WW2 German K98 Mauser Laminated Stock Handguard No Serial Number HANDPICK Original German WWII manufactured K98 laminated handguard. Has not been sanded or la. Later, the newly established Israel Defense Forces ordered more numbers of Mauser Karabiner 98k rifles, produced this time by Fabrique Nationale. These have Israeli and Belgian markings on the rifle as well as the emblem of the IDF on the top of the rifle's receiver.

Average to high price. Real collector models will be higher. Look on the receiver, by the rear sight.

Look for an 'X' on the receiver. If it's there, it was a Russian 'capture' gun.

Check the bore, alot are still equipt with strong rifling, but the bores are dark. Peredelka kompjyuternogo bloka pitaniya v payaljnuyu stanciyu. Post any letter codes, such as BYF, or BSW. I have a 1937 BSW, a bicycle mfg who also made guns. Mine wears Wehrmact and nazi rhunes, as well as govt. Proofs from the time frame. It's matching as well, and shoots to minute of combatant as designed. Early guns 'should' wear walnut stocks, but for the most part, most K98k's wore the laminate stock.

Watch the ammo that you use in it should you purchase it, as alot of it was/is corrosive, or has corrosive primers. The 8x57 is between the.308 and the 30-06 in the power range, and should you choose to hunt with it, there is some hunting ammo available commercially, but handloading will make any 98 ring mauser shine. This is mine. These sold for 200 bucks several years ago. An all original bayonet if matching numbers and nice makers mark is worth 150 alone.

Even an unmatched bayo and scabbard if worth 80 easy. 400 would be a good buy in today's market, even for a Russian Capture.

Make sure you check all numbers. The Germans marked even screws with the last two serial nos. The firing pin is marked and extractor, there are many serial numbers on a K98. I paid 650 for a lightly sanded CE all matching no import several years ago and its a 1400 dollar to 1600 dollar gun today. They are not importing any more of these so grab it.

Also check out Mitchell's Mausers. I have a Yugoslavian surrender Mauser. Yugoslavia was the only country to self liberate from German occupation.

The Yugoslavian forces took possession of several thousand K98's. Most were 'reconditioned' at one of a few Yugoslavian factories. All the visible and easy to get to German markings were ground away. If you completely strip down the rifle, you can still find places where some of the insignia remain; such is my K98 with matching serial numbers on the receiver and bolt. Some of these have a very high collector value if the remaining insignia can be used to determine originating factory and manufacture date.

I have a bayonet as well but not with a matching serial number. The price you've been quoted seems fair, but you can get some very nice ones with matching numbers at Mitchell's for around the same price. Script adblock test free.

Ive had several old 98 mausers over the years, including GEW98's K98's and even one of those Yugo models with the short action. All of them were tough as nails, and probably the worst one I had was the yugo. If you can get a minty K98 for that price I would buy it. It will only go up in price.

What you may find hard to get is the little cleaning rods. If you can ever find one.get it. My personal favorite is my pre-WWII commercial action that actually says 'mauser' across the top, with a VZ24 barrel, a cut down sporterized K98 laminated stock, with a globe front sight and a timminey trigger.and it has the original cross hatched sling on it too! Its the most accurate iron sighted rifle I have ever owned and I have dropped many a wild pig and deer with it, and it looks for all the world like a rigby african plains rifle.

Just get the bloody thing. Prices vary a bit but bottom line is, they aren't making any more of them so it's unlikely you're going to lose on the deal over time.