Rather Hefty Selling Price - Wz.91/98/25 8mm

[WeldonHunter]

Does the Mag. repair look like it may have been done to stop a crack that started away from the pivot pin?

My suspicion is that the bottom side plates of the mag housing needed to be "let out" in order to accommodate the wider caliber of the 8mm round. The mag with the weld did not get the feed ramp widening like the one pictured in the comparison pics.

The reason I mentioned it is the one with the welds has a line going away from the weld that looked like the beginings of a crack is why. Where do you get these martin? You put us all to shame. Ok not "all" of us but most.

[Greatguns]

Martin I agree with you on the replace vs re-bored barrel. The step down looks classic Mauser barrel type set up and I couldn't see why they would re-mill the OD for that when it would only take up more time and money needlessly. One question though. I noticed the last step on the barrel of the second rifle looks like it protrudes out further than the first one. Is it longer or are they the same length with some of the other features being shorter(stock, etc.) to give the illusion of a longer barrel?

[OLD OUTLAW]

Does the Mag. repair look like it may have been done to stop a crack that started away from the pivot pin?

My suspicion is that the bottom side plates of the mag housing needed to be "let out" in order to accommodate the wider caliber of the 8mm round. The mag with the weld did not get the feed ramp widening like the one pictured in the comparison pics.

The reason I mentioned it is the one with the welds has a line going away from the weld that looked like the beginings of a crack is why. Where do you get these martin? You put us all to shame. Ok not "all" of us but most.

Martin is the Grand Poobah of a Secret Society. Members pay him in rare rifles.

[WeldonHunter]

Martin is the Grand Poobah of a Secret Society. Members pay him in rare rifles.


We're not worthy, we're not worthy.....

[martin08]

Martin I agree with you on the replace vs re-bored barrel. The step down looks classic Mauser barrel type set up and I couldn't see why they would re-mill the OD for that when it would only take up more time and money needlessly. One question though. I noticed the last step on the barrel of the second rifle looks like it protrudes out further than the first one. Is it longer or are they the same length with some of the other features being shorter(stock, etc.) to give the illusion of a longer barrel?

The barrels are the same length. As you can see by the translated links that I provided, no two stocks are the same on these. There are many different sling attachment variations, as well.

As to the overall rarity of these guns, I can't tell exactly how many are still here in the US. Judging from the cache research of the major gun forums, there are five or six of them posted on Gunboards, two or three on 7.62x54r.com, one on Parallax, and one in Latvia with the F.L.M.P.I. stamp. So including mine, there are about a dozen of them that have been posted - which generally means that there are many more of them that aren't visible on the public forums.

The first one, I picked up at a local gun shop a few days after seeing it a local small gunshow. I had no idea what it was - but for $90, I thought I'd take a chance. The next one was right from Gunbroker, just extremely poorly indexed. Only me and one other bidder, and he didn't drive me up too badly.

[Junk Yard Dog]

Nice rifle, but the seller would be holding his breath a long time before I drop three large on it. Good pics Martin, almost reminds me a bit of some of the things the Turks did to convert Enfields, and even Mosins to 8mm half assed Mauser's. Lot of work, but I suppose they had to do it until they could make their own Mauser's.