anyone who knows this type of german snipergun?

[kriegserinnerungen]

Hi,
does anyone know which type of german gun this is?

http://www.thirdreichforum.com/phpBB2/v ... php?t=8724

Greetz

KD

[A-Bomb]

Got me stumped on that one.

[Panzer Gunner]

Could it be of Kreighoff manufacture? Doesn't look like Mauser to me!

[Fred]

I think it is a Manlicher(a civil verson).

[Nimble1]

It looks to be a commercial grade Mauser with a "spoon handle" bolt handle.This style of bolt handle was common on sporters. Look at the rear of the bolt and the stok lug to identify it as a Mauser.

Tom

[Panzer Gunner]

Or... Maybe it's a J.P. Sauer & Sohn?

[aardvark]

it is a m98 action for sure and the rear sight look life the standard military Mauser sight.The barrel has one step in it so it is probably a military barrel,the barrel is also quite long[maybe 29 inches].If you look by the back telescope mount there appears to be the thumb cutout found on military Mausers.The rest of the gun look like a sporting gun but I think it has been converted from a military rifle[maybe an old G98 ].

[Fred]

It could be a Miller und Greiss hunting rifle!?/Fred.

[WaffenSS27]

Its definitely a Mauser, just look at the thumb cutout and the rear sight.

[Von_Mannteufel]

it's probably a hunting rifle from steyr, dunno, only thing that is quite certain that it was a hunting rifle.

[aardvark]

Not to start a fight, but it started life as a military rifle.the stepped barrel and the thumb cut[use for loading with stripper clips] were never used on sporting arms.Who sporterised it is the question, it could be a gun that was sold to a officer, who had a gunsmith rework it. As far as I know the Germans only used sporting weapons for snipers during WWI.I also have never seen another rifle like this used by the WM or SS. I think it was a privately owned weapon put to military use once again.

[kriegserinnerungen]

Aardvark, I think you're correct. I own the negatives from this guy, who was a waffenfeldwebel. He just loved weapons, and he is seen with different german and captured russian weapons... This sniper rifle was his, and I guess this was also his front-line weapon...