I have an old Mauser, chambered in 8mm, pretty good conditio...

I have an old Mauser, chambered in 8mm, pretty good condition. I am looking for any info and a general value of this piece. Photos attached, butt plate is loose.
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hello,,nice rifle ,,too bad it was sporterized at some point,,this is an early ww1 Kar 98AZ made in germany at the erfurt arsenal ,,it looks as though it's a very early model with the 3 digit serial number ,,it appeares that it has matching serial numbers on the parts shown aside from the action screws ,,does the bolt also have 21's on it? this is how the germans marked the parts ,,usually with 2 or three of the last digits in the serial number,,if it would hstill be in original configuration with full stock bayo lug and stacking hook the value would be around 500-600+ for a all matching number rifle to a german collector,,but unfortunatly being sporterized will hurt the value and it becomes a sporting rifle,,and values as it is.. is going to be proably around 200 to possibly 300 to a collector who may try to restore it ,,if the barrel has been cut shorter than original 24" lenght then it will also drop the value and maybe be worth around 150-200,,i'm encloseing a pic of what it should look like,,
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Thanks for the info. I don't think the bolt is a match, it has 806 stamped on the flat part of the bolt handle. (photo att) This was my grandfather's, he was a WWI vet. I think a lot of those old boys acquired these things and fiddled around with them.

Thanks for the help, I think this is about the $200-300 gun you mentioned. It is accurate though, throws a big bullet right were it's aimed. Fun to shoot if you can take the recoil.

hello again,,yea there a hoot to shoot,,ammo is still reasonable for military stuff ,,and alot of deer have fallen with them,,it's a great part of your family history and your grandfather may have brought it back from the war with him,,bolts are very common not to match ,,it's a plus when they do but many don't ,,the ww1 guns were numbered in many places with the 2 digit numbers on just about all the small parts ,,even the very small "capture or locking screws" on the action screws will sometimes be found to match,,anyway enjoy the old girl ..she looks like she has alot of life left in her ! lol,,and if you ever need parts standard model 98 parts should fit right on ,,you said the buttplate was loose ,,ya can fix that with some elmers glue or wood glue and some wood slivers ,,get a sliver thats about half the size of the hole where the screws go in ,,put some elmers or wood glue on the sliver and push it in the hole and reattach the buttplate and screws ,,that should resecure the buttplate for ya ,,don't super tighten the screws untill the glue sets a little that should take care of the loose buttplate if it's just the screws that won't tighten up

bigcurt