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Posted: 12/23/2018 8:48:31 PM EDT
So the local fun shop has this Mauser, that I can't quite wrap my head around.
It's in great shape (too great) but everything seems off about it. It's in full 98k dress, laminate stock, etc, but the markings are just... Weird. Numbers match, but my gut tells me somethings fishy. Receiver. Doesn't mention "model 98" or "vz24" or anything. 
Crest scrubbed? 
"Matching" numbers 
I'm thinking something's wrong. Seems too nice to be just a well-done refinish. |
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Posted: 12/23/2018 8:53:32 PM EDT
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Soviet WW2 capture that was rearsenaled?
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Posted: 12/23/2018 8:58:36 PM EDT
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No import marks?
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Posted: 12/23/2018 9:23:02 PM EDT
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No, none.
Nothing on the other side of the receiver either. |
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Posted: 12/23/2018 9:37:59 PM EDT
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Some kind of commercial rebuild like Mitchell Mauser did?
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Posted: 12/23/2018 10:06:30 PM EDT
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It almost has to be, right?
Russian captures usually have the crest on the receiver ring kind of half-ass scrubbed off. You can usually see the edges of the eagle left over. |
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Posted: 12/23/2018 10:40:47 PM EDT
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Post war build from parts left over. Great rifles, usually have pristine bores, and shoot great. Crest scrubbed off as it was originally marked with the wartime code, just never built. If it was me I’d buy it. I have three of them, all are my best shooters.
Samco or sarco? Used to sell them. |
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Posted: 12/23/2018 11:20:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Some kind of commercial rebuild like Mitchell Mauser did? |
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Posted: 12/23/2018 11:54:51 PM EDT
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I have one unscrubed. It’s a DOU 45 K98 that went into service with the Czech military after WWII. Czeck BRNO plant.
A lot went to Israel. Edit: I can post pics if you want. What shop? How much? Also have full pics? |
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Posted: 12/24/2018 3:27:49 PM EDT
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Post war Czech 98k
Some had WW2 codes ......some had Czech Lion Chrests……. some were scrubbed for foreign sales. Samco sold them forever. |
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Posted: 12/25/2018 3:44:18 PM EDT
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Many of those had a corrosive stopover in South America. By the time they got here, they were suitable only as receivers for sporting guns.
I have an old Marathon import Israeli. It is a FN Israeli contract FN Mauser. May have been 7,9 Mauser at one time, but is in 7,62 NATO now. It's very nice and has an excellent bore. |
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Posted: 12/26/2018 2:38:57 PM EDT
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If the price is good I would buy that in a heartbeat, especially if it has a nice bore.
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Posted: 12/26/2018 7:27:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Post war Czech 98k Some had WW2 codes ......some had Czech Lion Chrests……. some were scrubbed for foreign sales. Samco sold them forever. |
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Posted: 12/27/2018 10:48:51 PM EDT
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As others have stated, it's a post-war 98k. Does it have the winter trigger guard and bolt take-down hole in the butt-plate?
If you don't buy, could you PM the price and shop info? |
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Posted: 12/28/2018 12:35:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Some kind of commercial rebuild like Mitchell Mauser did? |
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Posted: 1/1/2019 12:59:26 AM EDT
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That is a Russian capture. No marks means export. Probably somewhere in the Balkans.
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Posted: 1/1/2019 8:22:44 AM EDT
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Holy crap guys. It’s not a RC.
It’s a post WWII DOU BRNO Czech Mauser. Some stayed in country and some were exported. I have one identical that’s not scrubbed. |
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Posted: 1/1/2019 8:29:00 AM EDT
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 Attached File Attached File Attached FileHere’s one I sold about a year ago. Very mismatched and scrubbed for $350. |
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Posted: 1/1/2019 8:33:13 AM EDT
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I’m guessing the safety was replaced since elctro marked.
@sic_ness Ops where’s the rifle at and how much? Did you acquire? |
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Posted: 1/1/2019 11:03:07 AM EDT
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Sorry forgot this thread after the holidays.
It's at the Keystone Armory, I think it's tagged at $650? I can't remember right now. |
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Posted: 1/1/2019 11:12:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:Post war build from parts left over. |
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Posted: 1/1/2019 12:57:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Sorry forgot this thread after the holidays. It's at the Keystone Armory, I think it's tagged at $650? I can't remember right now. That’s about the low end of a non-scrubbed BRNO. |
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Posted: 1/9/2019 8:39:15 AM EDT
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I have a rifle that's almost identical. I paid $300 a couple years ago. It's one of my favorite rifles.
I won the bid on it on GunBroker but didn't meet the reserve, then noticed it was in a shop down the road so I offered them my bid without the GunBroker fee and they accepted. I was also confused by the condition. There isn't much info in initial internet searches. I've actually meant to start a thread, I'm glad you did. |
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