The 1888 in all its forms was extensively converted, after being discarded by the German Army, to use as a sporting rifle. This website uses cookies for functionality, analytics and advertising purposes as described in our. They are converted military rifles, however, not to be confused with the Mannlicher-Schoenauer high grade sporting rifles or the Schilling or Haenel top quality rifles of later design and manufacture. ; Greece/Turks) or/and when they were re-barrelled. @keyframes _1tIZttmhLdrIGrB-6VvZcT{0%{opacity:0}to{opacity:1}}._3uK2I0hi3JFTKnMUFHD2Pd,.HQ2VJViRjokXpRbJzPvvc{--infoTextTooltip-overflow-left:0px;font-size:12px;font-weight:500;line-height:16px;padding:3px 9px;position:absolute;border-radius:4px;margin-top:-6px;background:#000;color:#fff;animation:_1tIZttmhLdrIGrB-6VvZcT .5s step-end;z-index:100;white-space:pre-wrap}._3uK2I0hi3JFTKnMUFHD2Pd:after,.HQ2VJViRjokXpRbJzPvvc:after{content:"";position:absolute;top:100%;left:calc(50% - 4px - var(--infoTextTooltip-overflow-left));width:0;height:0;border-top:3px solid #000;border-left:4px solid transparent;border-right:4px solid transparent}._3uK2I0hi3JFTKnMUFHD2Pd{margin-top:6px}._3uK2I0hi3JFTKnMUFHD2Pd:after{border-bottom:3px solid #000;border-top:none;bottom:100%;top:auto} Lots of them made to sporter standard by many of the best German smiths. 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Ends: Thursday, November 3 | 9:49 AM Central. Haenels civilian rifles on the Commission action followed the German hunting rifle style that existed since the advent of centerfire cartridges. HAENEL. Original German WW1 MAUSER Model 1871 Gewehr 71 cleaning tool . [13], China also used this rifle extensively during the Qing dynasty and the Republican era. In a relatively good place, but it's not OR. These arent like the military Gewehr 88s where you can get by shooting regular 8x57js. With these modifications the newer design remained in use until the end of World War II. Unlike many rifles designed later, the bolt head of this rifle is able to be removed from the bolt body. .s5ap8yh1b4ZfwxvHizW3f{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText);padding-top:5px}.s5ap8yh1b4ZfwxvHizW3f._19JhaP1slDQqu2XgT3vVS0{color:#ea0027} The first importer of Haenel-Mannlichers was Oscar Hesse of New Jersey, who began bringing them into the U.S. in 1894. The Karabiner 88 utilized a different bolt handle, which resembled those found on commercial sporting rifles. Rifle is in excellent shape, bore is bright and clean. The compression of the bolt lugs, their seats and the removable bolt head, require headspace attention they seldom get. Was it the original ammo that made it dangerous or the design of the rifle? In general, yes, a Kar 88 or Gew 88. Although the packet loading system proved to be a design shortcoming, it is not uncommon to encounter a Gewehr 88 today which still retains it. When Germany replaced the 88 with the Gewehr 98, many of the rifles were given to Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire during World War I because both states had a shortage of rifles (however, it was used extensively by the Turkish Army even through the 1930s and 1940s). You are using an out of date browser. Military Firearm Restoration Corner. This article appeared in the 2016 Gun Digest annual. Although I have never been a big fan of the 857 there is absolutely nothing wrong with this cartridge as it is right up their with the ubiquitous 30-06. $131.00 + $29.99 shipping . Later models provided for loading with stripper clips (Gewehr 88/05s and Gewehr 88/14s) and went on to serve in World War I to a limited degree. The European sporters are generally worth as much as a non-modified rifle. Many came home In 1945 as war trophies. If I could find a way to do it cheaply then I'm good to go but if I can't do the conversion to 9.3 myself or find a way to do it cheaply I may just have to stick with 8x57 (which isn't a bad caliber by any means, just not exactly what I want). Sie haben die Wahl", "Bro strzelecka polskiego wojska w wojnie polsko-bolszewickiej", "Karabin i karabinek Mannlicher-Mauser wz.1888", "Firearms of the Irish Civil Wars: Part 2 the Republicans: their Unionist opponents had a much better quantity and