My pawn shop find

[Hal O'Peridol]

byf 44. All matching down to the firing pin. Enjoy.

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[BudT]

Nice piece.

[da gimp]

Has the stock been recently refinished? How much did you pay if I can ask?

[Hal O'Peridol]

Stock has not been touched, original finish. I got it for 700 out the door. Took a chance as they would not let me detail strip it to check the hidden serial numbers. Lucked out on it, local collectors are drooling over it. Nice original late war sling too.

I also have a nice af block DOT 44 bubba rescue with metal in he same shape, currently looking for a laminated DOT stock for it.

[dave]

The inside inletted sections of this stock should put to rest the myth that these stocks left the factory with any type of finish or stain. While the butt section looks a little dark the rest does not, probably the pictures! Now they did pick up dirt and the German soldiers probably oiled them with something over time. Even these 'treated' stocks will clean up almost like new. Allot of GI bringbacks were stained and finished by the new owners however. But they left the factory with no finish of any kind! I have about 20 of these laminated stocked rifles and they all are bright, clean and bare wood under the metal! Yours is a late little used example. I have a same year/code example which is like new, much later made (46 thou, 5 digit #, l letter) and stock is the same. Same rather uncommon yellow "glue" also. Yours is a very nice example at a fair price.

[Hal O'Peridol]

Apparently the oil of choice for the wood and metal of the rifles was Ballistol, a German made mineral oil product. Te butt has a little dirt on it, hence the slightly darker color, but I don't want to take a chance on accidentally overcleaning the rifle and loosing value and originality. It is crazy what a really nice original K98k goes for now days. I have been offered 2000 dollars cash(!) in hand for the rifle. I had always wanted a nice K98k, but by the time I seriously started to look for one, they had become scare AND expensive.

[jon_norstog]

Hal,

That is a nice piece. I'm glad it ended up in the hands of someone who knows enough not to mess with it.

jn

[da gimp]

ya done good Hal...........

[mike webb]

Nice catch. I wish I had bought a dozen matching K98k's back in the 70's when they were dirt cheap. They sure aren't anymore.

[da gimp]

me too, last one we had in the family I sold at a gunshow for a cousin for $135.00 back in the 1980's......

[JOEZ]

Very nice Mauser. Congratulations!