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Portuguese navy 98k

Pisgah

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Doing data sheets for Bruce and Mike forced me to retrieve a rifle from storage. While doing that I also pulled this one out. I have posted photos of it before but previously had used a cheaper camera and had taken the pictures indoors. There were a few rays of daylight when I finished work today so I took some new photos. This rifle is a favorite of mine. Note the M over anchor marking above the E/WaA135 on the right of the stock. Depending on the light the stock is very blonde. It actually may be the lightest walnut stock I have ever encountered.
 

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We occasionally talk about how the Portuguese Kar.98k's were produced later than 1941. This one is late enough that it has an unnumbered butt plate and an unnumbered bayonet mount.
 

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Very nice Eric. We have a lot of minty ports up here, some really blonde like that but I have not yet seen the navy marking.....maybe a variant I can chase
Up here in the future.
 
I'll probably become one.

Fantastic Port. To be honest, I didn't know a navy marked one existed.
 
Port. 41

This gun finished in 1942 even though dated 1941.
A large percentage of this contract was finished well into 1942.
This still shows single E/135 Waffenamts on the TG housing and ones finished after
this show none.


Eric can you shoot me the original image of the Port. Navy mark.

thanks,
B.
 
The Germans were busy assembling bits at field depots in the east, but we're making and selling stuff like this to the Portuguese. I guess it got them some hard currency, but man...

Beautiful rifle. Seriously.
 
Thats what type of Condition Port I have wanted for a long long time . You don`t find them like this very often . :thumbsup:
 

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