98k 27/1938

hi

I got this 98k. A luftwaffe coming from the airfield of Vannes / Meucon.














he is really very dirty, regards

best picture

a best picture

hi

the 98k is cleaned. I will do other pictures this WE.






Regards

Wow. Quite a bit of progress there. How's the bore cleaning up?
I'll bet she'll be a good shooter.

Not to make you feel bad but I would have left the stock alone if that is the same stock and just cleaned the rust and dried grease off the metal. Sanding or cleaning that alters the finish on any milsurp is never good.

With that said if you like the way it turned out then by all means enjoy it. I had a K98 long ago where the stock and metal looked similar. It was from a large batch of K98s that I believe came out of the Balkans. They were all import marked and very rough. Mine had a bore that was completely shot out from the muzzle down about 7 inches. There was no rifling from the crown 7 inches down.

hi

the stock was not sanded. I cleaned it with warm water and bleach

Regards

droulz said:

hi

the stock was not sanded. I cleaned it with warm water and bleach

Regards

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Well the metal cleaned up pretty nicely! That said I'm not sure I would have gone with the bleach on the wood however. I looks like it turned colors a bit but at least you avoided the lime green/mello yello tint effect.