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GEW 1888 Bolt Action Rifle Imperial German Spandau 1890 Antique No FFL Required
Guns International #: 101846885 Seller's Inventory #:
Category: Military Rifles - German - Antique Rifles - Cartridge
Seller's Information
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Seller: Freedom1234
Member Since: 5/21/17
State: Texas
Zip: 77316
Country: United States
Premium Seller
Number of Active Listings: 166
Total Number of Listings: 550
Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
Payment Types Accepted: Zelle, Cashiers Check, Money Order, Personal Check, Layaway
About Us: This seller is a non FFL licensee and adheres to the ATF rule: “ A non-licensee may mail a shotgun or rifle to a resident of their own state or to a licensee in any state. Antiques excepted. Handguns are not mailable. A common or contract carrier must be used to ship a handgun. ”
Description:
An Imperial German Spandau 1890 Dated GEW 88 Bolt Action Rifle in very good condition with a good bore.
The Gewehr 88, also called the Model 1888 Commission Rifle, was a late 19th-century German bolt action rifle, adopted in 1888. The invention of smokeless powder in the late 19th century immediately rendered all of the large-bore black powder rifles then in use obsolete. To keep pace with the French,who had adopted smokeless powder, small bore Lebel Model 1886 rifle, the Germans adopted the Gewehr 88 using its own new M/88 (Patrone 88) cartridge. It features a distinctive barrel jacket, and uses a 5 round internal magazine fed with a Mannlicher style en bloc clip.
Originally chambered for 7.92mm Patrone 88 ammunition and had a fixed magazine. As with virtually all Gewehr 88 rifles in service, this example was converted to take the 7.92×57mm Mauser S Patrone, and has an S stamped above the chamber, indicating the conversion. The Spitzer-shaped S Cartridge was ballistically superior to the M/88, however the chamber required modification to accept the thicker walled shell casing.
Antique firearms category. Can ship directly to an adult. Proof of age is required, copy of drivers license is fine. Will ship to provided address.
Zelle, cashiers check, money order or personal cherck accepted.
SOLD
Antique: Yes
Rifle Caliber: 7.92x57mm Mauser
Manufacturer: Spandau
Model: 88
Serial Number: 1936
Barrel Length: 29
Condition: Very Good
Metal Condition: Very Good
Wood Condition: Very good
Bore Condition: Good
Action: Bolt Action
Sights: 2050 meter
Manufacture Date: 1890