In addition, due to their high cost, there is a lot of fakery by guys converting almost-matching rifles or sporters back into the more valuable, complete, all-matching German K98ks. But for most, the German K98k rifle is hard to find since most of the WW II guys are gone, and the intact specimen's cost is beyond reach. Even one with a miss matched bolt is a great find. Every one would like an intact, bring back K98k.
#YUGO MAUSER CREST MOD 98 CODE#
And who would have known that those $200 bring backs in late 1960s would be pushing beyond $1000 depending on its state of matching numbers, metal condition, stock condition, German code & date, bring back papers, sling, bayonet and provenience. You got to love the backbone of the Germany Army, Paul Mauser's design came to a climax in Karabiner K98k.
#YUGO MAUSER CREST MOD 98 UPDATE#
RESTORATION COMPLETE this is a 11 June update with all pictures added, although some had to be squeezed in. The original pre 4 June format was archived on the Wayback Machine. Each original page can be searched out by its URL and is intact on the Wayback. I have restored this post since so many use it. However, 12 pages have been saved on the WAYBACK MACHINE and remain intact at that location. What you also need to look for on your Mauser are the markings of the builder(s), since it is a custom rifle, and could have been built by a known gunsmith or a smith doing the metal work and a stockmaker doing the woodwork.As of 4 June 2020 the forum switched to new format and all photos were lost.
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Once you know the manufacturer, and the serial number, you can look up the date of manufacture. So you need to take some close up photos of all the markings and post those. The original rifles made by any of these makers will often have the original buttplate and grip caps, which also have their logos. Then there are commercial Mauser actions built by Sauer and FN, which are abundantly found in custom rifles. Then there are other military Mausers which are 98s, like the VZ24, and some which are not quite the same action length, like the La Coruna of Spain and the Yugo M48. If it is a commercial Mauser action, it has the Mauser shield logo.īut it could have the logos of the Germany Army, or the Luftwaffe, and the markings of a manufacturer like Steyr, Krieghoff, J.P. As you've probably guessed it's quicker to drill round holes than machine oval holes so earlier made bolts have the oval hole. Is it a "H" form or a "C" form (a search on the internet will show and explain what is meant) and that will both "date" and "nation" it to a period that it can't have been made after and a country it couldn't have been made in.Īlso, although they may have been separated long ago and another bolt substituted.quite usual and nothing to worry about.the shape of the gas escape holes in the bolt (round or oval) will also speak of a "date" and an "origin". Or it could be FN and made in Belgium or indeed it could be made in Spain.īut! One thing that can't be hidden is the internals of the front receiver. Yours could be Secon World War, German, Austrian, Polish. The only hope is that to save time the gunmaker left the underneath of the action, that he knew would be hidden by the furniture, unmolested. As usually everything that might speak of that has been long filed or milled off. 243 W barrel yours is, are notoriously difficult to either date or indeed know where the action was originally made.