HI, I just got my first Mauser. It's a K98k from 1942 (byf 42). My research says that the SN should be four digits followed by an alpha. This rifle is W2750, the number is preceded by the alpha! Confusing. Any ideas on why my SN is in this format?
Help identifying K98k Please!
- Thread starter Larry.k
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Sauer_Kraut
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Full pic of the rifle would be nice, but a W before the serial is definitely not German. Also, first pic looks like a recoil pad, and Germans did not stamp the serial on the buttstock in that location.
Zeppelin5000
Senior Member
Yugo rework.
Thanks Tom, yes I will be more careful with the research. I'm pretty sure I paid too much for this rifle now that I know more about what it is. Once I started researching Yugo rebuilds it all began to make sense.
Thanks Kraut, you're right, the stamp on the stock is from the Yugo rework, I'm sure. Well, at least I know what I'm looking at now.
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Sauer_Kraut
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What did you paid? In my experience, yugo reworks tend to be on the better side for post war rifles. Interesting yours still has the German factory and date, a lot were scrubbed and stamped with a yugo crest.
Paid 1100 bucks for it! I'm not sure how bad that is. I'm looking at Mauser sales and there's a lot out there, but not a lot of Yugo rebuilds.
Yugo mauser K98k attributes and markings can be seen on page one. Not sure if this helps any or not:
SEE TB https://www.treasurebunker.com/foru...iew-commonly-found-on-the-us-market/#comments
SEE TB https://www.treasurebunker.com/foru...iew-commonly-found-on-the-us-market/#comments
Thanks! Lots of good information in that listing. larry.k
No Yugo crest, and no "preduzece44" stamp, just the W and 4 digit SN, along with the same SN stamped on the stock, lots of small eagle stamps throughout the rifle, but I guess these are from assembled "used" parts, not on the original rifle. The receiver has something stamped above the "byf" but I can't make it out. Thanks
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Zeppelin5000
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Ouch, that's a bit much. These are typically worth $800 max in my opinion.
That marking above the byf is an eagle over a 135, Mauser-Oberndorf's inspection marking.
ya, that's what I'm thinking also, but I'm still trying to understand the markings, and lack of markings. I don't understand the lack of the Yugo crest if it's Yugo re-work. I"m going to disassemble it and look at the inside markings, if any.
Zeppelin5000
Senior Member
Not all Yugo reworks got the crest.
I disassembled the rifle, got more photos. Found two "dirty bird" stamps (I think they are) on side of receiver. Does anyone know wha these stamps are, thanks
The side of the barrel has two stamps, looks like a W and an A, what could those be:
Under side of barrel has two stamps, a 5 and a 44, I assume those are the date of the reworked barrel
Inside the stock shows number 9537 and up near the front shows a M, or maybe a V
Any comments will be appreciated. I'd like to know if the receiver began life as a German Rifle.
Larry.k
The side of the barrel has two stamps, looks like a W and an A, what could those be:
Under side of barrel has two stamps, a 5 and a 44, I assume those are the date of the reworked barrel
Inside the stock shows number 9537 and up near the front shows a M, or maybe a V
Any comments will be appreciated. I'd like to know if the receiver began life as a German Rifle.
Larry.k
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Zeppelin5000
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The eagles are inspection stamps, called waffenamts. And yes, the receiver started as a German rifle. It was Mauser-Oberndorf produced in 1942. The 3637 was the serial number of the rifle that stock originally belonged to. The other random numbers are just stamps added during the manufacturing process.
Cyrano4747
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Oof, yeah, you overpaid by about double. Any chance of getting your money back?
