Muncher 1953
Senior Member
I belong to an arms collector’s club, & we meet twice a month at an electrician’s union hall. our meetings are mini fun shows/yard sales, several guys are buying just for resale at other venues. one of the (former club prez) guys often has 3r items, but not of the quality we usually see here. I bought a page of cigarette cards from him, $25, but repros & not represented as such. I know they’re repros because any swaz’s in the photos are obscured. For the money no big deal, but……
last night he had a K98k rifle for $850, walnut semi-kreigs stock, scrubbed receiver, eagle N proof, no military proofs on barrel/receiver, front band late war, sling band (on backwards) with bottom swivel only (numbered/non matching). the stock was walnut, but between the wrist & sling hole, it was covered (10-15) in stamps, e/s, flaming bombs, what I think were US style lettered cartouches, marks not oriented in any particular way. It was such a mess that I asked him what the story was, & he rather patronizingly pointed out the obvious details, saying it might be a late war postal or railway rifle. “you could take it home tonight” . I believe it had a Suhl proof, & a number under it ‘248’ IIRC. (sorry no pix, left phone in truck)
I always look at any K98s there, but I kept thinking about the ‘other dealer’ in Bruce’s post, as this guy often says stuff that I know (even as a noob) isn’t right. last month I overheard him telling another not to shoot “fur mg” marked ammo because it would blow up his rifle…….
last night he had a K98k rifle for $850, walnut semi-kreigs stock, scrubbed receiver, eagle N proof, no military proofs on barrel/receiver, front band late war, sling band (on backwards) with bottom swivel only (numbered/non matching). the stock was walnut, but between the wrist & sling hole, it was covered (10-15) in stamps, e/s, flaming bombs, what I think were US style lettered cartouches, marks not oriented in any particular way. It was such a mess that I asked him what the story was, & he rather patronizingly pointed out the obvious details, saying it might be a late war postal or railway rifle. “you could take it home tonight” . I believe it had a Suhl proof, & a number under it ‘248’ IIRC. (sorry no pix, left phone in truck)
I always look at any K98s there, but I kept thinking about the ‘other dealer’ in Bruce’s post, as this guy often says stuff that I know (even as a noob) isn’t right. last month I overheard him telling another not to shoot “fur mg” marked ammo because it would blow up his rifle…….
