1940 K98 Matching Numbers?

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ToxicTrav117

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I bought this gun 5 years ago at Cabellas but never really looked into its numbers situation. What do these numbers mean and is it all matching? I can't really tell if the bolt is matching as I don't know where the numbers would be placed but the pieces attached to it are as far as I can tell.

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Do you have any photos of the stock? Left side of the buttstock? I would like to rule out a French rework…
 
Mauserguy85 said:
Do you have any photos of the stock? Left side of the buttstock? I would like to rule out a French rework…
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I added a photo of the left side but there isn't any markings which makes me think it was refinished. The only marking I see is a small W by the trigger guard underneath

(Im not going to remove the receiver to look underneath)
 
Yea, so unfortunately it’s been scrubbed and restamped aka “humped”. The rifle originally was a 1940 JP Sauer. The bolt is not even the correct one as it’s WaA 63 inspected instead of the WaA37 (correct for JP Sauer). It’s basically a shooter now. Not much collector value.
 
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ToxicTrav117 said:
I added a photo of the left side but there isn't any markings which makes me think it was refinished. The only marking I see is a small W by the trigger guard underneath

(Im not going to remove the receiver to look underneath)
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its not that hard youtube has plenty of vids. you would need special hollow ground blade screwdrivers so as not to bugger the screw slots.
 
ToxicTrav117 said:
What do you guys like to use for 8mm mauser ammo? PPU is about all I can find in Massachusetts as I can't order any online
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Yeah, PPU is fine. Quite good as a matter of fact. Brass is pretty high quality and reloads well. Been using it in both SP and FMJ since it showed up on the market a couple decades ago.
 
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