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As some of you may have seen, Jsz had a rather serviceable 1928 FB Radom K98 carbine "project" posted in the trader last week. It had some issues (non-matching rear sight components and a drilled rear receiver bridge for a Lyman peep sight), however, the barrel, front sight, triggerguard...

I had an opportunity to grab a desirable "Pre-Alpha" Type I early German Occupation production VIS35 at a very attractive price. These are denoted by a lack of a letter prefix in the serial number, elegant finger cutouts in the trigger area, stock slot cutout, fine fit/finish and bluing, and the...

To reiterate, this is not my rifle (and not my photos), but I came across a post on the Reddit r/Mauser sub. Poster there showed his inherited sporter K98k from his grandfather. What caught my eye are the double eagle proofs on the receiver. I don’t think I’ve seen that before. As some of you...

A few days back I requested more photos which may impact your thoughts. Nazi rework stamp present Front band serialized during German rework Missing bayonet lug Non-Polish bolt force matched (to a degree) Oddly the side sling swivel was “deleted” (Germans typically deleted the underside sling...

One of my last acquisitions from 2024, a seller relatively local to me has this one posted and I offered to pay in cash and help him save on shipping, and he was very receptive to the offer. I have been meaning to add an early (pre-1927) PFK Warszawa rifle to my collection, as it has the early...

All, An individual shared this rifle with me on Facebook for ID, and honestly I am a bit flummoxed and G29/40’s are not my area of expertise. However from the few G29/40’s I have seen, it doesn’t “check all the boxes”. Receiver: The receiver is from a Polish Wz.29 dated 1938, but the...

Another younger collector reached out to me to evaluate a potential VIS35 purchase he was interested in. He only had a couple of photos from the seller, but I wrinkled an eyebrow after looking at some of these and I wanted to get a second opinion. From my understanding of German occupation...

An opportunity came across my way to make an offer on a mixmaster Gew.98 with an intriguing receiver marking that immediately caught my attention and interest. This rifle began life as a 1907 DWM Berlin Gewehr 98 in the Imperial German military, and was later refurbished by Poland in the...

Through eBay, I found a somewhat local collector who was starting to offload a bunch of Polish 2nd Republic gear (1918-1939 dated items), and started messaging him to see if he would be willing to take the transaction off eBay to avoid those killer eBay fees, taxes, and shipping. Through further...

I had the opportunity to obtain another Polish Mauser recently, it is a 1929 dated K98 carbine made by PFK Warszawa. It is interesting that although PFK Warszawa made more K98 carbines than FB Radom, it seems that Radom made carbines are more commonly found on the market. It is a bolt...

I am currently out of state on business for the month, and just prior to departure I happened to talk to GEW98 about a trade opportunity, since he is not too far from my work location. I managed to snag a nice 1917 VC Schilling Suhl Gew. 98 from him which was listed on the trader earlier. A neat...

Latest acquisition from a local collector who is starting to thin out his collection and focus on bigger and more expensive “toys”. It is a 1938 dated FB Radom Wz.29 short rifle, with some rather interesting characteristics. I want to thank Tokarev38 for some vetting before the purchase. The...

Another collector that I talk to from time to time offered a sporterized version of a Kar.71 carbine that I had hoped to add to my collection but I couldn’t stomach the asking price of a complete unmolested example. His asking price was too sweet to pass by, and made even sweeter when I offered...

I had the good fortune to come across an excellent deal for a large quantity of 13 “relic” condition Polish Mauser muzzle covers, which supplemented my meager collection. All of them were made by the Polish pre-war foundry of “L. Kranc & T. Łempicki” in Warsaw. From the limited information I...

Snagged another one, thanks to a delightful in person meetup with another forum member here. Interestingly, the conversation on this one started when I was doing research for my video on the Wz.98a Long Rifle. I contacted various members on the K98k Forum and GunBoards that posted examples of...

I told myself I would not pick up any more projects, but I recently broke that promise. I acquired a “GunBusters” Polish Wz.29 short rifle parts kit recently. Sadly that meant that someone who didn’t understand what they had, took a Wz.29 and turned it into a gun buyback program for a $50 gift...

Just to validate something in my personal research log, I wanted to confirm with photos documented examples of matching bolts on 1932 K29’s and 1933 dated Wz.29’s to confirm how they were serialized on the handle and small parts. In my log, I have 4 recorded examples of 1932 K29’s and 7...

Hello! Another collector reached out to me on Reddit (r/Mauser) about a Kar.98a that was handed down to him. To reiterate, this is NOT my rifle and I can only provide some details based on what he showed me in photos. It has some interesting features that I haven’t seen before and I would like...

Photos: I have recently acquired a Wz.29 that piqued my interest. From a general perspective, it isn't a collector piece by any means, the finish above the woodline is mostly gone and is "in the white", bore is somewhat dark and pitted with decent rifling remaining, it has a mismatched rear...

Hello all, I am looking to put together some data on a range of features of the Polish K29/Wz29 Short Rifle over the years of production to see if I can make some sense of when certain features/markings were implemented at what serial number range or year. To help keep my data "clean", I am...