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A gun store is selling a K98 Russian Capture DOU 45

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What to look for ?

How to know if it is original?

What kind of stock does it suppose to have ?

Is $1300 too much?

A gun store is selling a K98 Russian Capture DOU 45
 
How are they identifying it as a “Russian capture”?

It’s not really clear what you mean by “what kind of stock” it should have. It’s should have a K98k stock. Do you mean what material - or something else? 🤔
 
Navy87Guy said:
How are they identifying it as a “Russian capture”?

It’s not really clear what you mean by “what kind of stock” it should have. It’s should have a K98k stock. Do you mean what material - or something else? 🤔
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ok k98k stock thanks . There just a lot of different type of k98 stocks,
 

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Can you take pictures? There is a lot of info on the forum about RC rifles. Take a look.
 
At a minimum, take a look at the visible parts and see if they match: receiver, safety, bolt handle, magazine floor plate.

Do you have the receiver serial number?

DOU stocks were mostly laminate - by 1945 they were using white glue blanks. The most distinct feature of DOU stocks is a three letter code inside the barrel channel, but you can only see that by taking the rifle apart.

It’s hard to tell from that photo, but it looks like the front band is a milled H-band, which would not be correct for a DOU 45. By then, they were using stamped bands exclusively.
 
Navy87Guy said:
At a minimum, take a look at the visible parts and see if they match: receiver, safety, bolt handle, magazine floor plate.

Do you have the receiver serial number?

DOU stocks were mostly laminate - by 1945 they were using white glue blanks. The most distinct feature of DOU stocks is a three letter code inside the barrel channel, but you can only see that by taking the rifle apart.

It’s hard to tell from that photo, but it looks like the front band is a milled H-band, which would not be correct for a DOU 45. By then, they were using stamped bands exclusively.
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I did not, I’m very new sorry
 
If it's a Russian capture, what kind of stock it should have is irrelevant. They're all mismatched rifles, so the stock would most likely not be the factory original one anyway. Certainly not worth $1300... $800 max, but without pics, there isn't much to go off of.
 
GodGunCountry said:
What to look for ?goop

How to know if it is original?

What kind of stock does it suppose to have ?

Is $1300 too much?

A gun store is selling a K98 Russian Capture DOU 45
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A RC refers to the K98ks the Russians acquired during or after the war. Sometime in the 50’s or 60’s, probably in more than one
session, the Soviets in their bureaucratic wisdom decided to disassemble all those rifles, coat the parts in various goop finishes and then reassemble them with no regard to what parts were used, and used an electric pencil to “match” the parts.

So to answer your question the rifle is not original as the Germans produced it. It may still be in the condition that the Soviets put it in, but only pictures would tell. As to what stock it is supposed to have, it could be anything from a Standard model stock to a full Kriegsmodell stock. $1300 would be to much for a RC unless the barreled receiver it was built around was very rare, think SS gew.98 to K98k conversion type rare. Average range for an RC is $700 to $800.

The above is just my opinion, others may disagree.
 
Zeppelin5000 said:
If it's a Russian capture, what kind of stock it should have is irrelevant. They're all mismatched rifles, so the stock would most likely not be the factory original one anyway. Certainly not worth $1300... $800 max, but without pics, there isn't much to go off of.
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Thank you sir
 
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A RC refers to the K98ks the Russians acquired during or after the war. Sometime in the 50’s or 60’s, probably in more than one
session, the Soviets in their bureaucratic wisdom decided to disassemble all those rifles, coat the parts in various goop finishes and then reassemble them with no regard to what parts were used, and used an electric pencil to “match” the parts.

So to answer your question the rifle is not original as the Germans produced it. It may still be in the condition that the Soviets put it in, but only pictures would tell. As to what stock it is supposed to have, it could be anything from a Standard model stock to a full Kriegsmodell stock. $1300 would be to much for a RC unless the barreled receiver it was built around was very rare, think SS gew.98 to K98k conversion type rare. Average range for an RC is $700 to $800.

The above is just my opinion, others may disagree.
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thank you sir !!
 
Zeppelin5000 said:
If it's a Russian capture, what kind of stock it should have is irrelevant. They're all mismatched rifles, so the stock would most likely not be the factory original one anyway. Certainly not worth $1300... $800 max, but without pics, there isn't much to go off of.
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Agree! I would just add that whatever stock was forced matched to the action by the Russians is "most" correct.
 
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