Mauser Gew1898 Conservation and Checkout: Anvil 0134 

That super zoomed in quiet bit with the bolt catch was great and especially the 👍 made me laugh out loud

Seriously, he's just the classic shop teacher. They don't make em like you anymore sir

20:16 “the perception of competence is intoxicating to my customers” I’m going to have to use that line 😂

I believe the pleasure is all ours , watching such a consummate professional at work , thank you again Mark

The 2 digit numbers on 'most' of the parts are the last 2 of the serial number. Nice work! I have an all matching Gew 98 from 1917. I had to 're-tip' the striker and the stock was broken through at the mortice for the cleaning rod nut. I bored both pieces to 5/8" and inserted an aluminum 'dowel'. It's only visible is you drop the cleaning rod nut out to reveal a shiny aluminum mortice. I love bring these old pieces back to life.

This was incredible! Seeing a master at work and so effortlessly restore this beautiful piece back was such a joy to watch. That’s decades of experience and wisdom imparted on a video of one hour length. Watching fine artists and craftsmen who has decades of honing their skills behind them is art in itself. Thank you Mark. That was incredibly educational, and entertaining :). LOL at the 400m demonstration. Henry from 9-hole reviews channel may have a word about that though hahahaha. That dude has eagle eyes!

So what you're saying is, the 24-hour Mauser 98 firing pin store _is_ open

If I may quote The Firesign Theater, "Always nice to see you operate, Doctor". Thanks Mark.

Nothing beats watching Mark during one of his conservation videos while having my first cup of coffee in the morning! Especially when I have Turkish Mauser in the back of my gun safe needing conservation. It was imported back in the late 50's or early 60's and is completely covered in cosmoline waiting to be brought back to life.

i know its much more time Consuming to do this work and film at the same time. Thank you mark for doing all the extra work. just to bring us along and teach us as well. Thank you.

Hi Mark! don't have guns myself but I am very interested in them and I just have to say, you are one of the most interesting gunsmiths I have found on youtube, you are not only easy to understand, you are also very thorough in your description, which makes you very interesting to watch and the best of all is that when you are done the weapons they are not destroyed, good job keep it up, mvh Mike from Sweden.

A short piece of advice: on every gun with a known barrel obstruction put a gun lock and a tag describing the problem i.e. "barrel obstruction. do not fire".

The perception of competence is intoxicating to your viewers too. 😛 It’s better to be lucky than good, but it’s amazing how often the good get lucky.😊

Fantastic show n' tell. Very well explained. And "the 400m visibility" example is high value for most ppl who haven't tried it themselves. Mauser knew what he did

"He's hitting a historical gun with a hammer!" 🤣🤣🤣 Boy, if that historical gun could tell us about how many skulls it smashed open and how many doors it was used to bust open, it would make their head spin. Weapons of war, made to survive literal explosions. I think you were too kind to it Mark. 😸 I slam my guns HARD with the mallet before I trust them.

Another amazing conservation, Mark. Bravo!

"it's better to be lucky than good" Tell that to Eagles fans.

Well, there you go. There's no substitute for experience. I particularly appreciate your descriptions of some unsafe mods that some people have done. That was fun to watch - and I love the cigar.

Excellent work Mark, please do a follow up where you counter bore the jacked up muzzle. And let’s us see ya shoot it!!

This channel is just very satisfying when you're chilling on the couch or working on some annoying thing

Always waiting on the next great video from mark. I’m glad it was an hour long. Cracked open my knob creek 9, pack my tobacco pipe and just watched the mad professor perform magic

Found your channel ....Learned a lot about the Mauser, Thanks ... I have two 1895s The first one is all matching numbers with cleaning rod and real clean, 95% of bluing and the stock is in good shape, shoots 3 inch group at 300 yrds. The second is just a barrel and action, short barrel. The action and bolt are good, but the barrel is wore out, it will need to be refitted with a new one. The good Mauser is my bugout rifle, because if it survived WW1 and WW2 it should make it through WW3 and the 7x57 round is still around.

Mark Ive fooled around with arms from 1890 to 1955 many military and many had a counter bored muzzle about 1 inch deep. I have a 1896 Krag and a SA M1 Grand with counter bored barrel that hit a 18 inch gong at 300 Yds. YOU DID A GREAT JOB...WELL DONE SIR.

It's not pitting, it's . . . celestial engraving.

per oregon state university research: bleach does not kill mold on wood, its just a noxious surfactant. vinegar was the right choice.

What an absolute GORGEOUS piece of history. Great job. All that mud that was on there.... I wonder how much came from the trenches in WW!?

several years ago I bought a Mauser from Mitchell's Mausers with a certificate indicating it was a "collectors grade", after several days of cleaning out the cosmoline, I discover the barrel was completely rusted out! So much for Mitchell's Mausers and their collectors grade rifles

I love the calm and care that is taken in all the work steps. You can clearly see the immense experience gained from the one or two unintentional scratches over the years.

