A local gun shop is trying to sell this k98 to me, but it seems to me that the bolt is entirely different to the rest of the rifles parts. Could anyone help me figure out if the shop/previous sellers have butchered this find or if I’m missing something quite valuable here.
S/27 1938 Identification & Serial Number Help
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heavy_mech
RKI- Reasonably Knowledgable Individual
Yes sir. That's an abomination. Not sure they could make it look worse?
The Russians were at least systematic and relatively consistent with what they did. This just looks splotchy and awful and lazy. But yeah the Russians ruined them
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I had a feeling that the job to “restore” was more of a circus horror. The inconsitency was so obvious that I could even tell that there was a problem, and i’ve barely had much experience. The shop owner was trying to sell it for $1,000. Because of the condition I was barely even thinking about paying $500 dollars (although if I did find an excellent one, i’d be willing to pay 1-2,000 dollars).
Thank you all for the advice! I’ll be checking out some of the information in the forums and if you have any other tips, please let me know.
Thanks Again!
