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1Rdub

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Hey All, I bought this k98 at an auction a few years back.I pulled it out of my safe a couple weeks
Back and began to take a closer look. I went on Reddit to find info and This lead me to this group which is really fantastic. I hope I can get some more info and direction. I really just want to know if this one is at all worth saving or if I should just start over. I have been told that the stock doesn’t match and that the barrel
Is not matching. Also, I have learned that there is sometimes weird with the sling mounts. At this point I am just looking for an original K98 to buy preferably matching. From What I have learned so far 1939-1943 but I could be wrong. In any case this one seems fairly solid but def needs am original safety I know for sure. Any further info on the markings etc would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you all.
 

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The front band is from an Argentine1909 and the lower band is from a Czech m98 not a k98. The barreled action is a k98 made by Mauser (byf) code in 1944. The stock is walnut
not correct for a 1944 gun should be laminate. Need a good clear closeup with better lighting of the action and bolt, floor plate and stock.
 
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Humbarger said:
The front band is from an Argentine1909 and the lower band is from a Czech m98 not a k98. The barreled action is a k98 made by Mauser (byf) code in 1944. The stock is walnut
not correct for a 1944 gun should be laminate. Need a good clear closeup with better lighting of the action and bolt, floor plate and stock.
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the front band is the correct style, but as noted, the ‘Frisian cap’ is one of the symbols used by the Argentines. the hand guard is from a rifle I don’t recognize, but I think the lower (sling) band is from a Vz24. Saving it? Depends on your goals & any attachment to the rifle. It may work out as a shooter, if your goal is pure collecting keep looking & perhaps sell this one to help finance a better example.
for a ‘44, the stock might be walnut, but cupped butt plate. The style of recoil lug is one used by the Czechs as a bolt take down device. would a byf 44 have had a CE 42 barrel? Odd things happened in the supply chain, but it lacks the ‘7.9’ mark on the shoulder, though the firing proof & serial number are placed normally. (often wind up out of position in a barrel replacement.)
also: the stock was used & modified by the Yugoslavs, notice how the last step in the barrel (towards the muzzle) ‘sticks out’ about 1/2” beyond the front band? When they(Yugoslavs) replaced barrels on K98s, they used ones that were 3/8”-1/2” shorter than the German barrels, and shortened the stocks to match. your rifle has an original length barrel, but the stock has been shortened at the front.
 
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Humbarger said:
The front band is from an Argentine1909 and the lower band is from a Czech m98 not a k98. The barreled action is a k98 made by Mauser (byf) code in 1944. The stock is walnut
not correct for a 1944 gun should be laminate. Need a good clear closeup with better lighting of the action and bolt, floor 🍽️ and stock.
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Muncher 1953 said:
the front band is the correct style, but as noted, the ‘Frisian cap’ is one of the symbols used by the Argentines. the hand guard is from a rifle I don’t recognize, but I think the lower (sling) band is from a Vz24. Saving it? Depends on your goals & any attachment to the rifle. It may work out as a shooter, if your goal is pure collecting keep looking & perhaps sell this one to help finance a better example.
for a ‘44, the stock might be walnut, but cupped butt plate. The style of recoil lug is one used by the Czechs as a bolt take down device. would a byf 44 have had a CE 42 barrel? Odd things happened in the supply chain, but it lacks the ‘7.9’ mark on the shoulder, though the firing proof & serial number are placed normally. (often wind up out of position in a barrel replacement.)
also: the stock was used & modified by the Yugoslavs, notice how the last step in the barrel (towards the muzzle) ‘sticks out’ about 1/2” beyond the front band? When they(Yugoslavs) replaced barrels on K98s, they used ones that were 3/8”-1/2” shorter than the German barrels, and shortened the stocks to match. your rifle has an original length barrel, but the stock has been shortened at the front.
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Learning so much and so grateful to you and everyone here. I’m happy to just shoot this one. It’s not really a matter of financing another I do want to buy one from the same. Preferably complete. Any idea on what one might expect to pay?
 
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