Still some German K98's being imported

RetVet · 04-17-2012, 03:18 PM

Saw one dealer I've dealt with before, Classic Arms, has a bunch of Russian captured K98's for sale now. I didn't know anyone was getting them in anymore.

Prices are steep. Way too steep IMO running $500 and up for a run of the mill Russian refurb. My most expensive Russian capture was closer to $300 and that was a single rune Steyr.

Railbuggy · 04-17-2012, 04:24 PM

I was going to order four more 30rd surplus AK mags from Copes yesterday.There $2.00 more today at $11.95.

DirtySteve · 04-17-2012, 05:52 PM

Got mine back in '96 dated 1942. $150bucks.

Not a refurb, but weathered, with Nazi proof marks.

Pogo · 04-17-2012, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by RetVet

Prices are steep. Way too steep IMO running $500 and up for a run of the mill Russian refurb. My most expensive Russian capture was closer to $300 and that was a single rune Steyr.

That's way too much for anything the commies "refurbished".

10 Bears · 04-17-2012, 08:04 PM

Well, they are definately collectable.
No longer being manufactured.

Soon they will be in the "unobtainable" or two or three thousand dollar bracket.

Get 'em while you can, then brag, in ten years or so, about how much it was worth when the BAT FEces consfiscated it as an Assault Weapon.

Eightball · 04-18-2012, 01:47 AM

Century has some K98s listed. Not as nice as the ones at Classic, and you have to call for the prices.

RetVet · 04-18-2012, 07:21 AM

Too bad the prices are out to lunch. I have a full set of BNZ's, all years made, but my 1939 660 coded one was ruined by the importer and their billboard stamp on the rear site body. Looking at these Classic has, the import stamp is on the receiver and that's worse.

RTO · 04-18-2012, 10:31 AM

Reckon I'll keep mine for a while longer. I bought it from the man that brought it back from France at the end of the war, so no import marks. It has a worn leather sling with it too.

MrKalashnikov · 04-19-2012, 12:43 PM

I picked up a nice 1937 Lubecker Maschinenfabrik-manufactured K98 just a couple of months ago at a gun show; $300 out the door. Looks like it was reworked at some point as a number of the smaller pieces of the rifle don't have matching serial #s. I completely stripped it down after I bought it & found 13 different Nazi inspection marks on it in various places. No importation stamps of any kind. Still plenty of strong rifling left & shoots great.

I've seen a number of those Russian-capture Mausers in guns shops lately. Most are beat to hell, electric pencilling on force-matched parts, revarnished stocks in that peculiar red-tone the Russians use, and very dark bores. $500+ for mismatched junk.

p-38 · 04-19-2012, 11:16 PM

Doesn't mitchels mausers have some for 500$ still that are in great shape?

RetVet · 04-20-2012, 09:03 AM

Mitchell's Mausers are bastardized and not worth a dime from a collector standpoint. They look great because they sand the stocks, buff and renumber the metal parts to match the numbers, then refinish. I'm sure they'd make nice looking shooters, but again, from a collector standpoint they are ruined.

Pogo · 04-20-2012, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by RetVet

Mitchell's Mausers are bastardized and not worth a dime from a collector standpoint. They look great because they sand the stocks, buff and renumber the metal parts to match the numbers, then refinish. I'm sure they'd make nice looking shooters, but again, from a collector standpoint they are ruined.

I wasn't aware of that. Interesting to know.

I bought a new unissued 98 several years ago. I can't remember what country it came from. It wasn't German though. I'll have to dig it out and post a picture.

I've also got a Turk that I restored. Not a bad shooter either.

Havoc308 · 04-20-2012, 09:05 AM

I bought a K98 from Samco. It's not one of those capture guns, not refinished etc. Still has the front sight hood too. Only problem is it's not German, it's Czech, made in Brno. Samco still has them advertised for $229

RetVet · 04-20-2012, 10:00 AM

I know they strip and sand the stocks and polish and re blue the metal. I've read reports about the serial numbers being ground, polished out, and renumbered.

There is a lot of discussion about these and this latest batch of K98s at Classic Arms on other boards. Some believe this latest batch were rebuilt at the Tula Arsenal for resale within Russia, making them a slightly different variation from the typical Russian captured K98's we've seen coming in over the last few years with the serial number electro penciled to "match".

Frogman · 04-23-2012, 08:44 PM

I had no idea that Mitchell's Mauser's were renumbered parts guns, it sure has been kept quite for a long time. I though they just got new stocks & maybe a new screw or too.

