newbie on guns little help on k98 please

[PaulE]

Well i'm learning fast here, you lot seem to know your stuff, just blown up the british stamp mark and there is a .410 stamp on it.

The dealers want £495 (about $760) for it, so not that cheap really, but like you have said not bad for a all matching over here in the UK or am I wrong on that.

Really looking for a all correct k98 to sit nicely in with my collection, so may pass on this one, Thanks for all the help anyway.

Paul

[AndyB]

There should be serialed the stock wit same number as barell or reciever offcource. The barell is probably reworked then for other caliber?

[Von Kleist]

Is the stock numbered on the bottom to match?

Still looks sanded - RC to me but if its a matching port contract rifle that would be way more interesting...


( I learned about the .410/barrel in this thread as well so I'm done for today )


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[Grossfuss]

K98 rifle

Hi,
As a former worker in the gun trade I can confirm what has previously been said regarding the lengthened barrel.
There was a fashion, back in the 70's, to bore the K98 out to .410 to convert it to a shotgun, thereby removing the more stringent requirements of a Firearms Certificate (FAC). However the barrel had to be lengthened to 24 inches to conform with the regulations for a shotgun.
Is this gun still able to fire the .410 shotgun cartridge or has it been de-activated later?
If it is a deact there's no legal reason why the barrel could not be shortened back to its original length, as the shotgun laws no longer apply.
The all-matching side may be attractive but the extra work done on it (meaning a reblue as part of the operation) and those profuse British proof marks would spoil it for me.
Many years ago I was able to purchase a Panzerschreck on a Shotgun Certificate because it "had a smooth barrel over 24 inches in length"! I don't have it any more so don't ask!
Good luck with the search - all-matching K98k's are surprisingly hard to find.
A friend paid a lot of money to Henrik Rask for one over a year ago and after a bit of cleaning up he now has a nice rifle.
All the best,
Grossfuss

[PaulE]

Hi Grossfuss
Yes the gun has now been deactivated,
I think all in all now, with the stock not being the original one to the metalwork and of course repaired , along with the rework to the barrel, for the money involved I think i'm better off saving for that better original one to come along.

So a big Thank you to you all for helping me out on this one,
Paul