The true origin/story of Russian captures?

RCs give one a chance to shoot a K98k rifle with a good bore without risking a collectable K98. I have a lot of them, several fake snipers, that I shoot to save my originals. Shoot them and enjoy them. Save the originals. I have no RC with a bad bore and I have over a dozen. I would call the bores mint in fact. Of course I selected carefully. That is the best place for an RC, not to mention they do have a history as well.

Ratnik outlined the procedure to rebuild or scrap PU snipers and even regular 91-30s. The Soviets were not totally stupid. They screened each rifle for ME anr TE. If the measurements were OK then they fired it to insure it met minimal standards. Why waste time refurbishing a rifle for possible issue or aid and it is a POS. Damaged bores probably occurred post war or they gauged OK and shot OK even with a pitted bore, which is not unheard of. That is how they did it. Ratnik wrote the books and has the original Soviet documents. He is not blowing abdominal gas.

Saying all RCs are shot out and worthless ignores reality. I have several that will do less than MOA on a good day and less than 2 MOA pretty much any day with M75 ammo. They have a place and saving collectable rifles from shooting is a big one IMO. A hardcore collector, who does not shoot, will not want one. Others are ignoring an excellent use for these rifles.
 
Absolutely! There's no reason that a mass-produced item like a rifle could not be mix-and-matched and work beautifully, and indeed, many RCs do just that. Plus, it's still a way to get some rare or unusual parts.
 
A number of RC guns came back from Vietnam as war trophies. They were apparently given as aid at some point.
 
I read somewhere that the hoods, rods, and screws were taken off and destroyed so as to 'comply' with the Western request that the millions of K98s be demilitarized sometime after WWII.

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