Identifying Mod 98
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heavy_mech
RKI- Reasonably Knowledgable Individual
Looks pretty heavily sporterized. 'Chrome', jeweled bolt. Peep sight. The 'lightly struck' part is because of the heavy buffing before it was reblued.
Originally it would have looked something like this example. https://www.k98kforum.com/threads/swp45.5964/
Originally it would have looked something like this example. https://www.k98kforum.com/threads/swp45.5964/
Thank you. What was the time frame this gun was made, and where?
heavy_mech
RKI- Reasonably Knowledgable Individual
Zbrojovka Brno or Waffenwerke Brunn, in the Czech Republic and some time in early 1945. Serial number could get closer probably but I'd say Feb-April maybe
Awesome! Not looking to restore this gun to original, gun has a bit of sentimental value, just looking to potentially rebarrel and make a nice shooter for the deer woods. I’ve shot the gun maybe 200 rounds over the years, and can’t get it hold a 5” group at 50 yards In the current 8mm configuration.
Muncher 1953
Senior Member
how’s the bore?
look closely at the muzzle, 1) is the barrel original length, 2) is there a nice smooth radius at the muzzle crown, 3) how’s it do w/ the ‘bullet test’? if the barrel was shortened, it may not have been recrowned properly; the crown may be damaged; the bore at the muzzle may be worn enough to swallow a bullet down to the casing. close the bolt & insert a cleaning rod down the bore, orig lth is 23-5/8”. the muzzle crown is curved like a donut, any gouges/nicks can send the bullet off, a gun smith can fix that. I really don’t like ‘the bullet test’ but if it sits into the bore too far, then the last inch or so of the bore is trumpet shaped, sending the bullet off, a smith can fix that by counter boring, or shortening the rifling without shortening the barrel.
there are other things that can lead to poor accuracy, loose action screws, cracked stock, broken out behind the recoil lug,………
of course you can rebarrel, but I’d try to find the problem before going there. 8mm 200 grain soft points are perfect for deer…….
