Very little of the sS patrone made it into the field before the 11 november armistace. Yes the patrone 88 was dropped for use with gew98's wiht the 1903 introduction of the S patrone, and in late 1917 the germans again copied the french pointed bullets to include their 'heavy ball' the germans designated sS patrone, which they intended to use for extended range MG fire as the S patrone was inferior in that respect. This is at the same time limited manufacture of the karab 98b was undertaken, which is nothing more than a gew98 with turned down bolt and side sling arrangement. In the 1920's when the germans made the transition from S patrone to the sS patrone gew98's were slowly brought in and given the updated rear sight. But there are many hoops to jump thro' for either.The gew98 was used extensively in WW2. (Yes, yes, I know about Section 7 of the Fireams Act which only offers the choice of keeping it locked up at home w/out ammunition or keeping it locked up at an approved storage facility miles away. Alas, there isn't much we can now do about the current restrictions on handguns so de-activation is a reasonable alternative in practice. It is not difficult for a person to become a member of a shooting club and acquire a FAC given a little patience and one can really enjoy owning and shooting these veterans and an investment in a decent cabinet will prove worthwhile, knowing you are also preserving a true veteran of the GW. Many of them have already been destroyed and many have suffered deactivation. The G.98s found in this country (U.K.) are by and large souvenirs of the battlefields brought back by individual soldiers. as it did in the USA of returning examples of these weapons to the homeland. In the case of the Gew 98 millions were destroyed at the War's end.
Given that any firearm so treated can never be repaired or replaced it is lost to history. The current level of deactivation virtually destroys every component of a firearm.
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