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Were they riding boots (I've read that officers were allowed to provide their own riding boots if they chose to do so) or the hobnailed jackboots?

Researching it for a friend, he wants to know if these were "real" or reproductions. https://www.ebay.com/itm/German-WWII-Boots-Size-42-43-9-10-/264070402448?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=93Ak0Qvbm2UaZzQzK3Jd8QRs%252FNA%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc

Howdy! It's my understanding that sourcing your own riding boots was allowed for officers, and I've noticed that this type of boot pull tab seems to be common in older/worn out boots sold from European countries on ebay as "German officer boots". Does anyone know if boots with these...

Oh, the 43m is complete. It's the parts rifle that's missing only the bolt head. Does the headspace change with firing/would it be inadvisable to use the same bolt in both guns in the interim before I can find another bolt head for the incomplete one if it headspaces properly in both in the...

Howdy! Does anyone know of a place that makes reproduction bolt heads/extractors/etc... for the G98/40? Ian mentions that he thinks they exist in this video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdnNYqjpQvs I recently picked up an unmolested 43M and a sporterized G98/40 came for free as "parts"...

But can't I just put a repro high turret mount (I think they have to be soldered or drilled in?) from ebay onto a prezeduce 44 yugo capture or something and have an interesting/semi-realistic looking sniper? Again, I literally have no clue how optics work aside from having used POSPs on AKs and...

Is it possible to mount the high turret mounts to a normal receiver, or am I better off buying a leupold mount set?

Very interesting! Thank you.

So this one has a sunshade? Again, I'm not very big on optics and don't really know much terminology.

Does anyone know what the reticle should look like?

I'm personally just looking to put an old-timey looking scope onto an old de-sporterized sporterized K98k that has a mount drilled already.

Howdy! I found this scope in the back of a gun store; neither I nor the owner know what it is worth but from ebay pricing he's asking $450. Is this reasonable? I can't find much on the history myself, how to tell fakes apart by markings, and generally have no clue about optics in general. I've...

There is nothing on the right side but the restamped yugo serial.

Awesome! Is there any reason for imperial era parts to exist on the trigger and stock of a modern k98k with a cupped buttplate made by Gustloff, or is it likely that the stock itself is a replacement? It's numbered to the restamped receiver so its been with it since at least the 1940s, and from...

Was Gustloff the only factory that subcontracted sight bases out to Nahmatag? I see that Gustloff usually subcontracted out a lot of parts. Do you know if the 43 stamped on the bottom of the receiver could be a production year? Nothing like that is present on the receiver bottom of any of my...