Norwegian K98

[Mustang]

Last year I won this Norwegian K98 at an auction.

The Norwegian serial number is 95320 and the original German serial is 3884. The Norwegian serial number appears on the receiver "flat" and the butt plate. The last three digits, "320" of the Norwegian serial appear in the bolt handle root.

Bore is shiny and sharp


I finally got to the range and shot it last week. After putting three Federal 180 gr Power shocks into a target @ 50 yards to make sure the sights were on...



I moved the targets down to 100 yards and shot 5 Hornady 168 grain M1 Garand match rounds...



I was expecting a bit better with the Hornady. I guess it is possible the K98 didn't like the BT bullet or the load. Guess it is also possible I messed up the five rounds. I'll give it a go with the Federals again next week.

While shooting it, I appreciated the square front sight blade that the Norwegians installed...much easier for my eyes than the triangular one on the German K98

[Okami]

Very nice rifle man!

[SVT-40]

Neat rifle! I've never owned a Norwegian K-98, and only seen a few in person. For some reason it seems they are found more often on the East coast, or at least it seems that way to me....

[Mustang]

Thanks, guys.

SVT, these are interesting rifles. The Norwegians seemed to have kept all the small parts together when they converted them to 30.06.

The original German serial number is 3884, which seems to appear about everywhere other than the barrel,bolt and buttplate.

The bolt release,

The barrel bands

The trigger guard and action screws (even the screws!)

The sight base and slide

And even possibly the extractor, which has the numbers "38" on it.