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Howdy all, I recently decided to pick up an overpriced CMMG so I have to part with a rifle. It is my personal rule that if a firearm is so nice that I'm afraid to take it out often, it has to go (especially when I make other impulse purchases!).
Anyway, the k98 I'm selling was purchased from a collector's estate and is a 1944 dou, dd block, with matching bolt, receiver, and barrel. The bolt internals all match as well. All waffenamts are intact. It was duffel cut by the rear band and repaired when brought into the country and has no import marks. Stock is in original condition with no sanding or refinishing. It has a Kriegsmodell front band and butt plate as well as the disassembly disc. I've received varying opinions on whether a 1944 dou would have these mixed features originally, but it is my opinion that these are original. Full Kriegsmodell rifles appeared around the ff block. The rifle also features a front sight hood and cleaning rod, an lxr marked late war follower, and unmarked milled floor plate.
Condition-wise this rifle is terrific. Metal finish is excellent and deep with very minor areas of speckling, most wear being present on the end of the barrel and the bands/butt plate/floor plate. The bolt internals retain their nice finish as well. The bore looks nearly new, a real surprise. The stock is in good condition with some shrinkage surface delaminating near the butt plate and a shrinkage delamination above the trigger cutout internally. The original wood finish is in great shape and is an excellent example of an as-issued late war k98 in its true non-restored form. Due to the stock's collectibility, it was only fired in a Yugo refurbished 1943 k98 stock that is also included in the sale (see last photo).
My biased opinion is that this rifle was a vet bringback (that's what they all say) that may have had a few replacement parts added or kriegsmodell parts added due to availability/phasing into full kriegsmodell form shortly after. However, its originality in total cannot be proven or disproven but this is a great collector piece regardless. My loss is most certainly your gain.
Anyway, the k98 I'm selling was purchased from a collector's estate and is a 1944 dou, dd block, with matching bolt, receiver, and barrel. The bolt internals all match as well. All waffenamts are intact. It was duffel cut by the rear band and repaired when brought into the country and has no import marks. Stock is in original condition with no sanding or refinishing. It has a Kriegsmodell front band and butt plate as well as the disassembly disc. I've received varying opinions on whether a 1944 dou would have these mixed features originally, but it is my opinion that these are original. Full Kriegsmodell rifles appeared around the ff block. The rifle also features a front sight hood and cleaning rod, an lxr marked late war follower, and unmarked milled floor plate.
Condition-wise this rifle is terrific. Metal finish is excellent and deep with very minor areas of speckling, most wear being present on the end of the barrel and the bands/butt plate/floor plate. The bolt internals retain their nice finish as well. The bore looks nearly new, a real surprise. The stock is in good condition with some shrinkage surface delaminating near the butt plate and a shrinkage delamination above the trigger cutout internally. The original wood finish is in great shape and is an excellent example of an as-issued late war k98 in its true non-restored form. Due to the stock's collectibility, it was only fired in a Yugo refurbished 1943 k98 stock that is also included in the sale (see last photo).
My biased opinion is that this rifle was a vet bringback (that's what they all say) that may have had a few replacement parts added or kriegsmodell parts added due to availability/phasing into full kriegsmodell form shortly after. However, its originality in total cannot be proven or disproven but this is a great collector piece regardless. My loss is most certainly your gain.