I always appreciate the HOW TO and DON'T DOs dialog that goes with the watching lessons. Great looking results. Thanks

What a beautiful, & historically important piece. So few have made 110 years plus unmolested. I can only hope the muzzle counterboring went problem free & that it was fit for another century of use.

When i see Mark smoking a cigar , i have flashback to the movie "Independence day" with Will Smith. As he say,s " Not Until The Fat Lady Sings" . Super great job again Mark, I Like your skills so much

The Adeptus Mechanicus approves your use of the fragrant smoke to appease the Machine Spirit

Great timing on this video! I’m just finishing a conservation project on a 1937 war pickup rifle. I’m ready to check all the points to see if it is safe to shoot. Thank you for the great information!

Excellent restoration so far, cant wait for part 2

Always a pleasure to watch you conserve a piece of history and pick up some tips. Amazing how well the bluing came back after boiling. Thanks.

The firing pin is numbered to the bolt and should be welded. Many were ground before being sold the the public by state auction. This gun was likely not fired since capture.

Having pulled a couple of these apart and conserved them really makes me appreciate the engineering of this action. No wonder so many were made and continue to be used even to this day. Also, love the ski ramp rear sights, I wonder what kind of testing and calc's went into setting the range gradients.

Thanks for the ride! One of my favorite channels. I always get excited to see you have a new video.

I recently did the conservation on my own 98. Mine 98 was in better shape than this gun and turned out beautifully. I had to hand this one on the wall of my shop with the bayonet attached. Great video as always. Thanks.

The firing pin is clipped. Very common on war bond sold rifles. One of my Gew 98’s has a repaired clipped firing pin. Excellent video as always Mark.

Professional from start to finish.

Thank you sir for sharing another enjoyable video with outstanding content keep up the awesome work six stars

I wish from any Genie/Toothfairy/Santa Clause/Easter Bunny that I would be so luck to find something like this in a barn, attic, garage, etc... (I don't care if it is a wallhanger)

Super Nice Save I really enjoy thease videos I own 5 Yugo Masuers 3 48 types and 2 m1924s that I bought along time ago and have not shot this year for 1 of them all of the bores are mirrors plus 10 m91/30s when they were cheap plus some American service Rifles plus the modern stuff keep up the outstanding work Sir

My grandfather loved his german 7x57 mauser. He always said it was a 2 lug design with a rear safety lug. That it was only there for case of failure to front lugs in explosion. It hopefully didn't blow bolt out in ur face. Rear lug would still hopefully hold it in the receiver!

Great work for the most part. Always enjoy watching. I will say this is not a conservation, this is in fact a restoration. Big difference.

My favorite holidays in order are: whenever mark posts videos, Christmas, and thanksgiving

Thank you so much Mark! I have learned a good deal from your presentations over the years.

Excellent content, great information as always. Thanks bunches for all you do..

You guys the most awesome pieces in!

Di-hydrogen monoxide! Just lovely! 🤣 That's the stuff they use in big airliners to make chemtrails! 😂

Thank you for showing us your fantastic work.

Excellent, reminded me of every thing I did wrong with my first military Mauser. It was many moons ago.

Wow, I always learn something new every time I watch you. Thanks

Always love a good barn find. Its amazing what a bit of maintenance can do.

This Is what I like Mark, a good video that makes me feel good about a decent old gun.

As much as it would hurt Uber collection value. Back bore jobs are sometimes needed for rust at the crown, cleaning rod grooves or something else. Arsenals did it back when these were still pretty 'newish', value to a collection wasn't considered for a rifle that was meant to put bullets in the enemy for the fatherland. Yes, now more than a century later. Pieces like this one are as rare as honest politicians as far as being unmolested and complete. For those that need nothing but a good cleaning, those are nearly all gone but the odd unicorn is out there still. Numbers say so because of how many hundreds of thousands to millions of rifles made. But just facts, they're getting harder to come by because a lack of maintenance. A lack of knowledge, grand kids and great grand kids not wanting "Grandpa's old junk' and throwing it away or giving to police to be cut up. Should every old gun be brought back to firing condition? Ideally, yes. Reality? No. Some will be parts for others, some are just too far gone to be anything close to safe. Further, just because it's old doesn't mean it is valuable. Rocks are old, but not that valuable within exceptions.

Project Farm did a good test on penetrating oils AND the ATF/acetone mix. The mix didn't do so well, while Liquid Wrench and Kroil were at the top (which I now use as my go-to penetrants). I used to use PBlaster, but found that the others worked/crept on threads better (auto mechanic, lotsa rusty stuff lol)

Thats a beautiful piece Mark.... I don't care what anybody says, you sir, are an artist.

