Caesar1
Senior Member
I didn’t want to title this turd alert because I don’t think Its faked but it looks like this has an eagle H stock and unnumbered bands which I don’t think are correct. Remove if I’m wrong.
Not as advertised “unissued dou44 “
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Should also not be drilled for a rod and this looks like it might be. I have to say the stock looks like dou wood both in the sling and bolt cutout. And hard to tell but the eagle H looks odd. I wonder if someone “enhanced” the wood. Curious if it has the grip stamp. It certainly has been cleaned to death. Was probably a great rifle as found.
joryfreeburg
Senior Member
DOU 44 8596b
I picked this beauty up here on the trader about 6 weeks ago from Hambone. Thanks Craig! I had a couple of members ask for more pictures of it so I figured that I would put a post up.
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These photos are terrible and done when I really did not know what I was doing, this rifle is a b block which in 1944 is way off from a dd block, but I would say the GB rifle is screwed with…..these are the only 2 good photos I currently have of it…. I need to retake it
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mauser99
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the stock definitely looks like a correct dou stock. It has the long tongue cut out. Stock looked cleaned/bleached and the e/H is the type shows up on dot/bcd/ce Not dou, wouldnt be the first time someone ruined a perfectly good stock with over proofing with the wrong proofs or serial numbers..
heavy_mech
RKI- Reasonably Knowledgable Individual
Holy bleach bottle blonde. I can't believe how much I don't like that look.
Whats your camera setup? I wanna start taking some really good, solid pics of my rifles.DOU 44 8596b
I picked this beauty up here on the trader about 6 weeks ago from Hambone. Thanks Craig! I had a couple of members ask for more pictures of it so I figured that I would put a post up.
These photos are terrible and done when I really did not know what I was doing, this rifle is a b block which in 1944 is way off from a dd block, but I would say the GB rifle is screwed with…..these are the only 2 good photos I currently have of it…. I need to retake it
dustoff1996
Well-known member
Gunbroker + unissued + 1944 K98 = what could go wrong? 
Tooele52M1
Well-known member
I get a kick out of the language some folks use to create the "escape clause". In this case the addition of 'condition' added to 'unissued'. Leaves room for how it got that way.
joryfreeburg
Senior Member
At this point I just like to use my iPhone 14, outside in natural lighting on a cloudy day. I still use the light box that I made a little. I kinda like the natural background. It gives a color perspective I think.
That link I posted was before I built a light box started taking photos outside with a natural background …... I don’t think those pictures are good.
Ok thanks! I use my LG Velvet atm and try to wait for cloudy days or close dusk/early dawn.
here's what it should look like. this is 894dd so a bit earlier same suffix. this is the factory finish on the stock and consistent through this transitional period in to '45. My C block has the same finish, as does my gg block semi. note the same sling and bolt cut-outs, and it is not drilled for a rod, which also seems consistent with the posted example. Note the small "z" in the grip -- this is really the only external marking you should see on these tho it's often very faint and can be hard to see. def no eagle/H.
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here's 6996bb. same finish, cut-outs, small "k" in the grip. not drilled for a rod. red glue here. dd posted earlier was white, as is the OP example. no eagle/H of course. and again my gg semi is identical. I'll try and grab some shots of that as well.
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GhostWithin
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I've seen Mitchell mause
Ive seen Mitchell Mauser k98s with that exact same stock tone. Plus it looks the part of one.