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My svwMB

Gman06 said:
I thought a lot of svw parts were unmarked? I couldn’t find a new stock and the right unfinished parts? If someone used the right parts on another rifle finding them would be very unlikely
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More or less what I mean by that is there really is no fixing it, even if you could find the near impossible to find correct stock and fairly hard to find phosphate band and TG assembly, it'll still be a parts gun. A shame there are people out there doing this stuff, one less piece of history in the world.
 
The issue you have is that this was once a “original all matching” k98k that was throughly documented. No matter what you do to fix it, it will be a “restoration” so to speak. The only way to to make it “fixed” is to get back the original parts. Most likely that possibility is non existent. It’s a shame, but it’s not your fault as well. Just a crappy situation honestly.

Having said that, lost causes are the only causes worth fighting for!
 
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That’s crazy someone stripped it down for parts like that! That was a perfectly good example at one time. Sad.
 
Regardless I still think it is a beautiful barreled action and you could embark on the long term journey of finding the pieces back together for it to be a more representable example. It is pathetic some sheister parted it out likely to maximize profits on some other rifles.
 
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luftpirate said:
Regardless I still think it is a beautiful barreled action and you could embark on the long term journey of finding the pieces back together for it to be a more representable example. It is pathetic some sheister parted it out likely to maximize profits on some other rifle
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Thank you I agree
 
Gman06 said:
Does your have have the additional sling carve outs in the stock? I’ve heard that was part of the French way.
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Yes it has the French style sling mounting cutout, and the stacking rod where the cleaning rod would normally be.
 
Slash said:
There are other issues. This is the same rifle as previously photographed and discussed in the link below. The stock, triggerguard and floorplate have all been replaced. Same for the front band and perhaps other components.

www.k98kforum.com

Additions to my late war collection

I have been looking to attempt to add one of all the 1945 manufactured dates and codes k98s for along time. I have a BYF 45, DOU45, BCD45, BNZ45 and recently was able to add an SVW45 and a SVW MB. The SVW45 came from the forum and the SVWMB came from gunbroker. It has some pitting on the barrel...
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Wow....it was perfect just the way it was....that is such a damn such a shame it was parted out :(
 
Love to hear the real story about this. My take is someone got it, 'stole' the needed parts to upgrade another barreled action to correct status. Replaced those parts with inferior/less expensive parts and then resold that one for close to what they paid. Sadly it was probably a bigger and easier profit boost than a hump job. Another candidate for 'this guy needs a punch in the face' IMHO. I HATE these phucking guys.

OP, I'm assuming you bought this thinking it was original and correct, yes?
 
heavy_mech said:
Love to hear the real story about this. My take is someone got it, 'stole' the needed parts to upgrade another barreled action to correct status. Replaced those parts with inferior/less expensive parts and then resold that one for close to what they paid. Sadly it was probably a bigger and easier profit boost than a hump job. Another candidate for 'this guy needs a punch in the face' IMHO. I HATE these phucking guys.

OP, I'm assuming you bought this thinking it was original and correct, yes?
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I knew the floor plate wasn’t matching but I assumed the stock was original
 
heavy_mech said:
Love to hear the real story about this. My take is someone got it, 'stole' the needed parts to upgrade another barreled action to correct status. Replaced those parts with inferior/less expensive parts and then resold that one for close to what they paid. Sadly it was probably a bigger and easier profit boost than a hump job. Another candidate for 'this guy needs a punch in the face' IMHO. I HATE these phucking guys.

OP, I'm assuming you bought this thinking it was original and correct, yes?
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I completely agree with this theory. It’s the only plausible explanation. The disturbing part to me is that I strongly believe it was done by someone who knows a thing or two about k98ks. I would even venture to say, possibly a known collector. A regular milsurp collector wouldn’t have done this. This was someone who knew what they were buying and wanted to scavenge the very rare parts for something else. For what? I have no idea. A German C block SVW MB is not common by any means…

Look, whoever did is. At the time, it was their property and this is the USA. You have the freedom to do what you please to your own property. How many bring backs and matching numbers have been sported? Chopped up stocks, barrel steps grinded smooth to make “hunting rifles”. We collectors absolutely hate all this, but it’s what happens. It’s a crying shame. The disturbing part to me in this scenario is that this was done by someone who knew exactly what they are doing. Makes you wonder how many examples have had this scenario repeated.

Let’s be clear here. This is not the OP’s fault. He was conned and honestly this could have happened to many of us, included experienced senior collectors. This is why documenting is very beneficial to us collectors.

Gman, I looked through my spare parts and unfortunately I do not have a phosphated svw triggerguard and floorplate. I have an unnumbered blued set just like yours. I will contact some people who may be able to help and PM you later.
 
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Totally understand the 'it's a free country' and 'it's mine and I can do as I please'. Got it. Still doesn't mean it's not a rat shite thing to do. I also agree that it was knowingly done and planned to deceive/defraud for money. THAT is what bothers me. Muh capitalism. :rolleyes:

My gut tells me this is the kind of person that would sell their Mom for her organ value if the price was high enough. Integrity level approaching zero.
 
I contacted the shop I bought it from and he told me he purchased the gun along with a few others as a collection buy from the previous owners wife. The man passed away and the wife sold the collection.
 
I also contacted Caesar1 who initially messaged me back saying when and I sent the link to his post and haven’t heard anything back
 
I found the rifle with my stock on anyone care to shed some light on what happened?
www.k98kforum.com

Svw stock repair

This rifle came to me with the whole front end chopped off. I had a sanded Kriegsmodell stock handy so sent it off to the guy I know that repairs stocks. He grafted the old front to the rest of this rifle using metal rods. I found bands and an unserialed hand guard. I think it came out nice. I...
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Gman06 said:
I found the rifle with my stock on anyone care to shed some light on what happened?
www.k98kforum.com

Svw stock repair

This rifle came to me with the whole front end chopped off. I had a sanded Kriegsmodell stock handy so sent it off to the guy I know that repairs stocks. He grafted the old front to the rest of this rifle using metal rods. I found bands and an unserialed hand guard. I think it came out nice. I...
www.k98kforum.com www.k98kforum.com
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Oh man, the plot thickens. Looks like it had a milled floorplate in the pics. So looks like it underwent a transformation from the gunbroker purchase to the linked documented post on the first page. Now the question is “in what configuration” was it sold from here. Now this appears that this rifle was sported at some point, “restored”, corrected, etc etc…. I don’t even know anymore
 
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Gman06 said:
How’s it’s pictured in this this is how I received it but how did it go from previous to current? Why take a matching correct rifle and do this.
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That's the big question. The first link showing the rifle looking correct was from Feb. 2021, yet in August 2021 it is shown in the Gun Broker link with a sportered stock that was later repaired. Perhaps the previous owner got it like it is in the Gun Broker link and restored it with correct parts only to remove those parts on re-selling. The sequence of the links does seem odd though.
 
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