Impressive result and perfect conservation.

Very well done. I had a 1944 '98 Mauser as my short range rifle for many years, happy years.

Very informative. The rifle came out great. Thanks Mark.

Wow what a find. something tells me that rifle was a war prize from the 1st world war, and not cleaned since. It's in good hands now

I own the excellent French book "Mai 40" which is a photographic chronicle of the Battle Of France. People think the Heer were rocking MP40s, K98s and MG34s. The truth is that large numbers of them from the infantry, MP battalions and ORPO still had long G98s and they man packed MG08s in to seize control of roads, bridges and junctions in urban centres. The more familiar kit from later in the war was largley absent. 9:45

I suspect that mud is decades of dust buildup while it stood on its buttplate in an outbuilding.

yay...I have a number of these which I preserve . so exited to see your video and get some new ideas. many thanks

This was a beautiful video. I've always wanted a Mauser

For the danish oil that you use, is it dark walnut? Could see the brand just fine, but not the lower part of the can. Great video as always. Cheered me up when I saw it last night and knew it would good great with coffee in the AM. I had a K98 that I bought in good condition aside from pretty horrific rust under the butt plate. Love taking the older guns apart for a good, careful cleaning. Never had an 1898 but always admired that rear sight.

Another piece of historical art saved. Thank you for sharing.

My first NDCC issue rifle was an M-1903, this brings back memories.

Working on a rust-covered RTI Mannlicher 1888/90 right now: when I first got the stock off and aaw that undamaged rust blue beneath the woodline I nearly cried.

Another fantastic job thanks for sharing

Thanks for doing this video. I only wish I had seen it back in the 70's when I did my '98. I got most things right but was too much of a coward to take off the Unit Disc and the lower sling swivel back then, but the rest I got right. I will do that now and that way it will be properly done. I run mine in our local Vintage Arms Shoots with 200 gr Matchkings and N150 Powder. The trigger is stock and smooth with a heavy second stage. The gun is quite a conversation piece. I replaced the original barrel (bulged) with a Lothar Walthar 'drop in'. The original 400 meter sight settings mean that I am really high at 200 yards and still clip the top of the target at 300. Aiming low is hard with the stock sights and I think I will replace the front sight with a higher one. I bought one of the Brownell's replacement sights but am not happy with the profile of it. Not even close to the original. I was looking at a piece of 1/2 x 1/2 bar stock for another project and got inspired to make my own replacement. I just have to do some calculations on angle/height, etc. If you are going to replace the barrel and make a decent shooter, go for a really high quality 'match' type. You won't be sorry about getting a few extra points during a match. If you do want to shoot this rifle, please bear in mind that the sights are not really great and you will have to do work really hard to hit anything past 300 yards.

Wow, what a video! Awesome work. Thanks.

Very interesting and enjoyable. Thanks, Mark

Very good content Sir. Thanks for sharing this information. Best Wishes and Godspeed.

I love the conservation videos!

Mauser actions tickle my soul ❤

I have one just like it, it's in way better shape, the only thing I had to do (per instructions of your video) was to repair the duffle cut. It's a great shooter!

Very nice work . 125% correct on the mussel bore . Nice call on counter boring the mussel 125 %

another masterpiece of a video. thank you.

The perception of competence is intoxicating😂😂

Great video. Love the old stuff with character

a really great and informative video.

quality workmanship.

I've always wondered why the 1903 dropped the bolt removal lever. My grandfather left me one each of a 1903 and a K98, and they're practically identical actions except for that feature.

I have a Gew 98 just like this. I think its a 1915. Perfect bore too. However when I boiled and carded it, I found that there was beautiful blue beneath the wood, but absolutely nothing above. The old tale of Bubba and abrasives. I'll do a rust blue on it at some point...

wow amazing video so much i didnt know, im really new to gunsmithing i cant do much and these give me a lot of info

As a man that owns the accent at 44:20 I appreciate this reMark!

love the videos man

beautiful. what a final show that came out as. pity about that bit of bore at the end but at least it's salvageable with a small surgery.

oh wow, when I was doing a restoration of a CZ24, I thought there was something wrong with the trigger/sear/striker because I could see it moving so much when I was squeezing through the trigger. Good to know it's supposed to do that lol

Thank you Mark!

Well done Sir!

I can't wait to see the counterbore video 🎉

Always the best🙏

What an awesome preservation! 🇦🇺🍺🍺

The two numbers you dee on the ancillary parts; screws trigger husrd butt plate etc., are the last two digits of serial . My 1915 Kornbush and Sons G98, all parts carry the last digits of serial number, with exception if firing pin, which was replaced when I received from grandparents house.

Deeper the better I say, cheers brother. ✌🇦🇺

Thanks for the great video!!!