Mauser Guns Collectors Forum
Rifles => KAR 98K Rifle => Topic started by: 64billy on April 19, 2017, 01:28:38 PM
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Picked up a mislabeled Kar. 98 at a local gun shop. They had it labeled as Belgian(Danzig in Belgium?). Anyway, I foolishly sold most of my WWI collection when Clinton was elected and have since moved on. So, I thought I could make a few bucks and plan to sell it. Any body around who knows what it is worth? Condition: little blue left, lots off dents and nicks, perfect bore, mismatched bolt and front band. Cool stuff: five tally notches on the comb of the stock, the stock also has a scraped out area where the stahlhelm(sic?) rubbed it, ( My 1914 Enfield has the same scrape). and infantry swivels screwed on. I bet it looks exactly as it did when it left the trenches. The thing makes one's hair stand on end when handling it. The owners widow sold a large collection to the gun store, and I suspect got royally S*******d. I wish I knew it's story. I'm a retired historian by trade, and wish people would leave the story under the butt plate like some Swiss do with their rifles. any way, any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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Your rifle is worth between $300 and $450. The bluing does not look worn off--it looks like it has been chemically stripped. Even on heavily-worn rifles, there is some bluing left in low areas. The kill notches are not likely wartime original--they were likely added at a later time to try and sell a story. I have never seen kill marks on a weapon that is in original condition: somehow they are always on firearms with major condition issues.