No, it`s not converted to 30-06. I got this K98 from a friend who lived in California and had purchased it there some years back. He needed a little money and offered it to me. Actually it is an RC,the stock that was on it when I first got it was still covered in a thick coat of Russian Red and had a major lamination seperation problem that resulted in a crack that ran from the recoil lug to almost the butt plate. There had been an attempt to repair the seperation at some time that I figured the Russians had done since it was covered in the loverly red shellac. I got the Norwegian stock from a fellow forum member ( Ranger-1). It came with numbers matching bands and hand guard. The butt plate is typical Norwegian capture, blued and original serial numbers lined out. I also replaced the trigger guard and floor plate with a matching to itself set I got from Tommy (us1945), so it`s Norwegian too. All of the WaA`s are present as are the eagles and swastikas. I found out, with the help of forum members, that not only is it an RC, but also passed through the hands of Mitchell`s. There is an extra line across the RC X, making it into a "snowflake" and the bolt ( that I replaced) was deblued, pimp shined and renumbered to match the receiver. So what I have is an RC receiver and barrel that match. An e/135 bolt that has mostly e/135 parts and the rest is Norwegian capture e/135.
As far as what you should do with the stock is up to you. There is a very thin coat of clear (shellac?) on mine and I am fine with it at this point. Hell of a lot better that Russian Red. I wiped the stock down with a clean dry rag when I first got it and that`s it so far. I`m sure that others here can tell you the best way to remove the shelllac, if that is your intentions, without harming the wood. I did remove the Russian Red on the other stock just to see what was under it. Since I wasn`t worried about doing anymore damage to the RC stock, I used a gel type remover that a forum member suggested (sorry I can`t remember the name of it). It took almost all of the red shellac off with no further damage to the wood or lamination. It was easy to apply and wiped off with a rag.
Hope that I have been of some help to you.
Grimlin13
Nice K98 by the way. I consider it a better fifle than an RC and far more better than a Mitchell`s could ever be
I figure, either i have made a really good deal. Or i have a OK rifle at a OK price. The guy i bought it from seems really nice. he was gonna slaughter the rifle just for the bolt and action. To make a custom hunting rifle. Witch i have to say is fairly common here unfortunately. But desided it was to good of a rifle to do that, so he offerd it to me.
