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request identification marking on 98k svw mb

Emilbusch

Emilbusch

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Hello everyone, I ran into a 98k svw mb, in the h block. The wood bears the marking "MK-2" and the sight has a crossed out marking. Do you know the meaning of these markings? pictures:
 
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I will send pictures of the whole weapon as soon as possible. But already, these markings make sense to someone? Thanks in advance.
 
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Bonjour!

The MK-2 ist a Yugoslav depot or repair facility marking. I might be wrong but think I can see something like a star on the rear sight which has been crossed out later.

T
 
Thanks for these informations. Does that mean that this rifle went through a Yugoslav workshop? It does not have the modification in the wood for the French ramp. The butt is early - kriegsm type
 
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Here are more photos. The condition looks new. The tan is beautiful, no oxidation on the non-tanned parts. The barrel looks new.
 
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There is no WaA. There is just one WaA145 on the barrel, and another on the spring rod which holds the grenadier. The trigger guard is marked byf and svw.
 
The wood is not numbered. And there is no marking on the metal parts. The breech has the same number as the rifle.
 
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Permettez-moi de répondre en Anglais de sorte que plus de membres de ce blog puissent nous comprendre.

I think this is a very nice example of a very late Mauser 98, made postwar for French forces. Production finished with the k block as far as I recall.
Maybe the original stock had the additional cutout on the left hand side for the sling and has been replaced to make the rifle look better.
I know these kind of stars from Mauser export contracts. There's nothing wrong with them, but they didn't meet some specs. So they were built in rifles destined for Portugal or so. This one might have remained at the Mauser factory.

Again, nice piece and thanks for sharing!

A bientôt!

T
 
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Agree with Telperion. The stock looks like a newer manufactured replacement. The lower band has been installed backward. Easy to correct that.
 
hello, sorry for these first messages in French. I am using a realtime translator which prevented my first messages from being translated into English. It's corrected. Thank you for your comments. I thought the wood was a post-war copy to pass this rifle off as a kriegsmodell but I still have my doubts because the wood looks old and it doesn't look like to a recent wood. I added a photo of the only marking present inside: a letter "P". If it can help to understand. I wondered if the cuts in the wood to pass the French strap was made in Oberndorff or on delivery in France?Because these cuts are always rather poorly made. Or not very cleanly compared to the Mauser build quality. If this is probable, perhaps this copy did not leave the factory ...We'll never know. Do you know if there have been any SVW MB without this cutting in the wood? Anyway, I am grateful for your advice. It is pleasant to try to reconstruct the history of an old weapon.
 
To me the stock is a bit mysterious. Mauser made and shipped K98k to Portugal in the 1941 - 1942 timeframe. Those had always solid wood stocks. So this one may stem from this batch, being an unused stock that had remained at the factory. M/O used some walnut stocks in semi-Kriegsmodell config very late in the war. They were very much like this one here.
But where does this Yugo mark come from then??

I have a French all matching svw MB with hex stacking rod but without additional cutout on the left hand side!

T
 
Telperion said:
J'ai un svw MB english tout assorti avec tige d'empilage hexagonale mais sans découpe supplémentaire sur le côté gauche !

T
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Thank you for this information. What block of letters does it come from? Is it a numbered wood? Are there WaA stamps? Thank you!
 
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