I would save and buy a true numbers matching early example and avoid the cost cutting post 1943 guns. You'll get the lowest possible price and you get a gun that meets your specs. Offer a cash lump sum, including tax and fees. You might be the only one interested in actually buying that rifle.
If you see an eagle stamp on the butt stock, I call the rifle good.īargain a little. It may be a mix master, but it is a real war rifle with genuine WW2 parts. Post war Czechoslovakia reworked plenty K98s in this manner. Some rifles were actually captures, but were were never marked with an X and never shellacked. Reads like it's about what your looking for. Putting myself in your shoes, I would buy the rifle. I don't want to jump the gun and buy it to later find out that i got burned on the deal. Hes offering the rifle to me for $480, my question is, do you guys think this is a fair price and what else should i look out for when looking at this rifle.im just looking for a shooter or maybe a bit of a more collector gun. The cleaning rod is one of our reproductions. The previous owner purchased a Russian-capture 98k (from us) and swapped stocks with this rifle and added the barrel bands from the RC in an attempt to restore it. This rifle had been duffle-cut, with the cut forend and barrel-bands misplaced or lost (a common occurrence).
#MAUSER GEWEHR 98 VALUE FULL#
Excellent condition overall, with full original commercial-quality bluing. Has bold Nazi eagle swastikas and other Nazi markings.
#MAUSER GEWEHR 98 VALUE SERIAL NUMBERS#
A "bringback" 98k with all matching serial numbers except for stock and barrel-bands.
#MAUSER GEWEHR 98 VALUE CODE#
by Steyr-Daimler-Puch (factory code 660) in 1940. GERMAN Model 98k Mauser bolt-action rifle # 8845j (8x57mm) mfg. Very attractive, not import marked.Īnother with a non-matching stock was listed at $1250 and sold. Includes original cleaning rod, front sight hood and locking-bolts for the action screws. Excellent-PLUS condition overall, with full original bluing, magazine floorplate is stamped 5250 in error for some unknown reason (too much schnapps?). Has tiny Nazi eagle holding swastikas and other Nazi markings. A "bringback" 98k with all matching serial numbers and totally original except for repro sling.
GERMAN Model 98k Mauser bolt-action rifle # 5230ah (8x57mm) mfg. Then you can look at pictures of original rifles including byf44's so you can compare them to the rifle you are considering.Ĭan't say anything about the price without seeing several good pictures first. They didn't have bins of parts with random numbers on them.įirst thing you should do is register at the K98 forum The parts were numbered as parts of a matching rifle. The guy at the gun shop has it on consignment and said that it was late war, thrown together rifle.Įven late in the war they didn't just "throw together" rifles from mismatched parts. It has no Russian "x" on it and no dinged out waffen amps and no import marks on it. There's this local gun shop that has a mismatch k98k its a 44 BYF but appears to have no matching parts and even appears to have the a part from a "GEW" and a stock with no bolt take down hole in it. Somwhere in the middle, something I can take to the range 1-2 times a year but also in pretty good condition, would prefer wartime german version (non yugo or capture) What are you looking for? A shooter, or a high grade collector piece? Even Israel used German K98s, most have been rebarreled to 7.62 NATO, but often retain some original markings. There are other variations, Yugo reworks which may be completely scrubbed, Romanian which are generally matching but well worn and normally have Nazi markings defaced. Every Nazi era rifle also had manufacturer codes, some codes and years are less common than others, and can increase the value, as can other small markings (that unfortunately can be easily faked) like SS Runes can further increase the value. A all matching rifle these days starts around $1K. Pretty much every part on a WW2 Mauser is marked with the rifle serial number, the more that match, generally speaking, the higher the value. Strip the guns down, throw all the parts in big piles, dip everything in a hot blue tank, slap some ugly shellac on the stock, and throw it all back together until the next time they decide it needs refurbished. The Soviet Union captured millions of rifles, and refurbished them over the years in make-work projects. $400 would be for a Soviet rework, refinished mixmaster. $20K would be for an all matching sniper rifle with some sort of provenance, like capture papers, period photos of the rifle with the veteran listed on the papers, and a documented trail of where the rifle has been since captured. Depending on condition and rarity, it can range anywhere from about $400 to over $20,000.
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