Latest pick-ups on a market stall

**HARRY THE MOLE** · 11-08-2014, 09:57 PM

My latest pick-ups at Earlestown market today... An intact and matching numbered bolt for a Mauser Gew98 rifle, and a reasonably presentable WW1 sword to a rifle regiment. Scabbard a bit tatty, but otherwise a nice sword! Apologies for some of the pictures. I didn't notice that the camera was still on manual focus!

**Gunny Hartmann** · 11-08-2014, 10:06 PM

Nice pick ups mate!....

**greatwhite** · 11-09-2014, 11:35 AM

Nice, what are your plans for the bolt.

**oradour** · 11-09-2014, 01:36 PM

Nice pick ups Steve ! is the G98 bolt shaved or complete !
Prost ! Steve.

**rra227** · 11-09-2014, 04:03 PM

Nice grab. Rich A. in Pa.

**HARRY THE MOLE** · 11-09-2014, 05:09 PM

by oradour

Nice pick ups Steve ! is the G98 bolt shaved or complete !
Prost ! Steve.

Fortunately/unfortunately - it depends how you view these things, but it was still complete and matching. There was a coating of surface rust, but no pitting. Now it just so happens that my own Gew98 had a complete miss-match bolt, and someone had spent some considerable time polishing the metal. I've just spent an hour or so in the shed - grinding down the front of the new bolt to the required angle so that it meets the deactivation specs. It is a vast improvement on the original bolt, and it only cost me £10...