I’ve been so disorganized of late, so haven’t gotten around to making more posts here. I have several bayonets I will be adding eventually, but with my children and my job taking up most of my time, I’ve been disorganized as fas as being able to photograph, etc.. I did however just recently acquire […]
Well, it appears that these 1888 Commission Rifles are very addictive. I now have 4 complete Gew 88 & am working on restoring an additional 7. As a result of my compulsive interest in these old German rifles, I decided to build a new website. Check out Gew88.com. If you’re a […]
I have the following Gew 88 Commission Rifle parts for sale or trade.
1895 Danzig 1888 Commission Rifle parts gun. No bolt or stock, poor to fair condition, rusty, pitted.
1894 Steyr Gew 88 Barrelled reciever… fair to good condition,, stripped.
3 rusty commission 88 barrel tubes.. have holes.
5 rotted, broken gew 88 stock […]
Today I recieved in my mail this brand new book that has just been published less than 2 weeks ago. A Collectors Guide to the German Gew. 88 “Commission” Rifle, by Paul S Scarlata. I highly reccomend this book to anyone interested in or a collector of Gew 88 Commission Rifles. This book about […]
Well I did it. I completed one of my Gew 88. I spent well over a week working on the stock removing grime, grease & filth, scrubbing in scalding hot water, sanding & bleaching. I also steamed out dings & sanded nice & smooth.
All the metal was stripped of the original […]
While searching various military surplus websites, I come across one website in particular that was advertising Gew 88 rifles for sale very cheap, but in very poor condition with missing parts, but alas, they were all sold out. Damn, and I wanted one, so the quest began & I diligently searched til I found one. […]
The Gewehr 88 (commonly called the Model 1888 Commission Rifle) was a late 19th century German bolt-action rifle, adopted in 1888.
The invention of smokeless powder in the late 19th century immediately rendered all of the large-bore black powder rifles then in use obsolete. To keep pace with the French (who had adopted smokeless powder “small […]
