Swept-Back 98k Sniper for sale at Acme Imports International
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Mauser4me
Senior Member
Took a gander at their site and it looks awful. the 'ss' standard modell "K98" turned sniper is re-numbered. Plus I'm not an SS marking expert but even to my eyes the markings look very fake. The fact of the matter is, it's super difficult to become an expert on any SS rifles because they're SO dang rare. 99% of the "SS" items out there are fake. Even the serial numbers on the receiver & barrel look humped. They claim to have all these ultra high-end snipers and want thousands of dollars but they only post a few photos that are in practically 480p? Nah. Steer very clear of that sight IMO. No one source has a sudden stockpile of premium snipers. Much much much more likely it's another chum humping up rifles to make them seem like originals, and then throwing a scope on them to pass off as sniper rifles.
heavy_mech
RKI- Reasonably Knowledgable Individual
Wow. That smacks of the old 'Humper McBride' cat. Not sure if it was ever proved HE did them but man the circumstantial evidence on him was pretty strong.
Zeppelin5000
Senior Member
Absolut
Senior Member
We've had a "funny experience" with this company over on the sniper subsection. Turns out he found an original LSR mount to which he force matched a rifle .. but the rifle originally belonging to this mount is property of a member. For full story start reading here: https://www.k98kforum.com/threads/rifles-looking-for-mount-scopes.39995/post-350015
Zeppelin5000
Senior Member
A lot of the guys here have been doing this a loooong time. The same rifles often pop up over and over again and pass between collectors. If you've been doing this long enough, many come around full circle.
ncreptile
Senior Member
The same humpers also tend to pop up over the years with new and improved ways of humping.
Same circus, different clowns.
bump to point out a more recent posting of a swept-back 98k sniper rifle that "looks to be all original"
(same website as my original posting)
(same website as my original posting)
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Absolut
Senior Member
With pictures of 500 pixel width in nowadays world I really wonder as to why they are not able to provide better pictures. Did you see anything else that isn't visible on the website that you claim it "looks to be all original"? I wouldn't dare to call it anything at all with these pictures.
PS: They btw claim to have found this rifle in Hungary - I therefore would wonder where this rifle is import marked?
Rheinmetall
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