Just got this bad boy dropped at my doorstep.
Oberndorf manufacture, 1941 issue K98, a true bolt mismatch. The neat part of this gun is the Luftwaffe branch mark on the stock, a cool provenance for this well used warhorse.
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I don't know jack about the k98's but sweet gun for sure!!
Great looking early, red glue laminate stock! I really like that one Kevin
Yeah, congrats...nice looking snag!
Way cool Kevin. k98 is on my short list. Actually #1 on the list.
Very nice! 8) thumb1
Are there any good estimates of the number that went to the Luftwaffe or Kriegsmarine (you have one of those too I recall, though I think your "M" was a 29/40)?
Blicero you have a Kriegsmarine rifle? How about a peek at it and it's markings, I've never seen one.
Sorry for the delay replying here. I didn't realize having a taped up mouth would psychologically affect me to shut up.
Quote from: sheepdog on October 02, 2014, 06:18:36 PM
Great looking early, red glue laminate stock! I really like that one Kevin
It passes the Sheep test! Thanks buddy. Can't wait to shoot it.
Quote from: Phosphorus32 on October 03, 2014, 04:52:35 PM
Very nice! 8) thumb1
Are there any good estimates of the number that went to the Luftwaffe or Kriegsmarine (you have one of those too I recall, though I think your "M" was a 29/40)?
Damn that's a good question. I recall Speer writing a passage about the Luft ordering 10,000 98s in 1938...just from one factory. But that was at the same time Goring was trying to push for more G29O usage too. I don't know about overall distribution though.
Quote from: Dannyboy53 on October 03, 2014, 05:16:35 PM
Blicero you have a Kriegsmarine rifle? How about a peek at it and it's markings, I've never seen one.
Basically, they're all the same besides the "L", "H", or "M" branch mark on the stock. Some k98s will have a Navy-marked takedown disk signifying Baltic or North Sea service but that's the only oddity I can think of. Here's a navy mark on a G29/40, which is just a k98 clone built on stolen Polish parts.
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