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Well its a long story really, but I already have all the parts and I just cant stand to let this project beat me. I definitely did not save any money, but I do enjoy working with guns and I hope to feel accomplished when I take these junk parts and assemble them into a working pile of junk...

Wow! Thank you for this info, I will follow all of this exactly. It will be neat to see the contrast between the different finishes, and to see what these rifles used to look like!

I looked at many of the reference pictures, but due to the 100+ years of patina I still cant be sure. Im hoping that someone knows this info and is willing to share. If not Im gonna need a time machine!

Hello I was wondering if someone could tell me, or direct me to where I could find how the Imperial Gewehr 98 looked when issued. Ive been in the process of getting parts together to build a good shooter, and possibly reenactment gun(something with no collector value). What I cant seem to find...

Those are nice! I think mines not too far away from yours numerically.

Ok here’s more pictures of the barrel markings.

Hello I would like some advice on what my options are regarding this stock. After taking the rifle apart for the first time I found my suspicion was true, that someone had applied something to the wood before. I would like to return it to a more original state if practical. I also wondered what...

Alright I read the page on how to upload pictures so here they are! Any advice is appreciated, I should probably look for a bent bolt so it at least looks right.

Hello everyone! I am brand new to this forum, and to the k98. I recently bought this rifle marked DOU 42 at a military vehicle show because it seemed like a fair deal to me. All the numbers I can find match except the bolt assembly, and the stock has been cut under the barrel band which as I...