The imported rifles are stamped according to each country’s federal regulations, making the process of identification easier. It is usually stated on the import stamp located along the barrel together with the weapon’s caliber, weapon’s model number and the year it was manufactured in. As mentioned above the Mauser designs were exported and licensed to many different countries thus, the first step to identifying a Mauser rifle is finding out the country of origin. People get the dates, reasons and the such mixed up and make up stuff so it will match. The training manual tells how to put S ammo into your Gew-88's en-bloc clip and use it if your rifle has the S, even though the sights are wrong. It was just a way to tell the avg trooper that it was ok to use S ammo, the markings had to be consistent so no mater if he had a Gew-88, Gew-88/05 or a Gew-98 he knew what to use. All Gew-98s were made with the S stamped on the barrel, as were Gew-88's made after 96 1/2. 323 bore and has almost no bearing surface, why the bullet is seated so shallow in the case. The original German ammo tests are dated, they tell of bore size trials, they tested killing power, S ammo was made to have the highest velocity they could obtain with the 8x57 case. That is why a 1918 Gew-98 or a 1945 98k has a throat long enough to chamber P ammo. The final barrel, land, groove, chamber and throat was made standard in 1896 1/2 and was used to 1945. P ammo and S ammo could be / and was fired in both rifles. That is why they went to the 400 meter battle sight in 1905. The S ammo was a way to get a 6.5mm Swede battle zero with the 8mm, something the P ammo could not come close to. 1903 was a patent date and 1905 was the date for S ammo in stripper clips. I have seen a 1897 dated round in a German collection and have a 1900 myself. The Germans had P ammo and S ammo in service side by side and did not decide on the standard for a while. The S ammo was designed for the Gew-88 rifle. 323 barrel in 1896 1/2, so all 98's had that size barrel. Other than sight changes all Gew-98's from day 1 were made for S ammo.
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