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RetVet Statistical Error Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Homeless Posts: 43,709	Still some German K98's being imported Saw one dealer I've dealt with before, Classic Arms, has a bunch of Russian captured K98's for sale now. I didn't know anyone was getting them in anymore. Prices are steep. Way too steep IMO running $500 and up for a run of the mill Russian refurb. My most expensive Russian capture was closer to $300 and that was a single rune Steyr. __________________ ^^^ For entertainment purposes. Use only as directed. ^^^ III

04-17-2012, 04:24 PM	#2
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04-18-2012, 10:31 AM	#8
RTO Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Flarda Posts: 29,610	Reckon I'll keep mine for a while longer. I bought it from the man that brought it back from France at the end of the war, so no import marks. It has a worn leather sling with it too. __________________ 3 Make America Like Florida

04-20-2012, 09:05 AM	#13
Havoc308 Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Hell's Ditch, SC Posts: 638	I bought a K98 from Samco. It's not one of those capture guns, not refinished etc. Still has the front sight hood too. Only problem is it's not German, it's Czech, made in Brno. Samco still has them advertised for $229 __________________ Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think, and act for myself--and then I will obey every law or submit to the penalty." - Chief Joseph Alle Kunst ist umsunst Wenn ein Engel auf das Zundloch brunzet (All skill is in vain if an angel pisses down the touch-hole of your musket.) quod futue te ipsum est quid

04-23-2012, 08:44 PM	#15
Frogman Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,932	I had no idea that Mitchell's Mauser's were renumbered parts guns, it sure has been kept quite for a long time. I though they just got new stocks & maybe a new screw or too. __________________ Gun control defined: The theory that people who are willing to ignore laws against theft, torture, kidnapping, rape, and murder but will obey a law which prohibits them from owning a firearm. "I love this country, it's the government I'm afraid of"

04-17-2012, 05:52 PM	#3
DirtySteve Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4,798	Got mine back in '96 dated 1942. $150bucks. Not a refurb, but weathered, with Nazi proof marks.

04-17-2012, 08:04 PM	#5
10 Bears Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: E-Da-How Posts: 137,846	Well, they are definately collectable. No longer being manufactured. Soon they will be in the "unobtainable" or two or three thousand dollar bracket. Get 'em while you can, then brag, in ten years or so, about how much it was worth when the BAT FEces consfiscated it as an Assault Weapon.

04-18-2012, 01:47 AM	#6
Eightball Proud WECSOG graduate Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Louisiana Posts: 3,601	Century has some K98s listed. Not as nice as the ones at Classic, and you have to call for the prices.

04-18-2012, 07:21 AM	#7
RetVet Statistical Error Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Homeless Posts: 43,709	Too bad the prices are out to lunch. I have a full set of BNZ's, all years made, but my 1939 660 coded one was ruined by the importer and their billboard stamp on the rear site body. Looking at these Classic has, the import stamp is on the receiver and that's worse.

04-19-2012, 12:43 PM	#9
MrKalashnikov Deplorable Join Date: May 2008 Location: Behind The Iron Curtain Posts: 8,140	I picked up a nice 1937 Lubecker Maschinenfabrik-manufactured K98 just a couple of months ago at a gun show; $300 out the door. Looks like it was reworked at some point as a number of the smaller pieces of the rifle don't have matching serial #s. I completely stripped it down after I bought it & found 13 different Nazi inspection marks on it in various places. No importation stamps of any kind. Still plenty of strong rifling left & shoots great. I've seen a number of those Russian-capture Mausers in guns shops lately. Most are beat to hell, electric pencilling on force-matched parts, revarnished stocks in that peculiar red-tone the Russians use, and very dark bores. $500+ for mismatched junk.

04-19-2012, 11:16 PM	#10
p-38 Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Vermont, in the middle of nowhere. Really. Posts: 229	Doesn't mitchels mausers have some for 500$ still that are in great shape?

04-20-2012, 09:03 AM	#11
RetVet Statistical Error Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Homeless Posts: 43,709	Mitchell's Mausers are bastardized and not worth a dime from a collector standpoint. They look great because they sand the stocks, buff and renumber the metal parts to match the numbers, then refinish. I'm sure they'd make nice looking shooters, but again, from a collector standpoint they are ruined.

04-20-2012, 10:00 AM	#14
RetVet Statistical Error Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Homeless Posts: 43,709	I know they strip and sand the stocks and polish and re blue the metal. I've read reports about the serial numbers being ground, polished out, and renumbered. There is a lot of discussion about these and this latest batch of K98s at Classic Arms on other boards. Some believe this latest batch were rebuilt at the Tula Arsenal for resale within Russia, making them a slightly different variation from the typical Russian captured K98's we've seen coming in over the last few years with the serial number electro penciled to "match".