#German mauser rifle sale plus#

Interestingly, the rear sight is marked S/42G indicating this was manufactured by Mauser Werke AG, Oberndorf in 1935 & intended for an early Kar98k. On the receiver ring is the classic commercial Mauser banner, leading to these also commonly being call the вЂBanner MauserвЂ™. This particular rifle bears all of the correct commercial proof marks including the Crown over the U & the Crown on N, indicating it is Nitro proofed. It is known that many Standard ModellвЂ™s ended up with the military, mainly Waffen SS as the SS continued to have conflict with the traditional military with regard to weapons acquisition although this rifle does not appear to be one of these. As on 21 June 1935, the Karabiner 98k was officially adopted to replace the Rifle 98 & Carbine 98b in the German Wehrmacht. The Standard Modell was produced for only a limited time before Hitler gave the world a surly display of two fingers, rejected the Treaty of Versailles altogether, geared up the war machine & gave up any effort at stealth. In вЂBackbone of the WehrmachtвЂ™ it is formally acknowledged after the war by former Mauser senior management that large numbers of the Standard Modell made their way directly to the SA & SS.

It must also be remembered that even though they were legitimately ordered by вЂthe governmentвЂ™, the government was the NSDAP (Nazi Party) who wanted their paramilitary organizations armed. As they were not able to source firearms through official procurement channels, SA district commanders purchased direct from Mauser Oberndorf to equip their members but often with some difficulty. The SA was the Nazi PartyвЂ™s original paramilitary wing whose methods of violent intimidation played a key role in Adolf HitlerвЂ™s rise to power & who after the вЂNight of the long knivesвЂ™ were replaced by the SS.

#German mauser rifle sale plus#

Mauser were making Standard Modell rifles for export to China & South America plus secretly, the various regional High Commands of the SA.

LetвЂ™s face it, commercial rifles donвЂ™t need a bayonet lug! This was no coincidence & definitely the government preparing the German arms industry for mass production of the K98 with the added benefit of getting these rifles into the hands of the Nazi Party. The arming of the postal service was an official government Act, effectively arming them with the exact same rifles intended for the Wehrmacht. As part of HitlerвЂ™s rearmament program which started around this time, the Standard Modell was also ordered for official issue to the German Postal Service to вЂguard postal offices & rail cars during riotsвЂ™. In 1935, the Standard Modell had further improvements which made it identical to the K98k which was the idea with the re-armament intentions of Nazi Germany commencing. The вЂStandard ModellвЂ™ was MausersвЂ™ interwar attempt to remain commercially viable & compete with their version of the вЂModel 1924вЂ™ being offered by Czech & Belgian manufacturers selling to China & South America & was the acknowledged forerunner to the famed Kar98k. These rifles rarely come onto the Australian collector market, let alone in this condition! Recently imported direct from Germany in our latest consignment is this rare & hard to find pre-WW2 Mauser Standard Modell in original mint condition.