MilsurpDan
Junior Member
Picked this up last weekend at a local show. I was helping a dealer friend of mine set up his booth before it started and walked over to find another seller with an assortment of rifles including this K98k. Looked it over and bought it. I don't know much about later war rifles but I knew enough that this was a nice rifle for a fair price.
Apparently the file size of my pictures are too large for the website uploader. Please find the pictures at the link below.
https://imgur.com/a/w3SnFp5
Looks to be a Gustloff rifle made in late 1944 with the Phosphate finish from what I've found in the Kreigsmodell book. It appears to be from the first group of 5-digit rifles without serial number prefixes or suffixes.
The bolt handle, safety, bolt shroud, and cocking piece are serial numbered matching to the rifle and look to be un-dicked with. The barrel bands are stamped and are not serial numbered. They have a patina on them but I believe they were blued. The magazine spring and follower are blued along with the rear sight spring. The trigger guard is stamped and blued as well. The stock appears to be the "odd size" C stamped subcontractor made one without any serial number. The stock is in very good shape and has never been sanded or messed with. The edges are very crisp.
There is an interesting drawing lightly painted on the stock which I believe is some kind of unit emblem? Can anybody give me some insight as to what unit it might belong to? Some Military Police Units have similar looking patches with the sword or pistol from what I found on google.
The rifle is very clean and there was not any rust or corroded parts that I found. I have not taken the rifle apart. The band spring is on fairly tight so I didn't want to mess with it. Unfortunately it's missing the cleaning rod, but at least those can be found. The "capture" screws are also missing. Would a late war rifle like this have them? If so I have a spare set that I will add.
Let me know what you guys think! I paid $700 for it. The guy wouldn't budge on the price but I honestly think I got a pretty good deal from what I can see.
Apparently the file size of my pictures are too large for the website uploader. Please find the pictures at the link below.
https://imgur.com/a/w3SnFp5
Looks to be a Gustloff rifle made in late 1944 with the Phosphate finish from what I've found in the Kreigsmodell book. It appears to be from the first group of 5-digit rifles without serial number prefixes or suffixes.
The bolt handle, safety, bolt shroud, and cocking piece are serial numbered matching to the rifle and look to be un-dicked with. The barrel bands are stamped and are not serial numbered. They have a patina on them but I believe they were blued. The magazine spring and follower are blued along with the rear sight spring. The trigger guard is stamped and blued as well. The stock appears to be the "odd size" C stamped subcontractor made one without any serial number. The stock is in very good shape and has never been sanded or messed with. The edges are very crisp.
There is an interesting drawing lightly painted on the stock which I believe is some kind of unit emblem? Can anybody give me some insight as to what unit it might belong to? Some Military Police Units have similar looking patches with the sword or pistol from what I found on google.
The rifle is very clean and there was not any rust or corroded parts that I found. I have not taken the rifle apart. The band spring is on fairly tight so I didn't want to mess with it. Unfortunately it's missing the cleaning rod, but at least those can be found. The "capture" screws are also missing. Would a late war rifle like this have them? If so I have a spare set that I will add.
Let me know what you guys think! I paid $700 for it. The guy wouldn't budge on the price but I honestly think I got a pretty good deal from what I can see.