Good to know. It didn’t look “factory stamped” yeah I got my first lesson in older guns. Research first..
Yeah, at $1600 you paid about double what the gun is worth, maybe a little less. Depends in part on what the receiver code is. There are ways you could come out OK in this, but frankly that is me just sticking in a weaselly little caveat because there is an extremely thin chance that it could be a rare code.
sometimes that ‘sitting around’ thing is a clue. my LGS had a Lithuanian model 98 similar to the prewar carbines. it was well worn, so i left it to do some research. (asking was $2k, a couple of years ago) a model 24L IIRC, similar to these:
One thing I learned is to reach out to the folks in this forum BEFORE you purchase a rifle. Cost free learning experience. Once you've received feedback, you'll know what exactly what you're buying
What do you mean by Luftwaffe? The eagles? Those have nothing to do with the Luftwaffe, those are a combination of firing proofs and waffenamts (inspection stamps). All K98k's left the factory with them showing that the rifle was fire tested and passed inspection.
It's all good, I thought you may have been looking at something else. When you get a chance, post more full photos of the rifle. Even though it's an RC, they have a history of their own!
The forum has issues with large file size photos. We typically use a website such as tinypng.com to scale photos down. It's an extra step, but it works.
