how long ago was that friend ? Were they Chinese SKS ? not sure if this wepaon system is even legal anymore is it ? probaly will depend on the State law. here in Oregon I have found it tough to find one and it is not that I want one either. I think they are junk.....

The K98 has been altered as such for work in the mideast and in Central and South America, so the rifle from WW 2 has been polluted. You will pay handsomely for a prime 1941-43 piece and a bit less for 1944-45 as the condition of the rifle de-graded.

Thanks for the information everone. Yes we got to be careful anytime we shoot old guns. I told my dad what yall said about the Lugar that wouldn't throw the shells out and jammed and he said the Lugar that jammed was being shot woth new rounds and had the problem. When he used a friends reloads with a little more punch the shells recoiled perfect and a new one slide right in. The 9mm rounds/bullets today don't have the same punch power as they did in the war. The K98 from Greg fired each and every round perfectly, they adjusted the sight thing on top and had a good pattern at 200 yards not bad for a WWII rifle and WWII rounds. Both Greg and my dad said it was a smooth shooter. My dad says when the Lugar quits its time to chunk it cause we dont keep guns that dont work anymore. The flintlocks still fire but its alot of mess to do it but we still keep them. [img]smile.gif[/img]

K98 update - used a strong cleaner to remove oily marks and muck from the stock plus some very light wire-wool treatment on one rough patch. Excess cosmolene removed from all the metal parts with methylated spirit & Parker-Hale Express Gun Oil applied to all moving parts.

And then every evening this week I've rubbed in a good beeswax polish over the whole stock, left to dry overnight and then buffed every morning.

It now looks and feels really super - that lovely 'swirly-grain' laminated stock so typical of war-manufactured K98s together with the original red glue. Yum yum ! ( to use a technical term... [img]smile.gif[/img] )

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Martin--are you really a gun collector or are you a termite?

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Let's just say this K98 looks good enough to eat .... [img]smile.gif[/img]

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Today - using a superb 'step-by-step' guide posted on the USA 'Curio&Relic' Forum - disassembled, cleaned and reassembled the bolt.

I'd been a little disappointed by the trigger action and a rather gummy-sounding release. No wonder - the whole 'works' was choked up with 60-year-old grease which had solidified. Very satisfying to clean all the parts, lightly grease and oil, reassemble - and now the rifle cocks crisply and the firing-pin releases with a very -sounding 'crack'.

Sorry to drone on - but I've had real fun with this addition to my collection.... [img]graemlins/rk.gif[/img]

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Old threads never die.....I was browsing the Forum for something else and came across this one. That K98 is still a treasured possession - I didn't have a digi camera in those days, so here's a couple of shots to bring the thread up to date

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Very nice, I'm jealous.

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a very nice looking peace there martin thanks for leting us see this rifle
best krieg

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for thow . will be ours someday.we shall have it all
... und mear.......

Martin, the woodwork looks to be in excellent condition, most K98s I have seen at militaria shows tend to be in a lot poorer condition, with dents and chips in the wood.

A K98 is on my shopping list...

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Regards
John

"It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see" - Winston Churchill

NIce one Martin, and the cleaning is superb.

Best regards-C.

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Yes - don't forget that this was purchased five years ago now.....I really, REALLY REALLY wanted an A1+ condition laminated stock ( for no other reason than that that's what you se in so many pictures of 1944 NW Europe combat). Even then, I had to look very hard before finding this batch, and had to go through the whole lot before finding 'my' rifle - and keep in mind also that this is a Yugo re-work.....

Today, really nice K98s are much harder to find ; many are pre-war foreign contract weapons - nice, but they don't have that '1944 look'.

Even the correct slings aren't easy to find - I was really 'chuffed' when I found a perfect one at the Arlon militaria bourse in 2004.....

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I just got the camera out to take a few more pics....







A shot which gives a nice view of the very distinctive beechwood grain, with the correct 'red' resin glue showing.....



And finally one which, if you look closely, gives a good idea of how many laminations were involved. Quite a contrast to the solid piece of walnut which formed the stock of earlier K98s.....

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My god, what a beauty!

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Great pic & great read Martin
My friend at work was close to buy one last week & was telling me that the Russian refurbish loads of the guns after the war & did not make a good job of it

That's true, I'm afraid. The Soviet refurbs were generally quite rough ( this applies to other weapons, such as Luger pistols, too ). OTOH, the Yugoslavian arsenals worked to much higher standards ; their 'blueing' in particular being very good.....

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Very very nice! Hard to believe that thing was in the field at all!

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Members of the Dutch Resistance with 101st AB, Eindhoven. Operation Market Garden.

Scott

My 'other' K98 was definitely 'in the field'......

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Great picture Martin! A variant of the now and then pictures. Actually the other one could be restored. I have a friend who does this. He once found a LEBEL rifle in a well in a worse condition and now it looks great.

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Nice rifle and pictures.

Nice! Got one myself!

i'll show it off to

I now got a K98k & a Luger!

German weapons, because i've others too (Belgian, Brittish..)

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