Just received a call from my dealer that they have received the new paperwork and to come in and sign...will be doing that tomorrow.
My dealer is in Gettysburg PA.
Can't speak to where you hunt, but a10 round capacity is a no-go for hunting where I live. That is a heavy rifle to hump around... there are innumerable options that will accomplish the general parameters you have set out. I would refine your requirements and re-evaluate.
Arsenal replacement, probably not. The notch cut into the stock for the bolt handle is an important feature to look at.
Lets put forth a premise...say the rifle was restocked at Springfield, and subsequently went through additional refurbishment at Raritan Arsenal and Rock Island Arsenal...the...
Amberg only produced 300,000 Mauser Gewehr 98 and Karabiner 98az firearms, the fewest of the Imperial Arsenals.
I personally would only purchase it with the paint removed. That thick paint can hide a load of flaws that would increase your total project cost to remedy. As I stated in a DM to...
EB is Elmer Bjerke, foreman of small arms inspection at Rock Island Arsenal from 1947-1958.
The RA-P stamp is from Raritan Arsenal and is unrelated to the Frank J Atwood final inspection stamp on the stock. The stock was sanded, and the Raritan Arsenal stamp, the ordnance escutcheon and Rock...
I think your rifle has a Springfield stock. HRA stocks have a bit of a shelf under the receiver heel. The two rifles on the left are HRA. The proof for HRA M1 rifles should be non-serif P in a circle
Some were blued during the Weimar era... never painted. Looks like it was converted to a 98M with a tangent sight.
If the stock has the original butt plate, check for a number in the middle of the plate...that is the mark of the WW1 era rebuild facility. Weimar proofs will be on the receiver...
That statement is factually correct now... in the past the CMP and the DCM sold original rifles that somehow avoided service use requiring rebuild. I have one DCM rifle that is an all original 1.86 and I have numerous Collector and Correct grade CMP rifles... and the only thing that prevented...
The M1908 Brazilian will work fine...they are superbly made. The Germans finished the export guns to a very high level. The Brazilians converted the M1908s to 30-06 post WW2. The M1909 Argentine is another superbly made receiver...if made by DWM...domestically made M1909 FMAP are not as nice.
Service grade is the best value.
The service grade will have some honest wear. The Special will have a new tube and all the metal components refinished... if that is your thing. The receiver may have visible pitting on the exterior. The refinish looks nothing like the original parkerization...
If it is an FN 24 action it is an intermediate length action and is in no way interchangeable with the M98 standard length action. Bolt lengths are different length between the variants.
Measure the distance between the receiver screw holes, center to center and report back.