variety of arms, but the Republicans put theirs to a lot more use", "M1913 Mannlicher Gew88 Austro Hungarian Rifle", "Brazilian military rifle cartridges part 2: Steyr vs. Mauser and fn wins! September 26, 2006 in Mauser. If it was me I'd buy a nice Lothar Walther contoured barrel and consider myself WAY ahead of the game. I would normally say "F pour one out for another", but this is a pretty old sporterization and likely worth a decent amount. Gewehr 88 rifles have been used widely during post World War I revolutions, uprisings and wars (on both sides of the Russian Civil War, the German Revolution of 191819, the Revolutions and interventions in Hungary (191820), the Greater Poland Uprising (191819), the Silesian Uprisings, the Turkish War of Independence, the PolishSoviet War,[8] by the Ulster Volunteers and by Lithuanians in the Lithuanian Wars of Independence). Three forms of carbines were made in quantity in the Model 1888. After 1895 most Gewehr 1888 rifles were regrooved. Made in 1891 so this is an antique, no FFL/transfer needed. 1888 rifles can be dangerous because the sharp pointed (Spitzer) bullet ammunition intended for the later models, will chamber. This one is a handy carbine without the improved magazine, and like the original 1888 Mauser rifle requiring en bloc clips, but in 7x57 Mauser. Haven't slugged the bore but am sure it will be the .318 J bore. I'd think this would go well with you desire to go from 8 to 9.3MM. Kyle, Send me your name & address so I can take out some insurance on you. You definitely don't want that hapening in an earlier action. Likely a chopped 88 standard rifle. That way the use the existing chamber and just recut the neck & throat. The second is the impossibility of classifying rifles by model and year. I work in a metal shop so I could just sent the receiver off with a shipment to be heat treated very inexpensively to a Rockwell that I specify. They may be fine, but what if they're not? 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Haenel. There are no makers names externally anywhere I can find on the gun. In reality, however, the Commission rifle was neither Mauser nor Mannlicher, but that rarest of creatures: A mechanical device designed by committee that was highly successful. Why not just ream-out the original barrel to 8 mm Rem Mag? Description: This is a Turkish Gew 88 rifle chambered in 8mm mauser that was refurbished by the Asfa Ankara arsenal in 1935. Gewehr 88/05, Gewehr 88/14, Karabiner 88, With m/88 620 m/s (2066 fps), 8mm Mauser 868 m/s (2847 fps), This page was last edited on 20 November 2022, at 10:38. Rifles. However, pressure testing methods were not scientifically controlled in those days. Sponsored. A good option would be to have your barrel rebored. Eventually I intend to scope a nice Steyr Mauser 98 sporting conversion I bought a few years ago, someone did a real nice conversion- probably early post- war German, judging by the style of the stock and metal work. Shooters planning to use modern 8mm ammunition in a Gewehr 88 slug their bore and chamber as there are four different possible bores and grooves and chamber dimensioning combinations found on the Gewehr 88 rifle. deepen the grooves to the desired bore diameter. I cannot understand how Von Mannlicher name could be associated with the gewehr M1888 since decades. C.G. In the beginning of the 20th century China bought for a second time a large number of original Gewehr 88 rifles. There was usually a stock-bolt in the fore-end, and sometimes they were fitted with receiver sights. Event: Fall Ammo, Reloading, Gun & Sporting Auction. The Gewehr 88 was also sometimes made into very elegant sporting rifles by gunsmiths in Germany. Barrel was marked V. Chr. If I get to the point where I'm spending more on building a sporter from an inferior design then I would just buying a new savage or building from a 98 mauser I'll have failed my goal. It was the German service rifle from 1898 to 1935, when it was replaced by the Karabiner 98k, a shorter weapon using the same basic design. Some idea of the tremendous extent of these manufacturing operations may be gained from the following figures: The rifle barrel required 54 operations to complete. I'll