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Mitchell Mauser K98 plug.....bash away!

CS8161CS8161 Member Posts: 13,596 ✭✭✭
edited February 2011 in General Discussion
I know many people hate Mitchell Mausers and consider them frauds, but I am listing this for an estate at a decent price. The collector grade sells for $599 now on Mitchells websight. Its a nice looking Mauser and will probably be an excellent shooter as long as you are not looking for an original WWII relic that saw combat on the beaches of Normandy. I am not making a dime on this sale, I am listing it for the widow and the price is what she wants to get out of it.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=216854348
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  • cpermdcpermd Member Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Smoking??

    I want some.[:)]

    CP
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  • WulfmannWulfmann Member Posts: 4,906 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You invited bashing so I should be courteous enough to accept the invitation!

    There is no consideration as to their being frauds. It is a fact they are frauds.
    They take Russian captured K98ks weld over the various part numbers file them down and stamp new numbers to match the receiver.
    That is outright counterfeiting.

    Then, to add insult to injury they leave the bolt in the white something no German K98k ever had. Every bolt was blued even the last ditch rifles.

    They are generally decent shooters and look nice and this one is worth maybe $300.00-$350.00 but that is IMO.

    Someone who does not know a 327 short block Chevy stuffed into a Porsche 911 is not how it left Zuffenhausen may think this is a fine weapon as it is.

    Wulfmann
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  • catpealer111catpealer111 Member Posts: 10,695
    edited November -1
    As issued, did Mauser stocks have that blond of a finish?
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  • CS8161CS8161 Member Posts: 13,596 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by catpealer111
    As issued, did Mauser stocks have that blond of a finish?


    I am no expert on surplus rifles, but I think they were all originally stained dark.
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  • WulfmannWulfmann Member Posts: 4,906 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Most were stained dark but many were issued without stain more so as the war came closer and closer to Germany so you are more likely to see later blond stocks than early ones.

    German soldiers did not like the blond stocks (maybe in the snow???) and they would have turned around and marches on Berlin themselves if the bolts were in the white a sure help to Russian snipers.

    If you get a Russian capture and strip the horrible shellac they used and it looks like the stain may show blond switch to lacquer thinner and you might find a purdy blond hiding under the stain.
    Here is a BCD43 unmessed with as brought home by a vet but most are stained brown.
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