Help with the history of this rifle

[BigKosh]

I just received this as a gift from a friend who didn’t know much about it. I am thrown off by the different information that is available on these amazing historical rifles.

 

[AN-94]

Welcome to the forum. Going off the pics you posted, you have a Russian Capture K98k, with the receiver being made by Mauser-Borsigwalde out of Berlin (ar code) in 1943. With the Russians captured K98ks, they would strip them down, refinish the rifles and put the rifles back together from various parts bins and number the "new" parts to match, as you can see by the electropencil on the bolt and the number on the left side of the stock. These were imported in fairly large numbers after the dissolution of the USSR and Century Arms imported this one with that import marking on the barrel. RC K98ks make for great first rifles as there's a wide variety of parts from different years that get put together into these and they make for nice shooters assuming you got a good bore on this one.

 

[BigKosh]

Welcome to the forum. Going off the pics you posted, you have a Russian Capture K98k, with the receiver being made by Mauser-Borsigwalde out of Berlin (ar code) in 1943. With the Russians captured K98ks, they would strip them down, refinish the rifles and put the rifles back together from various parts bins and number the "new" parts to match, as you can see by the electropencil on the bolt and the number on the left side of the stock. These were imported in fairly large numbers after the dissolution of the USSR and Century Arms imported this one with that import marking on the barrel. RC K98ks make for great first rifles as there's a wide variety of parts from different years that get put together into these and they make for nice shooters assuming you got a good bore on this one.

I appreciate the response thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge. Definitely excited to see how she shoots.

 

[BigKosh]

Welcome to the forum. Going off the pics you posted, you have a Russian Capture K98k, with the receiver being made by Mauser-Borsigwalde out of Berlin (ar code) in 1943. With the Russians captured K98ks, they would strip them down, refinish the rifles and put the rifles back together from various parts bins and number the "new" parts to match, as you can see by the electropencil on the bolt and the number on the left side of the stock. These were imported in fairly large numbers after the dissolution of the USSR and Century Arms imported this one with that import marking on the barrel. RC K98ks make for great first rifles as there's a wide variety of parts from different years that get put together into these and they make for nice shooters assuming you got a good bore on this one.

Here are some additional pictures just for reference