Help with k98s

apis mellifera · 05-13-2013, 08:05 PM

I have a few mismatched k98s and have decided to sell one to fund another purchase. I am to the point of choosing between these two.

I realize the pictures are poor, but since they are basically in the same condition and both are mismatched, I want to try to get the "correct" parts on whichever rifle I keep. Not really concerned about condition.

One is a 1937 S/27 and the other is a 1939 42. The receivers, barrel, and stock match on both. All waffenamts are intact. I haven't fired either.

There are differences: the bayonet lug bands are different, the trigger guard of one has a hole, one bolt is unnumbered, one bolt has plum colored pieces, the hand guard wood is solid on one, laminated on the other.

So, being shooters and all things equal, which one to keep and which to sell? My leaning is toward the wartime rifle. Move any parts to the keeper? A complete waste of time?

Thanks
Matt

alanint · 05-14-2013, 05:37 AM

I would consider both "wartime" rifles. I tend to lean toward features like the cupped buttplate and the early milled, foreend barrel band, (neither rifle should have the later, pressed steel barrel band). That being said I would move all the better stuff to the 42 code rifle and keep that.

05-13-2013, 08:05 PM	#1
apis mellifera User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: WV Posts: 149 Thanks: 3 Thanked 24 Times in 8 Posts	Help with k98s I have a few mismatched k98s and have decided to sell one to fund another purchase. I am to the point of choosing between these two. I realize the pictures are poor, but since they are basically in the same condition and both are mismatched, I want to try to get the "correct" parts on whichever rifle I keep. Not really concerned about condition. One is a 1937 S/27 and the other is a 1939 42. The receivers, barrel, and stock match on both. All waffenamts are intact. I haven't fired either. There are differences: the bayonet lug bands are different, the trigger guard of one has a hole, one bolt is unnumbered, one bolt has plum colored pieces, the hand guard wood is solid on one, laminated on the other. So, being shooters and all things equal, which one to keep and which to sell? My leaning is toward the wartime rifle. Move any parts to the keeper? A complete waste of time? Thanks Matt Attached Thumbnails

05-14-2013, 05:37 AM	#2
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	I would consider both "wartime" rifles. I tend to lean toward features like the cupped buttplate and the early milled, foreend barrel band, (neither rifle should have the later, pressed steel barrel band). That being said I would move all the better stuff to the 42 code rifle and keep that.