There is also what looks to be a Crown G mark if so, it would indicate the rifle was probably made for export to Sweden, with whom Mauser had a large military contract at the time. A mark underneath the barrel indicates groove size as 8.2mm which would be correct for the 8x57S cartridge for which specs had already been established in 1904 although military adoption did not take place until 1905 the bore and twist marks are correct for the cartridge. The proof marks are the period-correct Crown B and Crown U. ![]() The stock and barrel contours are correct for early production sporters. match, including small parts and stock the rifle is in excellent, complete and unaltered original condition. The Mauser trademark is period-correct all nos. range in the Speed et al book on Mauser sporting rifles. The rifle is a very early production Waffenfabrik Mauser M1898 Sporting Rifle dating to 1904 per the serial no. The previous owner provided an excellent description, as follows: You do not pay Ohio Sales tax if items are shipped out of state.Presented for you today is a high condition example of a Waffenfabrik Mauser M1898 Sporting Rifle, serial number 6867, chambered in 8x57mm. Out of state sales number will be accepted. The buyer must pay Ohio Sales Tax (6.75%) unless exemption is allowed under the laws regulating such tax. They will pack and ship anything, you can call them at 41 or email. Its registration certificate notes its calibre as 6.5x57. He has shot 6.5x55 through it and can verify its working order. He is curious to find out the value of this rifle. For lots we have said will not ship you can contact PAKMAIL located in Perrysburg. My dad has inherited a WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER OBERNDORF A/N 1899 Rifle with consistent 444 crown and serial numbers with a G.F. ![]() If any item(s) are damaged or broken in shipping, contact us immediately and save all packaging material. Stored items are not covered by our insurance and must be stored at the owners risk. We request that you make arrangements for pick up or shipping within 15 days after sale date. Shipped merchandise will carry a fee for packing, handling, postage and insurance. Early rifles were manufactured in Oberndorf, Germany, at the Waffenfabrik Mauser. We will ship and insure items bought according to your wishes. Oberdorf, Germany was the location of Waffenfabrik Mauser AG during the war. We are not shipping items out of country, please contact us about registering to bid if you are outside the US. ![]() We will not be shipping items out of country. If our auctioneer sells an item to a floor bidder, but our clerk sells it to an online bidder thinking they had the bid, the item goes to who the auctioneer had. Please bid quickly, if the auctioneer has a floor bid in house here, goes through his chant/call and says sold as an online bid is being placed, we must sell it to the floor bidder. Only Ohio residents or Federal Firearms License holders will be process modern handgun paperwork at our facility, buyers who live out of state and purchase modern handguns must make arrangements with a local FFL holder so the guns can be shipped. All laws governing the sale of firearms will be strictly enforced. Any such statements are strictly matters of opinion. No statement in descriptions, invoice or elsewhere by any representative of or person in the employment of Old Barn Auction shall be deemed to be a warranty, representation, or assumption of liability with respects to age, condition, size, quality, variety, importance, provenance or historical relevance of any of these items. In publishing this sale Old Barn Auction has endeavored to accurately describe all items being sold but all property herein offered for sale is strictly "as is" and it is the bidder's responsibility to determine exact condition of each item.
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