Kar98

[ir0nclash86]

Any idea what this is worth. Thinking about placing a bid before this ends

https://www.gunbroker.com/Item/920011927

[Rogerbutthead]

Its a Mitchell's Mauser - truth in advertising.

10 years ago, you would have been laughed at if you tried to say that was a WWII German Mauser - as they were considered pimp shined POS.

I would think it is 3 times overvalued at the 1500 bid - but I have not been watching the market for awhile.

I would say - "do not bid".

[nick]

Is it me or does it look like a Mitchell Mauser? If so, it's worth about a half of the current bid, probably less.

[Spaffo]

Mitchell Mausers are the Anti-Christ of k98 collectibles. Owning one will make you the laughingstock of other collectors, unless it was free or under 500

[pacrat]

Geeesh! Bidding ended with 19 suckers biting.

$1,675.00

[ir0nclash86]

Good thing I came here and asked you guys. I was about to be a sucker

[Dr. Peter Venkman]

Good on you for asking. Mitchell's will always be reworked trash.

[capt14k]

Same moron who just spent $1675 on a Mitchell's Mauser spent $4k on a Swedish Ljungman AG42B. This hobby is no longer for me.

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[Dr. Peter Venkman]

Same moron who just spent $1675 on a Mitchell's Mauser spent $4k on a Swedish Ljungman AG42B. This hobby is no longer for me.

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Looks like they have more money than sense. It's too bad how many hobbies get ruined by becoming mainstream.

[Fidoucheiary]

I got a Yugo M48 brand new with all the accessories in 2003/2004 for around 300. It was a micthell's mauser. It was covered in cosmoline and all serial numbers matching. I did not see any issues with it. Was it only the k98's that weren't genuine?

[Garand Hunter]

Consider if you will, the outfit reworking and selling them not genuine, its up to you. Visit the larger gun shows.

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[SDDAVE56]

I got a Yugo M48 brand new with all the accessories in 2003/2004 for around 300. It was a micthell's mauser. It was covered in cosmoline and all serial numbers matching. I did not see any issues with it. Was it only the k98's that weren't genuine?

I bought my Yugo M48A about the same time from Big 5. It came with all the accessories. $149.00. It needed a lot of cleaning, and degreasing though. The K98's they had were pretty roach though.

[Spartan301]

Mitchell’s Mausers have been out there for a long time.

With all the bad press…. I have not seen or personally

looked at ONE restamped German K98k.

Yes, I’ve seen pimped out models, but never a fake one.

With all the accusations, you would think that they would be

easily spotted or photographed.

A reworked Mauser is not the same as a Fake Mauser.

[Rogerbutthead]

Mitchell's Mausers are all "pimp shined" - in that they are re-numbered to match, refinished - and polish the bolt to an inauthentic bare-metal shine. I have seen German Mausers that they did this to and they also sold refinished Yugo Mausers sold as "98 Mausers made with German machinery".

https://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=635319

https://forums.thecmp.org/showthread.php?t=57707

https://www.k98kforum.com/threads/mitchells-mausers.30279/

The first time someone got mad at me on this forum was because I told him his new prize possession was a Mitchell's Mauser and that collectors would laugh at him at his belief that he got a collector's piece.

The bare metal bolt is a give away from even a long distance.

[Bobby Ricigliano]

The MM K98 will also often have alterations to the RC "X" to make it look like a *.

Tbe irony of it is that RC K98's are well received by collectors and have historical significance. There's no need to doctor them. I dont know any Mauser guys who turn their nose up to a.clean RC.