Mauser k98 finish and other questions.

Sergio Natali · 05-14-2014, 10:38 AM

For what we can see fom the photos your K8K colour looks correct, laminatd stocks (since mid 1938) had a ligther colour then walnut ones, they started making the stocks with laminated wood mainly for a matter of costs.
Russia capture ones instead look a lot darker, as they got entirely stripped acid dipped and reblued with a black crappy stuff and the stocks painted with a some sort of orange stuff like shellac.
They all got peened of the swastikas and got the so called "Russian property stamp" (just an awful "X" stamped on the receiver)
Some were also electro penciled.

05-14-2014, 10:38 AM	#7
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	For what we can see fom the photos your K8K colour looks correct, laminatd stocks (since mid 1938) had a ligther colour then walnut ones, they started making the stocks with laminated wood mainly for a matter of costs. Russia capture ones instead look a lot darker, as they got entirely stripped acid dipped and reblued with a black crappy stuff and the stocks painted with a some sort of orange stuff like shellac. They all got peened of the swastikas and got the so called "Russian property stamp" (just an awful "X" stamped on the receiver) Some were also electro penciled. __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.