Legit k98 sniper?

[GarrettC]

https://imgur.com/a/EVUFkSW

My buddy was wanting to get this k98 but is not sure if it’s good, these are the only pictures I have and I don’t know much about snipers what do you guys think ? They are wanting $2000. One red flag I did see is the barrel bands are way too close together

 

[pzjgr]

From what I can see from these very poor pictures (they don't give a good sense of the whole, nor do they show the important parts) is it is junk...maybe the scope and mount are real, but there is some sort of severe issue with the gun, and the little I can see of the cut out on the stock for the scope mount, it looks like someone did it with a dremel or something...

 

[GarrettC]

From what I can see from these very poor pictures (they don't give a good sense of the whole, nor do they show the important parts) is it is junk...maybe the scope and mount are real, but there is some sort of severe issue with the gun, and the little I can see of the cut out on the stock for the scope mount, it looks like someone did it with a dremel or something...

Thanks and yeah his pictures suck and yeah this gun definitely seems like a red flag

 

[pzjgr]

Unless he can get it a lot cheaper (if the scope and mount are real, if the price is right, then grab it) but for $2k...no way. something really off about that front end, its not duffle cut, the end of barrel seems to protrude an appropriate amount, but the gap between bands is way too short as you point out. Since there is no pic of the entire rifle, its hard to say exactly what's going on...

PS The more I look, the more I think the scope may be one of the re-pops they made...there is probably a thread somewhere here on the markings on the re-pops that would give the best idea...

 

[GarrettC]

Unless he can get it a lot cheaper (if the scope and mount are real, if the price is right, then grab it) but for $2k...no way. something really off about that front end, its not duffle cut, the end of barrel seems to protrude an appropriate amount, but the gap between bands is way too short as you point out. Since there is no pic of the entire rifle, its hard to say exactly what's going on...

PS The more I look, the more I think the scope may be one of the re-pops they made...there is probably a thread somewhere here on the markings on the re-pops that would give the best idea...

Thanks I appreciate the help I’m going to tell him it’s a no go

 

[walther1945]

k98 sniper

 

[Hercules]

k98 sniper

Hard to say a lot from those pictures for 100% sure. Stock does looks a little too clean.

 

[walther1945]

k98 sniper

 

[Hercules]

k98 sniper

Sorry to say. That front base and WaA are reproductions. Don’t buy it.

 

[Hercules]

Flattened safety looks wrong to me as well.

 

[walther1945]

Any comments from Matt Darnell or Dave Roberts

 

[Hercules]

That photo of the barrel serial is kind of deceptively fuzzy in focus as well. Looks like a possible fake sniper. Get better photos, but Im not a fan of it.

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[Mike2994]

From the crap photos the WaA, bases, and safety don’t look promising. Better photos would certainly help.

 

[walther1945]

Hello, The pics are fuzzy and distorted .Pics were done with an iphone . I have had this gun in hand . Couldnt find any red flags . Camera distortion can be deceiving . I use a Sony 5000.00 dollar mirrorless camera and Zeiss lenses. Cant beat the quality .

 

[Hercules]

Honestly at first look I said fake. With these photos I wouldn’t buy it. It’s hard to say from just these photos alone. Even on my laptop. I just hate to see people make expensive mistakes. Hopefully you get better photos.

 

[Mike2994]

Please post photos with your Sony for a more in depth analysis, these photos are so bad that any distortion will cause people like myself to question that rifle until better photos are available.

 

[Cyrano4747]

I use an iphone a fair bit for photographing gun stuff out of convenience and because the macro feature is pretty easy to use. Something to be aware of is that past about 3.5x the zoom gets really, really bad about introducing artifacts, especially when the file is viewed at full size on a computer monitor. Basically it's a "digital" zoom past 3x where it's not actually zooming but just blowing the image up, and this leads to you essentially getting a lower resolution photo of the area. My rule of thumb is to cap out my zoom at 3x and move the camera physically closer. That's not always possible with very small parts because of the auto-focus, but in general it works well enough.

Hope this helps. I can't count the number of times I've discarded a shot I thought was good because the zoom turned it into a smeary, artifact-laden mess. They're surprisingly good for phone cameras and decent enough for every day collector work (e.g. recording your collection, getting snaps for fellow collectors online) but they very much have their limits and you have to be cognizant of and work around them.

 

[Muncher 1953]

I use an iphone a fair bit for photographing gun stuff out of convenience and because the macro feature is pretty easy to use. Something to be aware of is that past about 3.5x the zoom gets really, really bad about introducing artifacts, especially when the file is viewed at full size on a computer monitor. Basically it's a "digital" zoom past 3x where it's not actually zooming but just blowing the image up, and this leads to you essentially getting a lower resolution photo of the area. My rule of thumb is to cap out my zoom at 3x and move the camera physically closer. That's not always possible with very small parts because of the auto-focus, but in general it works well enough.

Hope this helps. I can't count the number of times I've discarded a shot I thought was good because the zoom turned it into a smeary, artifact-laden mess. They're surprisingly good for phone cameras and decent enough for every day collector work (e.g. recording your collection, getting snaps for fellow collectors online) but they very much have their limits and you have to be cognizant of and work around them.

I use a primitive nikon dedicated pocket camera because it has excellent macro quality, but isn’t it funny how you have to trick the auto focus sometimes?