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Bbnz41john reacted to bruce98k's post in the thread East German (Russian occupation) bcd45 thick side wall build with
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Interesting East German build of a thick side wall bcd45. Image was sent to me from Jon and was in the Lockhoven archive. -
Bbnz41john replied to the thread What actually is a depot build rifle?.More photos of your rifle? Your rifles finish looks like it could be a russian capture but the barrel and sights may have been replaced...
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BI wouldn't be surprised if the rifle is actually a Sauer. If the picture is after 1941 then that is a real possibility. The more I look...
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BAdditional photos
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BAt this point I think the only other K98 carbine that is still on my radar is a .22lr trainer conversion.
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Bbnz41john reacted to chrisftk's post in the thread any one know what country this 98 rifle was made for? what language? with Like.
Absolutely looks like one of those Chinese warlord knockoffs. There was a certain amount of prestige of having imported, foreign-made...
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Bbnz41john replied to the thread Mike has a Mauser, Mike has questions.Neat depot reworked 98k. Was sporterized postwar and then someone did a decent job fixing the stock.
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Bbnz41john reacted to heavy_mech's post in the thread Mike has a Mauser, Mike has questions with Like.
We can tell it was rebarreled at some point by the German military by the 0.2 on the barrel shank. Bolt mismash, but much of the rest...
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BThat thing is beautiful lol! I actually found mine while doing some recon for work I do overseas, it was a pain in the a$$ to bring home😂
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Bbnz41john replied to the thread Battlefield find.I recently bought a gewehr off gunbroker that had a tag that stated it was "found in a sunken submarine". Which it wasn't, yours however...
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Bbnz41john replied to the thread Mystery Mauser Identification (This one is a hard one).100% agree. Its a yugo refurb 98k. What happened to it after that, God knows.
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Bbnz41john reacted to Stan's post in the thread Mystery Mauser Identification (This one is a hard one) with Like.
The barrel has Yugoslav markings (star over T) including an assembly number (517), so it came off a post WW2 Yugoslav Mauser. If that...
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Bbnz41john reacted to AN-94's post in the thread Experimental Mauser 1902 Gew98 Serial 10 (or 1?) in 6mm Mauser Caliber with Like.
That's a very cool test rifle, thanks for sharing this one! That 6x58 must have been a very fast cartridge along the lines of 6mm Lee...
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BSeparate post for the next 10 pictures.
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BUnique RM rework and interesting "reversion". Georg, if possible would like to put this in Volume IV. PM me.
