In a good year or so, i will re-start shooting again. I sold many rifles to pay for medical bills a while ago, but i was able to keep 3 (m1917 enfield, Swedish mauser and K31) wich i handed over to a friend his shooting license for safe keeping.
Things are going good, i recently had surgery and my 6 year illness, crohn's disease, might be finnaly out of the way.
I am re-getting that intrest in shooting and as my financial status has drastically improved, i wanna invest again in a rifle i always wanted= A german WW1 mauser. I've always had intrest in a Gewehr 98, the Kar98 AZ or the post war converted Kar98b
I have a hunched feeling that i will end up with a gewehr 98 in the end. But i cannot remember all the things about it that i used to.
-How do you identify an arsenal rebuilt G98 from a WW1 origenal model? (take note, i have no preference)
-Wich of the manufacturers are considered the rarest?
-Are the ballistics very diffrent when firing 8mm S and 8mm SS ammo (the Schwere spitze round is the one from the 30's)