New Classic Private Collection K98ks

There is a thread now. I made a legally neutral comment. People over there can use their own judgment.
 
I wasted some time looking at that vid...:facepalm::googlie It looks to me like somebody took some Mitchell's Mausers and blued the bolt, polished up the buttplates etc. on them.
 
Did the Germans paint the numbering/stamps white usually or is that usually done after the fact by collectors? I know in the AK world Communist countries never painted in the serial/arsenal markings and the collectors would do so after so I was wondering if that was the same case in the K98 world. What's the purpose of painting in the serial/arsenal marks?
 
ltong29 said:
Did the Germans paint the numbering/stamps white usually or is that usually done after the fact by collectors? I know in the AK world Communist countries never painted in the serial/arsenal markings and the collectors would do so after so I was wondering if that was the same case in the K98 world. What's the purpose of painting in the serial/arsenal marks?
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No, not done by the German's. Strictly to enhance the markings by collectors.
 
nirvana said:
It used to be more popular, but seems to have faded out lately.
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The reason being that white stuff can be used to mask fakery. It is almost impossible to tell a fake engraved number from an original stamped number when numbers are filled in with white stuff. As fakers are getting better, only close inspection of size, shape and depths of fonts and numbers can determine if a rifle has been humped. I wonder how many collectors own "matching" rifles and kept the white numbers the way they bought them, not knowing that they may have acquired an oinker.
 
I definitely see it a lot less, occasionally used to help show a poorly stamped number. But I agree with the above, that it could be used to mask crap
 
Better camera's make it less necessary to use the white filler. Comes out off when I clean the rifle after shooting it.
 
GunKraut said:
..that white stuff can be used to mask fakery. It is almost impossible to tell a fake engraved number from an original stamped number when numbers are filled in with white stuff..
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Someone; maybe Loewe brought this up exactly? I have noticed a correlation since he discussed it and questionable rifles. It seems most common in 'new' rifles brought to market even though some older examples still exist.
 
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