probably keep one in the original 8x57 but I don't see why you couldn't do something like 30-06. But . Stick with the factory loads. I use Sellier & Bellot 196gr SPCE for hunting with my old Mausers and mil-surp for plinking and banging around practice. It was designed by the German Army's Rifle Testing Commission, and combined elements of Mauser and Mannlicher rifle design. And why, when Model 95s are prized by collectors, are Haenel-Mannlichers all but forgotten except for a few devotees of early custom rifles? A LW barrel easily that. ._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa{margin-top:8px}._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa ._3EpRuHW1VpLFcj-lugsvP_{color:inherit}._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa svg._31U86fGhtxsxdGmOUf3KOM{color:inherit;fill:inherit;padding-right:8px}._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa ._2mk9m3mkUAeEGtGQLNCVsJ{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:18px;color:inherit} A Kar 88 barrel is 19" long, so if it is longer than that, it may have been rebarreled. You may have noticed a new age verification message when you entered the site. No idea, but that is a really nice rifle! Because I am a rare hunter, I respect the wild game I hunt and under field conditions too much can go wrong even if the hunter is a skilled shot. Kyle, By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. If you anyone has any suggestions on how I could modify the existing 8x57 barrel to 9.3 I'd love to hear them! But, as Bilurey said, getting someone to do the work could be problematic at best. I have a Gew 88 action that I am going to use for a European style sporting rifle conversion. please nourse.brad@gmail.com is my email and/or you can text me at 518902015 pleasse and thank you. .FIYolDqalszTnjjNfThfT{max-width:256px;white-space:normal;text-align:center} Now yer makin sense!!! Perhaps a year ago now a few of us were discussing " re- rifeling ", I was part of that discussion. Corrrction: "There" instead of "They" , stupid auto-correct. Haenal7mm-1.jpg Haenal7mm-2.jpg Haenal7mm-3.jpg Haenal7mm-4.jpg Haenal7mm-5.jpg. The following information on the Gewehr 88 Carbine comes from Chapter 12 of Mauser Rifles and Pistols by W. H. B. Smith. I think that crap about bigger bullets not deflectig as much is hooey! I do prefer the 757 any day over both of them. from Germany. Gewehr 1888/S from Jean's Military Surplus Photo Gallery : Click here for a nice picture collection of fine Gew88 sporters Getting a reamer is the hard part. This began by adapting a Swiss design, resulting in the Patrone 88 or M/88 of 1888, an 8mm rimless "necked" cartridge (bullet diameter 8.08mm/.318 in) loaded with an 8.08mm (.318 in) 14.6 g (226 gr) round-nose bullet propelled by a single-base smokeless powder. 8x57 jrs (8mm mauser) mauser hanyang 88 8mm commissioner gewehr 1888 c&r as-is osgah305 littleton, co 80120: used: 5/4/2022: $380.00 : other model 8x57 jrs (8mm mauser) gewehr 88 8mm mauser spandau 1889 (read) howard, ks 67349: used: 4/12/2022: $416.13 : 8x57 jrs (8mm mauser) 1888 gewehr 88 chinese mauser b14965 rw mount morris, il 61054: used . Many came home In 1945 as war trophies. build what YOU want and shoot with a smile! One of my older loading manuals had data specifically for the Gew 88's. In general, yes, a Kar 88 or Gew 88. However, this rifle soon had to be converted to fire the new Spitzer round that Germany adopted after the turn of the century. I'm thinking something like 8mm rem mag might even be a possibility. We're also planning on running streams this week for Shot Show so keep an eye out. These in 7.92x57i. Snipers Hide is a community of Snipers of all kinds, focusing on long range shooting, accuracy, and ballistics. This was primairly due to the deterent coating not adhering to the powder flakes, thus the burning rate amounted to a detonation as opposed to a controlled burn. It must be emphasized that these are pre-War figures, and that arms and ammunition made during the War may vary. So price on this is not bad. The old bullet diameter of about .318 inch was increased in 1905 to about .323 inch. 88 that was professionally refinished, touting a double set trigger