![]() ![]() A nice example will be priced at around $350. The Russians loved to electropencil non-matching parts as if they were matched and would mark each capture with an “X” mark on the receiver. The Russians “refurbished” these captured rifles after the war re-bluing the metal and refinishing the wood with a kind of deeply stained shellac. A Russian capture is the most commonly commercially available K-98k in the United States. Just something seems weird and was wondering if anyone had any idea about this rifle. ![]() The weird part is on the side stamped is standard model. I cant seem to find a date when it was made. It was made by Mauser serial number B92xx. The example shown here is a Russian capture K-98k. This has the nicest finish I have ever seen. After the war, these rifles ended up in the arsenals of many nations giving rise to many interesting varieties and variations which are too numerous for treatment here. This rifle became the main German battle rifle of World War II, and was exported by the Germans to several other countries. The K-98k is a bolt action rifle that was built on the Model 98 system in the 8mm Mauser caliber.
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