OttoVonBismarck
Exhalted One
I purchased a K98 from an undisclosed seller on a popular auction site with some very sound advice from members on here. I was very excited as it was a rare rifle for many reasons, but when I received it I knew almost immeditely that it had been sanded and not described as such. In the pictures from the auction I could not tell it had been sanded. Lighting and top down photos made it difficult to tell. I sand cars occassionaly for paint and that experience helped me to identify the sanding as I could see the original factory sanding on the right hand side (unmolested) where as the left hand side had different sanding directions, ripples from not using a block, and the sander did not bother to match the contour of the rifle. It had a lot of material missing by the take down lever which I compared to a rifle I knew to be correct. I included a picture from Michael Steeves book to show what appears to be a Mauser employee sanding the rifle along the horizontal axis where as my rifle had been sanded at a 45 degree angle upwards. You can only see this in certain lighting while looking along the edge of the rifle.
I included pictures of the keel of the stock as I thought it was interesting that this was the darkest portion. Usually the rifles that I run across are lightest on the tops and bottoms and darkest on the sides of the stock from where well meaning owners rubbed them with oil over the years.
The seller did the right thing after 30 minutes of debate and accepted the refund. Thanks to everyone on here who assisted and let me know if you think I did the right thing/ thoughts on the rifle. Rifle is shipped as of this morning.
I included pictures of the keel of the stock as I thought it was interesting that this was the darkest portion. Usually the rifles that I run across are lightest on the tops and bottoms and darkest on the sides of the stock from where well meaning owners rubbed them with oil over the years.
The seller did the right thing after 30 minutes of debate and accepted the refund. Thanks to everyone on here who assisted and let me know if you think I did the right thing/ thoughts on the rifle. Rifle is shipped as of this morning.
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