from wearhouses inside East Germany.

Strange that I missed the offering of those G98 rifles from East Germany in the 90s! At that time I was still collecting Mausers and remember 98 Mausers from Turkey and several Balkan states being imported. The Turkish rifles, especially the Turkish manufactured guns were sold in that price bracket but no original German Gewehre 98.

Third Reich Germany did not have any 8x57IS after the treaty of Versailles and in the 1930 all rifles were kind of standardized as carbines for military use.

To my knowledge East Germany did not sell any military rifles ( all their AK47s, AK74s, SKSs were scrapped after Turkey declined an offer to receive them for free ), only police handguns like the Makarovs and P08 Vopo versions, Stechkins and 5.45mm PSM(?) were sold.


Vans Crew,
check if there is an importer's mark on the gun. Usually they were marked on the front of the barrel. The absence of one will increase the value and collectability.

 

[IZZY]

It was Russia in need of cash that sold stockpiled Karabiner 98's.

And a re-arsenaled one could be bought for under 200 in the late 90's, I even saw a Turkish Mauser w/ zero blue but a good bore for 40 dollars at a gun show...should have picked it up...

Ah the days of yore.