All my opinions of course: Yes, the same Frank from Kalifornia who humped that BSW. That needs to be resurrected and posted here. He's back at it? This is hilarious: I forgot about that 337 auction, forgot to bid, and he got the rifle for $1850. I contacted him and offered him $300 more as I knew he was going to flip it. He told me it was easily worth $3000 and basically played games and laughed at me. I wanted to save it from his wanking as it was untouched, with old dried grease, dirt, grime, and air rust (easily removed with a wiping) and told him so and reminded him about getting busted humping that BSW. Well, up it comes again for auction and I would have bid $1850, but ole Frank decided to put one over on me and blocked me as a bidder. As a result, Warrior got it for $1550 or something.
so Frank the Rifle Flipping Wank took an immediate $300 beating right out the gate. It also had a rod that matched in his auction which is a Gustloff rod, perfectly matched in condition, wear, and last two digits. Totally original matching early Gustloff rod that looks like it was always with the rifle. I'm not so sure it wasn't with the original rifle somehow, but if it wasn't, bravo, that's a $100+ rod, so Frank gets a $400 beating. I emailed him and thanked him for blocking my bidding because it meant that I got the rifle for $1650 from Warrior, he took a $400+ beating, and saved me from paying $2150 to him
On the 337, the stock wasn't sanded or bleached. I think he just gently cleaned it. None of the metal was pimped, but the grime and dirt (likely postwar grime and dirt) were cleaned out of the stock. In hand it looks different from the pics a bit. Are the markings enhanced or were they protected by the grime and dried grease on the original rifle that he cleaned off? He would have to have an exact set of WaA749 stamps or simply painstakingly, with a magnifying glass, picked out the stamps. I looked at the original auction pics, before he got it, and the stamps look pretty similar. I just looked at it as scratches and if I want to press those markings out more that's easy enough to do, so I won't. Very happy with the rifle, thanks Warrior, and while Frank the Rifle Wanker owned it briefly, that it was rescued from him and he took a $400+ beating on the K98k wanking and flipping he's doing make it a favorite. I smile when I look at it.
I thought Frank had given up on K98k wanking after that, hence the "No More 98ks" Gunbonker handle?