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Need help with the stock on a Polish K98

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Good morning all! I just in inherited this Polish K98. The stock that was on it was very clearly a cheap sporter stock, and I’m wanting to replace it with literally anything else. Ideally I can find a Polish stock somewhere, but in case I can’t, would I be able to use a stock from a different country of origin’s K98 by chance? I’ll be the first to admit I don’t know too much about these rifles, so any wisdom is greatly appreciated!

Thank you for your help!
 

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there are a couple of guys here who particularly like Polish rifles, perhaps they’ll be able to help. I can’t see any steps in the barrel, did it not have them originally? From my own experience trying to find a stock for an Argentine 1909 sporter rescue, you’ll need to determine/confirm:
large ring vs small ring,
standard length action vs intermediate or short,
barrel length,
and how many meters the rear sight is marked for. Since the correct style of handguard surrounded the sight, how long the sight base is is critical to fitting a hand guard that doesn’t look goofy & works with the sight ladder properly. Even if it has been rebarreled with a sport profile barrel, finding a military stock that’s close is doable, knowing the items above.
I found that a Chilean M1912 short rifle stock fit my 1909 cavalry carbine sporter quite well, & a Brazil M1908 short rifle stock fits my 1909 Argentine engineer’s carbine (so named on the contract drawings) I was able to research the dimensions & then shop for what would fit.
 
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Good luck its a model k98 small ring mauser. A german kar98 stock handguard and bands will work but both of those options are expensive. Your best bet would be to find a scw scrubbed rifle it will still cost you 500 to 700 bucks . Luckily they didnt grind the rear handguard retainer off
 
Hello there!

You have a nice looking Kbk. Wz. 1898 (Polish K98), I would venture to guess that it may have been reblued at some point, as there are some lack of sharpness on some of the markings/serial number and the finish is glossy. I am assuming you have the rest of the components (triggerguard/floorplate, bolt, stacking hook, front and rear barrel bands, etc)?

Re-stocking these is a bit of a struggle, as there aren't too many "compatible" donor stock options. However, there are several options you can pursue for stocking this rifle, it all just depends on how "correct" you want to be:

1. You can get extremely lucky and find yourself a Polish K98 stock, however these are extremely hard to find these days and come in two "tiers". The higher tier is finding a Polish military marked K98 stock which will have a serial number on the bottom of the buttstock, Polish eagle proofs on the semi-pistol grip, and Polish stamps on the right side of the buttstock. You can expect to pay $600+ for these. I was lucky to purchase one from another collector (who found one for cheap languishing at a "spare Mauser stock" pile at his LGS).

2. The second tier of finding a Polish K98 stock is getting lucky and finding a scrubbed SCW export stock. These will have their original Polish markings sanded away and will have a new Spanish serial number stamped on the left side of the stock above the recoil lug, and some will have an MP8 flaming bomb proof on the right side of the buttstock. These are still rather hard to come by, but a bit more affordable. This is before my time, but when Springfield Sporters was still around, they had these stocks available for folks that were restoring Imperial German Kar98a carbines and Polish K98s. That well has run dry ages ago...If you are desperate and have the cash to spend, one thing you can do is find a cheap SCW Polish K98 on GunBroker or locally, and sacrifice it just for the stock (and any missing stock hardware). I personally would be willing to gut a scrubbed rifle if it means completing a crested example.

3. If you still want the rifle to be "Polish" but not necessarily correct, you can find a SCW export Wz.29 short rifle stock for this rifle. There will be a gap in the receiver cutout of the stock, since a Wz.29 is a large ring receiver and the K98 is a small ring, but the stock for a Wz.29 will readily accept a K98 otherwise. These seem to be the most "common" Polish stocks to find out in the wild, but they aren't as easy to find as a K98k stock. I know Apex Gun Parts had a small handful recently in fair condition recently on their website and eBay.

Good luck!
 
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you could try calling SARCO…they always have a pile of stripped military stocks up there. doubt if anyone who works there can truly id what your looking for however. Maybe they could send you pix if they have anything mauser. I get by there now and then, but itll probably be 6 months till i get back. Longshot, but you never know

Good idea, I recently found out that they have a LOT more stuff in stock onsite than what they post for sale online.
 

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