Gew 98 Value

[Fritziii]

Hey guys, question. What is a good number for a Gew 98 in fair condition, all matched except the bolt, bore is excellent, wood is good with no cracks or chips, blue is about 25-30%, no cleaning rod or sling. It's a Mauser 1916 , not an export rifle. Thanks

Fritz

[Fritziii]

Here are a couple pics of it,

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[Fritziii]

ok one more, shot of the top of receiver.

[Fritziii]

No thoughts? Anyone know of a site to go to on these?

Fritz

[phild]

No thoughts? Anyone know of a site to go to on these?

Fritz

Most collectors will try ( and sometimes succeed) in buying these in this condition for around $350 these days. I would be surprised if you could get any more than $600 and only that by finding the "perfect" buyer.

I am trying to give you a bracket of the common seen value of this, so I would tighten the value down to between about $400 and $500 dollars with the MM bolt and condition (which is not bad) and given that it is a common maker and year.

Those prices are my experience recently although I have certainly seen some folks asking more.

[juoneen]

I agree....depends on who wants it bad enough. They are getting scarcer. I have about 3 of em socked back, but kept matching rifles. Might be better off to hang on to it , as when you aren't as interested in selling , that's when you'll get the better prices. Money is inflated over 10x what its value was in the 60s...so...if you even got 600.today it would be like getting 60. back then,or 350. would be 35. wich was a good price even then for a mismatched gew, I can recall them selling for 25, and 35 . all the times before the 68 GCAct..
The assessment is right on the money,few other factors apply, unless the markings are unusual, so I would do more research to see if the prefix, or other marks add anything on to the value prior to your final decision. Not many are found in much better condition any more, but granted miss matched bolts always ..effect the bottom line.

[Alan Smith]

For what it is worth, I purchased a 1902 dated "SPANDAU" Gew 98 off this Forum towards the end of last year for $350. The bolt is not matched to the gun (but is internally matching). Also, the wood and bands are all matching to each other - but not to the barrel, trigger group, etc. (which all match themselves).

Thus, the rifle appears to be put together principally out of two (2) rifles. Per the big Gew 98 book published in Germany, the markings on the buttplate of this rifle indicate that it was a battlefield salvaged rifle that was reworked at the depot in Hannover then issued back out into the field. I assume that the mis-matched parts originate from this rework process.

While not all matching, the battlefield salvage and German ordnance depot rework aspects of this gun make it very interesting to me and, at $350, I thought a fair price. Plus, a 1902 dated Gew 98 is, in my experience, not one of the more commonly encountered guns. The metal on the 1902 SPANDAU gun cleaned up well and, I believe, is probably a bit nicer than the 1916 Mauser example shown in this thread.

[Col.Klink]

Looks like a decent Gewehr 98. I recently purchased a 1918 Amberg G98 that was re-arsenaled pre-WW2 (with all matching numbers except for the trigger-guard and hand-guard) for $350. PLUS, it had capture papers to go along with it. These rifles are under-appreciated at the moment (compared to K98s anyway), but I think they will increase in value exponentially in the future, so you may want to hold onto it for a bit.

[Fritziii]

Thanks guys! This is the first G98 I've ever had so I was not up to speed on values with these, you just don't see them that often.

Fritz

[byf45]

I have seen matching gew 98 go as hi as $1000.00