Stock abnormality query

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bowietx

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In the last week I have seen two K98Ks with stocks that have a flat buttplate and no takedown disc. One was an RC and the other was advertised as an all matching Mauser Berlin-Borsigwalde 1937. Don't want to post pics as they are active auctions. No interest in buying either of these, but am interested in the provenance of these stocks. They look very similar to a yugo stock (could be what they are with a K98 handguard?). I have seen the stocks without take down discs in the Kriegsmodells, but not with the flat buttplate and not in the 1937 243's. Thank you in advance for your thoughts and ideas!!
 
bowietx said:
In the last week I have seen two K98Ks with stocks that have a flat buttplate and no takedown disc. One was an RC and the other was advertised as an all matching Mauser Berlin-Borsigwalde 1937. Don't want to post pics as they are active auctions. No interest in buying either of these, but am interested in the provenance of these stocks. They look very similar to a yugo stock (could be what they are with a K98 handguard?). I have seen the stocks without take down discs in the Kriegsmodells, but not with the flat buttplate and not in the 1937 243's. Thank you in advance for your thoughts and ideas!!
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you can always grab pics from the auctions and not link the auction


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Looks like a yugo stock to me. Some 24/47's used the side mounted sling as did the 48's. though from what I've seen all the 48's have a cupped buttplate. Though some 47's were the full length 98 action I think they transitioned to the intermediate length action when the 48 was being developed and there appears to be a little overlap. So some Yugo stocks would fit a full length 98 action. But I cant be sure without seeing more. Ive never seen a German stock with the side mounted sling without a takedown disk or a hole in the buttplate. I've only seen Standard Models with a bottom sling swivel.

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BSchiebs said:
Looks like a yugo stock to me. Some 24/47's used the side mounted sling as did the 48's. though from what I've seen all the 48's have a cupped buttplate. Though some 47's were the full length 98 action I think they transitioned to the intermediate length action when the 48 was being developed and there appears to be a little overlap. So some Yugo stocks would fit a full length 98 action. But I cant be sure without seeing more. Ive never seen a German stock with the side mounted sling without a takedown disk or a hole in the buttplate. I've only seen Standard Models with a bottom sling swivel.

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Here is the top of the rifle

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Looks to me as a Yugo mark or Eastern Europeon Bulgaria etc. I have seen that mark or a similar one on Yugo stocks. timothy
 
BSchiebs said:
Looks like a yugo stock to me. Some 24/47's used the side mounted sling as did the 48's. though from what I've seen all the 48's have a cupped buttplate. Though some 47's were the full length 98 action I think they transitioned to the intermediate length action when the 48 was being developed and there appears to be a little overlap. So some Yugo stocks would fit a full length 98 action. But I cant be sure without seeing more. Ive never seen a German stock with the side mounted sling without a takedown disk or a hole in the buttplate. I've only seen Standard Models with a bottom sling swivel.

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The 24/47 was NEVER a full length action since they were all rebuilt from the pre war M1924's, which were all an intermediate length action. There were the std. length action VZ 24's, and some rifles built from the Gew98 series (M24b), but the former became the M24/52 series post war. The Yugoslavs did make some replacement stocks post war for those German K98k rifles they obtained. Those Yugoslav made stocks did not have the bolt takedown washer. The photos are very small, but agree, that it does look like one of those.
 
Stan said:
The 24/47 was NEVER a full length action since they were all rebuilt from the pre war M1924's, which were all an intermediate length action. There were the std. length action VZ 24's, and some rifles built from the Gew98 series (M24b), but the former became the M24/52 series post war. The Yugoslavs did make some replacement stocks post war for those German K98k rifles they obtained. Those Yugoslav made stocks did not have the bolt takedown washer. The photos are very small, but agree, that it does look like one of those.
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Thanks fof clarifying that. I was definitely thinking of the vz24

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Thank you to all who have provided their thoughts!! The information is greatly appreciated. It appears that they are in fact Yugo stocks that have made their way onto K98s. Categorizing these types of abnormalities is very instructive and will get added to my notes.
 
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