Absolut
Senior Member
Please beware of this Gew98 rifle: http://egun.de/market/item.php?id=5675143
Not only that the seller is known for selling K98k fake rifles (see http://egun.de/market/item.php?id=5651879 for one of those recent pieces), it seems that he's now continuing also to Gew98 rifles.
Note that the bases are much too high compared to originals - to avoid that he has to drill the receiver bridge in the rear. Also the bases are shiny blank metal, showing that they're new.
Also note that this time they also re-engraved the serial on the scope tube. My highest compliments to doing this (looks really well done, and this is really a tough job on a scope tube!), but it still can be noticed as a fake: the depth is wrong (originals would look identical on all the text on the tube), plus the distance is also wrong.
As a last note, the seller is really clever: he only describes the rifle and the mount, but he never says any word that this rifle is an original sniper rifle. This protects him of claims of the buyer, because he nowhere said he's offering an original piece!
I hope Wolfgang might join and give some more details what he had noticed wrong with this rifle/scope. And if the moderators are willing to, please also save the pictures to this thread for future reference.
Not only that the seller is known for selling K98k fake rifles (see http://egun.de/market/item.php?id=5651879 for one of those recent pieces), it seems that he's now continuing also to Gew98 rifles.
Note that the bases are much too high compared to originals - to avoid that he has to drill the receiver bridge in the rear. Also the bases are shiny blank metal, showing that they're new.
Also note that this time they also re-engraved the serial on the scope tube. My highest compliments to doing this (looks really well done, and this is really a tough job on a scope tube!), but it still can be noticed as a fake: the depth is wrong (originals would look identical on all the text on the tube), plus the distance is also wrong.
As a last note, the seller is really clever: he only describes the rifle and the mount, but he never says any word that this rifle is an original sniper rifle. This protects him of claims of the buyer, because he nowhere said he's offering an original piece!
I hope Wolfgang might join and give some more details what he had noticed wrong with this rifle/scope. And if the moderators are willing to, please also save the pictures to this thread for future reference.
