Picked up a German WWII K98, not unhappy, not thrilled

[Hoosier8]

It is an all matching K98 German Mauser but import marked. It is a DOU 44. I cannot find much information on these but I don't find that it is a common configuration. It is in rough shape but it is probably worth more than I paid for it. I had seen it locally and went back almost a month later and it was still there so I picked it up. I got it for the price of a Russian Capture.

 

[Sgt7330]

Lets see a pic of it.

 

[gunman41mag]

It is an all matching K98 German Mauser but import marked. It is a DOU 44. I cannot find much information on these but I don't find that it is a common configuration. It is in rough shape but it is probably worth more than I paid for it. I had seen it locally and went back almost a month later and it was still there so I picked it up. I got it for the price of a Russian Capture.

At least if your not happy with a gun, you can trade it to some other guy Too bad we can't do the same things with a wife we don't like

 

[Scutter01]

At least if your not happy with a gun, you can trade it to some other guy Too bad we can't do the same things with a wife we don't like

Sure you can, but the process is a little more involved and considerably more expensive.

 

[Hoosier8]

Lets see a pic of it.

 

[Gunaria]

If your not thrilled then why you buy it? Maybe after shooting it you will be happier.

 

[gunman41mag]

If your not thrilled then why you buy it? Maybe after shooting it you will be happier.

I only buy a gun, If it "TICKLE my PICKLE" or If I cam make my money back if I sell it

 

[Hoosier8]

I only buy a gun, If it "TICKLE my PICKLE" or If I cam make my money back if I sell it

Not thrilled because I did not want to spend any money. Happy because it is worth more than I paid for it.

 

[Walter Zoomie]

Looks good to me. What's the problem?

 

[littletommy]

Looks nice. Does being "import marked" mean it does not have nazi markings on it? I have seen a few really rough K98s locally, but in the last year or so, none with nazi markings, or if they had original markings, they had been ground off. The ones I've seen around here do not look to be worth the $300 asking price.

 

[gunman41mag]

Not thrilled because I did not want to spend any money. Happy because it is worth more than I paid for it.

I have over $7,000 on my credit card, because of guns i've bought My wife isn't happy she want to take my guns & shove them up my, BUT I told her I'll work some over-time to pay the credit card Will I ever pay the credit card off But I'll still buy some more guns

 

[Hoosier8]

Looks nice. Does being "import marked" mean it does not have nazi markings on it? I have seen a few really rough K98s locally, but in the last year or so, none with nazi markings, or if they had original markings, they had been ground off. The ones I've seen around here do not look to be worth the $300 asking price.

It is a bit rough with some rust pitting and the stock has seen better days. It has been shot a lot and you can tell by some stress damage to the stock. The stock is original to the rifle, it matches.

This says it was imported from Germany to California and is matching and nothing peened. Since it is all matching and import marked (not an RC) it is a bit unusual in that regard. Nothing has been scrubbed. It may not have come from Germany but it is also not a bringback. There were imports from East Germany and Romania and this may be one of them.

 

[gunman41mag]

It is a bit rough with some rust pitting and the stock has seen better days. It has been shot a lot and you can tell by some stress damage to the stock. The stock is original to the rifle, it matches.

This says it was imported from Germany to California and is matching and nothing peened. Since it is all matching and import marked (not an RC) it is a bit unusual in that regard. Nothing has been scrubbed. It may not have come from Germany but it is also not a bringback. There were imports from East Germany and Romania and this may be one of them.

You think it was used in WWII

 

[A5guy]

If the numbers all match you probably got your money's worth. I sold an 1895 Mauser in 7X57 many years ago, (for CHUMP), and the guy I sold it to just had to call me a month later and rub it in that all the numbers matched and it was worth five times what he gave me for it.

 

[gunman41mag]

If the numbers all match you probably got your money's worth. I sold an 1895 Mauser in 7X57 many years ago, (for CHUMP), and the guy I sold it to just had to call me a month later and rub it in that all the numbers matched and it was worth five times what he gave me for it.

You have any more guns you want to sell

 

[Hoosier8]

You think it was used in WWII

The shape it is in, yes. I also have a DOT 44 that probably wasn't but was taken out of an armory by a US soldier after the war, it is in very nice shape compared to this one, blueing good and no rust. Of course some of these rifles could have rusted after they were imported.

 

[A5guy]

You have any more guns you want to sell

Nah.... I got out of the 'divesting' business. Not before a Blackhawk 41 Mag, and a Postal Meter M-1 Carbine went their way for chump too (or to realize what I had 15-20 years later). I became strictly a collector after selling my first (1971) Fender Stratocaster for $550. Oh, I thought I was a real Wheeler-Dealer, since I'd only gave $350 for it a few years earlier. 20 years later, a 71 Strat Ebays for $6500!

So, basically at this point, if I buy it, even if I never look at it again, I'm nearly phobic of selling it.

 

[gunman41mag]

Nah.... I got out of the 'divesting' business. Not before a Blackhawk 41 Mag, and a Postal Meter M-1 Carbine went their way for chump too (or to realize what I had 15-20 years later). I became strictly a collector after selling my first (1971) Fender Stratocaster for $550. Oh, I thought I was a real Wheeler-Dealer, since I'd only gave $350 for it a few years earlier. 20 years later, a 71 Strat Ebays for $6500!

So, basically at this point, if I buy it, even if I never look at it again, I'm nearly phobic of selling it.

Well at least you learn from your M I S T A K E S

 

[boozoo]

Looks nice. Does being "import marked" mean it does not have nazi markings on it? I have seen a few really rough K98s locally, but in the last year or so, none with nazi markings, or if they had original markings, they had been ground off. The ones I've seen around here do not look to be worth the $300 asking price.

If the markings are obliterated that means someone other than the Germans used it. Usually that means the Commies got them. Though they're called "captured", 9 times out of 10, that means it was rounded up post war, processed and either stored or handed to the satellite countries.

Sometimes other countries like Israel, Yugoslavia, or Iraq also will have them, but they usually (not always) ground off all the old markings and remarked them.

The import mark is sometimes a detraction of value, but that's about all it really represents. Not being import marked means it was either a vet bring-back or it was imported before the law requiring stamping went into effect...and there was a ton of them coming in back then.

 

[db1959]

what does "scrubbed" mean?