It is a very clean rifle and has a nice, sound stock. Barrel looks just about unissued. It might have been my misunderstanding of what you just said above that caused me to assume it was the original bolt and receiver together and not "some other bolt stamped so that they now match!" which is...
Alright, I'll unpack the rifle and check it out. Would be nice for confirmation of that, although I believe you.
Had thought it was quite rare to find an Israeli rework with bolt matching receiver as since you mention they are all-out mixmasters and paid what I consider a bit of a premium as...
Hello all,
I have an Israeli Mauser 98k here built on a German DUV receiver. The receiver seems to match the bolt to me, with one character stamped lower than the others. A long time Mauser collector has told me that in his opinion, this is NOT original to the rifle.
Wanted to ask the experts...