Guns International Advertising Policy is the 1 Gun Classified website that brings gun buyers and gun brokers or sellers together through classifed advertising of guns, gun related items and services for sale online. If you have any questions regarding this item, you should contact the Seller before bidding. This is the date that the rifles were inventoried and released to the German military by the Allied Arms Control Commission set up under the treaty of Versailles. German Mauser Erfurt 8mm Bolt Action Rifle Mfd 1920 C&R Ok - 10864111 Buyer Tip: Seller assumes all responsibility for listing this item.
Most have their original receiver markings plus an issue date of 1920, (and rarely 1921). Dubbed Waffen Werke Brünn, or Weapons Works Brno, the factory was soon making gently modified Vz.24s and Vz.33s for the German war effort as the Vz.24(t) and G33/40, respectively, while preparing to make K98k series guns as well. Erfurt Kar 98 8mm Mauser for sale online. Modified Gew98 Rifles in the post Imperial period The modified Gew.98’s are easily identified. Just an estimated 5,300 were delivered to the border guard.įollowing the annexation of Czechoslovakia as a result of an ill-fated appeasement campaign by Britain and France, the rifle works at Brno came under new management. 3 1/2-10x42 vari x 3 Leupold jeweled bolt Ruston barrel rib.
This yielded a handy carbine that, with lightening cuts, tipped the scales at just over 7 pounds while keeping the same 7.92mm Mauser round, internals, nomenclature, and manual of arms as the Czech military's standard infantry rifles.įirst ordered in May 1934, just 25,311 Vz.33s were produced by early 1939, according to the Czech Military History Institute in Prague, with most of those going to the country's police forces. 6' of pitting on under side of barrel in front of forend. By comparison, this is about the same length as the Ruger Mini-14. Using a 19.4-inch barrel, the overall length of the Vz.33 was just 39.4 inches long. This rifle became the main German battle rifle of World War II, and was exported by the Germans to several other countries. Made for the Czech border guard and national police forces, which did not require a full-sized rifle, the Brno Vz.33 was short-lived. The K-98k is a bolt action rifle that was built on the Model 98 system in the 8mm Mauser caliber.