Rarest K98k you have come across?

[Caesar1]

not a k98, but a prototype extended barrel k43

 

[simsn]

While not Uber rare. My push button G41W

 

[DaveDavis]

That Mitchell's 4th Reich SS Mauser with the chrome parade ready bolt is my favorite, hands down !!!!!

 

[mauser202]

A resin stocked rifle, all matching in high condition.

 

[Winchester Cowboy]

not a k98, but a prototype extended barrel k43

I’m in the same boat as well, I also have an Experimental K43 that has the longer barrel.
The K43 in the middle of the pic.

 

[Caesar1]

I’m in the same boat as well, I also have an Experimental K43 that has the longer barrel.
The K43 in the middle of the pic.

Is yours an ac45?

 

[Winchester Cowboy]

Back in the 80’s, a gun show friend noticed a K98 in a hardware store in the sporting goods section.
He bought it for $300.
He said it sat their for months on the rack because nobody really knew what it was.
It was a complete matching K98 High Turret Sniper Rifle.
He had it for several years but after he got married and they had a family he needed the money and had to sell it.

 

[Winchester Cowboy]

Is yours an ac45?

Yes, and it is on Claus’s database.

 

[stephen]

A original s243k at a super small show, $500. About 15 years ago

 

[Absolut]

I thought the title of this thread reads as "K98k" . Maybe we could have that same thread over in G/K.43 and Gew98 forum though?

 

[Gringo]

Probably the only one I would consider 'rare' was a very late experimental Steyr with the stock made of different sized laminations that I owned many years ago.

 

[M1903A3]

It would have to be the BNZ43 SS contract rifle that was once owned by Mike Steves that has no firing proof and no final acceptance stamps. It’s in a “correct” stock but is a full resto, and now has the only known legit SS contract bolt assembly found out in the wild, which I bought from Mike here and installed in the resto gun. It’s a heavily restored barreled action, but it’s my favorite K98, and rare for the no f/p no f/a.

 

[M1903A3]

It would have to be the BNZ43 SS contract rifle that was once owned by Mike Steves that has no firing proof and no final acceptance stamps. It’s in a “correct” stock but is a full resto, and now has the only known legit SS contract bolt assembly found out in the wild, which I bought from Mike here and installed in the resto gun. It’s a heavily restored barreled action, but it’s my favorite K98, and rare for the no f/p no f/a.
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Also it’s a Russian Capture so it’s reasonable to assume it got sent out and saw action.

 

[Bigdibbs88]

has the only known legit SS contract bolt assembly found out in the wild,

im confused by this

 

[hale1940]

Reflecting over 45 years (when I started looking at German rifles in earnest), would probably be a Steyr K98k SS double claw w/matching center-focus scope. Rifle was very nice but had a miss-matched bolt, rear sight and some issues with the stock. It turned up at a Great Western show in the 1980s. Unfortunately, the owner was all but impossible to deal with. However, a friend of mine (who was on the outs with him) told me how best to approach the guy and maybe get the SSG. It was reminiscent of the Tale of Excalibur... whom would be the one to pull the sword from the stone? So, for three days I worked on it. Several other collectors had attempted to get the rifle and gave up, but on that third day, I finally prevailed! Turned out some weeks after the show, another friend said he had everything to restore that rifle... a perfect period Steyr K98k (non-WaA) stock, unnumbered rear sight with slider, and period Steyr complete armorer bolt assembly. Not wanting such a restoral for myself, shipped it out to him. I came out way ahead in the deal as did he, so think it was a win-win all the way around...

Interesting story pwcosol. Do you recall roughly how much the guy wanted for his matching SS Double Claw back in the 1980s? I’m always interested to know the evolving value of original 98k’s over the decades.

 

[M1903A3]

im confused by this

It has a bolt that was found apart from its original rifle, but it’s clearly an SS contract bolt. As the rifle I own is a restored barreled action, everything on it was found elsewhere. The toughest resto piece proved to be a legit bolt, but with a little help I have one and as for me it’s the only one I’ve ever seen NOT with a rifle.

 

[Bigdibbs88]

It has a bolt that was found apart from its original rifle, but it’s clearly an SS contract bolt. As the rifle I own is a restored barreled action, everything on it was found elsewhere. The toughest resto piece proved to be a legit bolt, but with a little help I have one and as for me it’s the only one I’ve ever seen NOT with a rifle.

Ss contract bolts are as common on the loose as any other bolt. About ten years ago I actually matched one by serial number to an action I had… not having a suffix helps . But it seems like all decent bolts are harder to find than they were

 

[USCS03]

I would have to say the earliest known 1943 JPS LSR serial 102ff (not matching) I stumbled across.

 

[Cololab]

My rarest find was an estate sale byf44 L block HT with matching bolt, matching scope rings and original cad scope. The stock had been sporterized beyond redemption, however I was able to find another L block stock for a replacement.

 

[Dave Roberts]

I am sure there are those that will likely disagree with me , but this is the only complete and 100% matching Late War BYF44 L block LT that I am aware of. I do know of other late production Ajack Scope with recycled LT Rings but I have never seen nor heard mention of another surviving example .