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The rifle had a mismatched bolt in it before it was sporterized, it's pretty common to find 98ks that way. The sporter job is "well" done but it has killed all collector value of the rifle. Some sporterized rifles can be restored back to there military configuration. Not this one. Between the...

Second confirmation for one copy. Thanks!

I really like it! Great photos too!

Very well said.

Turkish 88/35. Of all gew 88 derivatives, these are safest to shoot with surplus 8mm as the turks rebarreled these rifles with actual .323 8mm barrels. I still wouldn't shoot turkish out of it to be honest.

Well it is matching. Becuase it is no longer a German k98k. It's a Israeli k98k, and by Israeli k98k standards it is matching. What little I can see of it in the photos it looks to be in great shape. Alot of the Israeli k98ks you see in the US today are beat to hell. If you take the rifle...

Isreali reworked k98ks are alot like russian capture k98ks. They will essentially have zero original german matching numbers. These rifles went through a quite extensive rework process. They are built out of parts of many different rifles. You could check the bottom of the bolt root to see who...

The bolt is not what I would call a forgery. But done by whoever did the 7.62 conversion process for Israel. It however is not a German number on the bolt.

The bolt number however, is defintley not original german.

Your duv 42 is actually a bcd 43. Left over duv 42 receivers were used by gustloff werke when berlin lubeck transitioned into making g41 rifles. So your rifle is actually a bcd 43 S letter block. Compare your serial number to some of the other bcd 43 rifles in the picture reference and you will...

Pretty righteous L block!

Actually pretty highly likely. Your triggerguard also does not match as I can see it has the hole for a sling swivel. K98ks did not have those.

Love to see more photos. Specifically the buttstock, buttplate, bands and the rear sling swivel. Postwar reworked k98ks can have bottom mounted sling swivels like you see here. Specifically the "turkish" and hungarian reworked k98ks. Your k98k doesn't necessarily sound or look like one of those...

Awesome rifle. Quite the amalgamation! I really need a "ar" 44!

Austrian hirtenberger 8mm. Contract for Spain during the SCW