1943 bnz. K98 with Rune

[knucklehead0202]

I posted it on the K98k forum (most of Gunboard's mauser guys are there) and every single one of them said it is a fake. A bad fake at that.

Well ain't that a pisser? Looks legit to me but I don't and haven't owned a k98 mauser, yet. Then again, some of them may just want to snag it for themselves but I surely don't know. If it looks like it'd be a good shooter and you get a good deal I'd buy the fool thing anyhow, worry about the details later. If it turns out a turd, wait a year and sell it for more than you paid anyway.

[Crunch130]

Guys - if you're a new K98k collector, start with a Russian capture or Yugo rework. Buy it for its value as a shooter. And then study up on the subject. For several years, before you consider any SS-marked or sniper versions.

I see a whole lot of K98k newbies try to go straight into advanced collecting, and end up paying high prices for faked "upgraded" Russian captures that were here by the crateful a decade ago for $200 or so each. And then posting pictures and asking questions about it on one of these boards AFTER they bought it.

Crunch

[Father Ted]

It kind of struck me as the Khyber pass look (as on the fake Enfields) but I got so sidetracked by that 143.

[knucklehead0202]

Agreed Crunch, that's why I keep saying, if the price is right, like reasonable for a run-of-the-mill and not 2000 dollars because Himmler's bodyguard carried it or some crap. Authenticating some of this stuff is akin to trying to show the science behind a given religion so you just kinda take a chance on it.