balkslak
Senior Member
Last evening I got this beautiful K98, matching apart from bolt which itself is in the same H-block. The blueing in just incredible and the crest on both the receiver and the stock is really nice.
1941 Portuguese contract k98
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heavy_mech
RKI- Reasonably Knowledgable Individual
Boy they are really beautiful rifles. Almost high end commercial quality. Thanks!
tsmgguy
Senior Member
These are beautiful rifles. I have one as well, all matching, and in original unissued condition. From its markings we know that your rifle was likely assembled in 1942, though the dates on it are '41. I think its existence strongly supports the contention that these rifles were not all shipped to Portugal, and were taken from Portuguese contract production runs by the Germans and issued where needed. We've seen so many that are RCs, and far fewer that were likely used in the west, like this one. A bolt mismatch suggests it was surrendered at some point.
tsmgguy
Senior Member
Suggests, not proves. "The simplest explanation is also the most likely one." A very easy way to disable a large number of captured rifles is by simply removing the bolt. It takes only a second to do. Later, someone might take a rifle off of a pile as a souvenir, but not bother to sort through a pile of bolts searching for the one that matches.
I thought they took Rifles from everyone there and destroyed them? Or is it dewat?
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balkslak
Senior Member
Are you referring to the K98s which were in Norway after the occupation or guns in general i Norway? In any case, I have seven K98's and a G33/40 all live. I do have a MP38 & MP40 but they are dewats.
There was a guy from Norway posting about a year ago selling stocks because everyone was turning in their rifles. Which never made sense to me because I thought you could own with a collectors license
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balkslak
Senior Member
There's different ways of owning a rifle in Norway, most commonly is a hunting license, with a maximum number of six rifles/shotguns. You can also have weapons if it's inherited from a family member or you have a collectors license. Most K98's in Norway have been used postwar by the norwegian military and they are so common that they run in 200 bucks range som a lot of them have been sporterized to hunting rifles and so stocks are often sold off in the process.
Stephan98k
aka 8x57IS
That makes more sense to me. The way we were told was the law change made owning them prohibitive. Thank you for the correction.
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