wz. 98a 7.92 x 57 Bolt Action Rifle
wz. 98a 7.92 x 57 Bolt Action Rifle
wz. 98a 7.92 x 57 Bolt Action Rifle. This rifle was produced by the Warsaw Arms Factory No.2 (Zbrojownia Nr. 2 (Arsenal No. 2)), a historic military facility located in the Praga district of Warsaw, Poland making this a rare rifle. The wz. 98a rifle was mechanically identical to the German Gewehr 98 rifle. It was a bolt-action repeating rifle, using a rotating bolt turned 90 degrees to lock or unlock. Locking was by means of two locking lugs at the front of the bolt, with a safety lug at the rear. Ammunition was fed from a fixed double stack box magazine holding five rounds. The safety was mounted on the rear of the bolt assembly. The rifle was fitted with iron sights, a tapered front sight blade and a tangent-type rear sight with a V-shaped notch, graduated from 100 to 2000 meters in 100 meters increments.
This rare and sought after rifle has an excellent bore, is in great original condition and has all matching numbers.
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wz. 98a 7.92 x 57 Bolt Action Rifle
After the end of World War I , the Poles had a diverse collection of rifles from all armies. They possessed approximately 24 types of rifles and 22 types of carbines, including French Lebels model 1886 and Barthiers, German Mausers model 1898, Russian Mosins model 1891, Autro-Hungarian Mannlicher rifles model 1895 and Werndl rifles model 1873, American Winchesters model 1895, and Japanese Arisakas model 1905.
A decision was made to standardize the existing rifles and carbines. Initially, the choice fell on French weapons, but in 1921, under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, Poland was granted machinery and raw materials from the German arms factory in Gdańsk. In June 1921, the decision was made to adopt the 7.92mm Mauser rifle, model 1898, as the basic equipment of the infantry.
Mausers were in service with the German army from 1871 and quickly became popular in other countries as well. The most popular was the 1898 Gewehr 98. This weapon was modern and reliable, but also complex and expensive to produce. Despite this, the 98k remained the Wehrmacht's standard rifle until the end of World War II, with production reaching 11 million units.
The machinery for producing Mauser rifles was transported to Warsaw to the Gerlach factory, where a weapons repair shop had previously been established. A separate section of the factory was transformed into the State Rifle Factory, which began producing Mauser rifles in 1922.
After two years of production, rifle production was discontinued due to changes in combat tactics. A decision was then made to introduce lighter carbines. In 1931-32, the decision was made to once again arm infantrymen with heavier rifles with a range of 1,200-1,500 meters. Production of the 7.92mm wz. 98a "Mauser" rifles did not begin until 1936 due to the long aging period required for production. It differed from its predecessor with several minor improvements identical to the wz. 29 carbine. The wz. 98a rifles were manufactured by the Radom Arms Factory, which produced 44,500 of these weapons by 1939.
In September 1939, there were approximately 311,000 7.92 mm model 98 and model 98a "Mauser" rifles in service.
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