operation, beautiful sporter stock and about 90% of its current blue finish remaining and should make for a great conversation piece. The difficult part would be figuring-out how to rifle it. I'd love to be able to do it myself! Founded by Carl Gottlieb Haenel in 1840, C.G. There was life before the Mauser 98 and the evidence lies as with so much of American life in the pages of the old Sears, Roebuck wish book. Eight major concealed carry insurance programs are now available to the millions of Americans who carry concealed. This explains why its period as the primary German service rifle was just over a dozen years, but it remained in limited service for much longer. I have an extra Gew receiver sitting around that I may actually try heat treating. It would be safer to poke a crack whore bear skinned that to put an 06 in a 88. In America these figures are usually quoted in foot-pounds on a basis of 2000 pounds to the ton, without making allowance for the fact that the British ton is 2240 pounds. all it need have is a pilot the diameter of the 8mm lands. Some early models had flaws due to rushed ammunition production. Modern European 7.92X57 S-bore ammo is kick-butt stuff, as was the German Army military ammunition. I bought one about 5 years ago for 600. The complete magazine required 141 operations; while the stock required 49. I planned on doing more research if I did plan to do it. The designer was Louis Schlegelmilch chief gunsmith of Spandau Arsenal who perfected the mauser M1871 bolt adding two locking lugs in front of it. .LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH{fill:var(--newRedditTheme-actionIcon);height:18px;width:18px}.LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH rect{stroke:var(--newRedditTheme-metaText)}._3J2-xIxxxP9ISzeLWCOUVc{height:18px}.FyLpt0kIWG1bTDWZ8HIL1{margin-top:4px}._2ntJEAiwKXBGvxrJiqxx_2,._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{vertical-align:middle}._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-ms-inline-flexbox;display:inline-flex;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row;-ms-flex-pack:center;justify-content:center} Gew 88 Commission Rifle Cleaning Rod Original . It's better than a 308 and no-one will say that you're irresponsibly hot-rodding an old rifle (but you should also be careful to not hot rod it). This may be one of those. During the following 50 years, the rifle and its Hanyang 88 copy were used in the Xinhai Revolution, the Chinese Civil War and the War of Resistance against Japan and proved more than adequate against the Japanese Arisaka Type 38 rifle, though the latter was newer by 30 years. Pictures are too poor for me to tell if it is or not but it looks like it may be. A reason for this is that US ammunition makers fear the lawsuits that would follow if S bore (.323) Spitzer bullets were fired in the older unconverted J-bore Commission 88 rifles of the old J (.318) bore size. 1888 Sporter C.G. From 1905 the rifles were also converted to use the Gewehr 98 type stripper clip by adding stripper clip guides to the top rear of the receiver and altering the magazine becoming Gewehr 88/05 rifles. Well, when I bought a beautiful Thieme & Schlegelmilch (Nimrod Gewehrfabrik brandname) Gewehr 88 sporter in 9x57, I was a tad doubtful of it ever Gewehr 88 Commercial Sporter On Way Back to Former Glory! I was thinking of how to turn an 8MM. The front action screw actually goes into a hole in the very back of the barrel jacket and if I get a new barrel it might not be the right size to fit the end peice of the barrel jacket over. [citation needed] The Turks issued these and updated versions at least as late as the 1930s. Gew 88's were re-serialized by the army capturing them in some rare cases (i.e. I blame the deer for getting behind the brush. This was used in 1892 by the then notorious anti-Semitic agitator Hermann Ahlwardt, member of the German Reichstag, to spread an anti-semitic conspiracy theory. A .366" bullet beats a .338". Norma factory loads only generate 35,000 psi. Schilling - Suhl - Prussia. The Gewehr 98 action, using a stripper clip . All are great shooting rifles with the properly configured ammo. 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