K98 project

[navycorpsman]

Okay so i just came across a deal of the lifetime. I gbot this toy for 200 from a friend. Its has the duffel cut that i need to repair but its an ALL MATCHING K98 With all Proofs in tact. enjoy the pics i took real quick and feel ffree to comment if you see any issues with anything. My Mauser experts also any tips for duffel cut repair

[mcmikeblues7]

$200 is a great price!

[SKSer45]

hell ya nicely done!!! Worth about 500-600 maybe more. To bad you don't have ze papers for it. In the mean time just love it and stroke it and take care of it.

[SVT-40]

Confirming the cut is under the front band? If so the common fix is to drill two holes in each of the stock pieces and insert wooden or brass dowels and glue the pieces back together. The stock will never be as strong as it was when original, however the fix is very strong.

Just no bayonet practice drills!!

[t0kie]

Great deal for sure, even cheaper than the RC.

[mosinnagantm9130]

hell ya nicely done!!! Worth about 500-600 maybe more. To bad you don't have ze papers for it. In the mean time just love it and stroke it and take care of it.

If it is all original matching, you can add a 1 in front of those numbers you quoted

[TRAP55]

hell ya nicely done!!! Worth about 500-600 maybe more. To bad you don't have ze papers for it. In the mean time just love it and stroke it and take care of it.

Well if it had papers, it wouldn't be duffel cut would it?
navycorpsman, you stole it! Post some pics of the duffel cut.

[navycorpsman]

Well if it had papers, it wouldn't be duffel cut would it?
navycorpsman, you stole it! Post some pics of the duffel cut.

I will tomm after i get off work. Its a clean duffel cut so shouldnt be overly difficult to repair. Just never held a all matching K98. I know most bringbacks at least have mismatched bolt

[7.62x63mmUS]

Is there anything wrong with not repairing a duffle cut? Seems to be risky if it works fine.

[SKSer45]

Well if it had papers, it wouldn't be duffel cut would it?
navycorpsman, you stole it! Post some pics of the duffel cut.

Yes and no, I have seen some on the 98k forums that had both. I think there is a sticky on there as well showing how to replace the DC.

[SVT-40]

Is there anything wrong with not repairing a duffle cut? Seems to be risky if it works fine.

If you don't repair it the front wood piece can rattle around a bit. It's not really risky to do the repair as usually the cut is under the front band.

[Low Light]

Yes and no, I have seen some on the 98k forums that had both.

Yeah, from what I have read, the two are not mutually exclusive, right? Just because it had papers didn't mean it didn't need to be duffel cut to be brought back.

I've even read about rifles being duffel-cut, after the fact, to add to their authenticity. YMMV, though.

[TRAP55]

A Duffel cut, was cut to sneak home to the states, and 99% of the time will have a matching bolt.
Capture Paper rifles had the bolts removed for transport back to the states. Rifles and bolts didn't always get re-united.
But.....like all things Mauser, for every rule, there's always exceptions.