The 98/29 made for Persia was just about the prettiest Mauser ever made; second only to the Pre WWI contract Mausers made for the different South American countries, the 1909 Peruvian IS the most beautiful Mauser EVER made.
I bought my 98/29 at a local gun show in 93' or 94' for $275.00. Mine is all matching, perfect bore and except for a few dings, a perfect stock. I took mine to the range back then and had to fire it at 200yds., as the 100 yd. range was completely full and God knows I didn't want to wait. I had several hundred rnds. of 1950's Egyptian lying around, so used that. That ammo had a 196gr. boat-tail bullet that looked a lot like the original German ss bullet of the 30's.
I set the sight on the rifle for 200 yds and fired 3 fouling shots at the bank beside the target. I sat down and very carefully fired a 5-shot group which went about 3 1/4" center to center!.............
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