German K98 info

[IEatZ28]

I saw a 1944 German K98 Mauser, none of the numbers matched the stock was in fairly good shape (sorry I don't have pictures) it had on the receiver DOT 1944 and 2 small eagle stamps and the bore was good. I wanted to buy it because I've always wanted one but the price was high without knowing enough

What is the going rate for a 1944 K98, non matching anything with a decent bore and stock?

I wish I took pictures but what is a ballpark estimate?

[81turbota]

Import marked? So everything is mismatched...not just the bolt?

A complete put together gun I would pay no more than $350 for. A non import bolt mismatch I would pay $600 for. All original matching 1k+.

[IEatZ28]

There was a small import marking on the barrel, I think it was Cai but don't quote me on that. And yeah everything was. I remember it was common to have a mismatched bolt but it had nothing

That's what I figured, thanks man

[81turbota]

Seems like it's an RC (Russian Capture). Did it have an electro penciled serial number on the bolt? An "X" stamped on the receiver? RCs are gaining value, nice ones with pristine bores are bringing $450 regularly.

If you want a true K98 as a shooter, I would go with a Yugo K98 rework on the low end ($325) RC at the mid point ($400-450) and a bolt mismatch bringback/pre-68 import on the high end ($600-800) Unfortunately, true matching K98's are faked regularly so intensive research is required.

[IEatZ28]

Yessir! Electro penciled bolt but I don't remember a X though, I could be wrong though. 450? Dam. This was much more.

I've been seeing those Yugo Mauser I didn't know they were actually German

Why do people have to fake em, whatever happened to honesty these days.


Thanks again TTA, I appreciate it

[paratroop]

The X isnt always present on a russian capture. Is the sight hood and cleaning rod missing? That and shellac and the electropenciling are tell tale signs. Sometimes even the swastikas arent peened out.
Ive never seen a really mismatched one, maybe its a bottom barrel RC, or a gun pieced together in the states?

[emcon5]

The X isnt always present on a russian capture. Is the sight hood and cleaning rod missing? That and shellac and the electropenciling are tell tale signs. Sometimes even the swastikas arent peened out.
Ive never seen a really mismatched one, maybe its a bottom barrel RC, or a gun pieced together in the states?

RC's only match the barrel and action, because they didn't take them apart that far. The S/N will be stamped in the left side of the butt, the bolt will be force matched with electropencil, but the stamped numbers will not match on anything else on the rifle. The bolt will not even match itself.

Yugo K98k are reworked German, but M48 and M24/47 are not, they are entirely Yugo.

[Bobby Ricigliano]

If you just want a dependable shooter Mauser you would be just as well off with a Yugo M48. Any K98 will bring more of a premium due to its history and origin as a nazi weapon.

The price spectrum for K98's can literally go from $300 - $3,000.