1937 BSW find

[GarrettC]

Hello I just picked up my first k98, everything matches but the rear sight slider, bolt, floor plate and follower. I was wandering if the mismatched parts are armory replacement by any chance? Other wise I would like your opinions on the rifle. I’m not a k98 expert although I have been looking for a decent one for a while and this looked good so I picked it up.

 

[GarrettC]

More pictures

 

[Bob in OHIO]

V v nice

 

[BigShell]

For your first 98k you did very well! Tough to find in any condition and this one looks awesome.

 

[BigShell]

Butt plate looks overly cleaned for some reason but pics aren’t great.

 

[GarrettC]

For your first 98k you did very well! Tough to find in any condition and this one looks awesome.

Thank you about the butt plate I think my phone flash make it look like that

 

[Herk1994]

Mismatched parts are mismatched parts, anything else is conjecture. Having said that a very nice rifle in any case.

 

[Loewe]

While the pictures are very poor, it does look largely original, not a easy rifle to find nice, and BSW/37 has a very high rc-rate (preponderance of rc's among surviving examples)

 

[PizzaBert]

Simson era firing proof is cool on these early ‘37 rifles