There were a lot of these for sale several years ago. The norwegians built 30.06 rifles out of the K98 and mostly kept them together numbers wise. FYI not captured but surrendered.
Technically, most of them were surrendered by Germans at some point.............
However, as for the Norwegian K98kF1 which were the ones converted to 30-06 in the early 50's, very few were kept together numbers wise, as when they were re-barreled, the matching barrel bands and sight assemblies were often not put back with the rest of the rifle. All the F1 versions I've seen here in UK have a few minor miss-matched parts.
The F1 I used to own, was all matching except for the front barrel band, sight, and cleaning rod.
Whereas oddly, the ex-Norwegian Navy K98k I currently have is all matching except for the bolt and the butt plate. The Norwegian Navy kept their K98k's in original 7.92x57, they never converted them to 30-06.
I have seen a lot of all matching ones, not re-numbered. FYI I had one. The stock sets being sold usually had all matching metal as well and these were taken off converted rifles. Hate to think what happened to the rest of the rifle.
I have seen a lot of all matching ones, not re-numbered. FYI I had one. The stock sets being sold usually had all matching metal as well and these were taken off converted rifles. Hate to think what happened to the rest of the rifle.
Especially considering what Norwegian rework k98k rifles bring when they come up for sale.
They had been in the $750-$1,100 range here, complete.
2010 with Ranger Dave in Holland
Picking the Cherries
The wooden bins in the picture were full of stocks. Took us most the day to go through them (and some hand cleaner).
Found 3 Armor's stocks. All the ones in the pictures we bought had shipped.
One of my best memories.