Mauser K98 (WWII with matching serial numbers)

[adolph mallory]

I have a WWII Mauser rifle that shoots great and I am considering
converting it to a more light-weight stock for hunting purposes.
Family friends are telling me that its a collection piece and that I
shouldn't convert it.

The Mauser is a K98 bolt action rile with matching serial numbers on
all components and Wehrmacht emblems and Nazi eagles stamped on all
components. Atop the receiver is stamped "bnz". The rifle has an
excellent wooden stock and shoots well.

Any recommendations or information on this rifle.

email: mall...@mindspring.com

[KYRIEELLIS]

In article <666mdf$r...@xring.cs.umd.edu>, mall...@mindspring.com (adolph
mallory) writes:

#I have a WWII Mauser rifle that shoots great and I am considering converting
#it to a more light-weight stock for hunting purposes.Family friends are
#telling me that its a collection piece and that I shouldn't convert it.
<snip>

Your family friends are right on target. What you are considering is the way
to spend $100 and turn a $500 rifle into a $150 rifle :-(

Kyrie

[MNellis382]

#I have a WWII Mauser rifle that shoots great and I am considering

#converting it to a more light-weight stock for hunting purposes.
#Family friends are telling me that its a collection piece and that I
#shouldn't convert it.

Sell it to them, take the money and buy a hunting rig.
Sell them shares in gun futures, take the money and buy a hunting rig.

[Redbeerd45]

Considering the amount of mausers out there that don't have matching numbers
and the price they are available at, it would be silly to ruin a collectors
piece. You can convert any old non matching rifle for use as a sporter.
If the trigger guard and nose cap are milled not stamped, then the above advice
goes double... The stamped ones were made after 1941 to speed production.

I would hang on to it, or sell it (to me) and buy another gun to sporterize
and still have money left over...

[K9BNF]

It's your rifle but I collect a few of them and from the description
you give, well I would keep it as it is.

K98's with all matching serial numbers and the waffenampts are hard to
come by these days.

Is it still in 8mm cal ?

Stock in great shape as you say it sounds like a war bring back prize.
If nothing else, find a Mauser collector in your area, get the best price
you can and buy another one at a gun show and convert it.

Don't destroy a rare collectors item. Buy another one and convert it to
.308 and put on any stock you want. I have done that to several K98's
and VZ24's
John.....K9BNF.....Milwaukee, Wis
Milwaukee Police Officer Retired.
Good Police Work is 95% B.S.

[Arne Carlsten]

adolph mallory <mall...@mindspring.com> wrote:
: I have a WWII Mauser rifle that shoots great and I am considering
: converting it to a more light-weight stock for hunting purposes.
: Family friends are telling me that its a collection piece and that I
: shouldn't convert it.

: The Mauser is a K98 bolt action rile with matching serial numbers on
: all components and Wehrmacht emblems and Nazi eagles stamped on all
: components. Atop the receiver is stamped "bnz". The rifle has an
: excellent wooden stock and shoots well.

: Any recommendations or information on this rifle.

: email: mall...@mindspring.com

Don't wreck a collectible military Mauser.

If you like the Mauser action enough that you'd like to have a sporter;
buy one of the cheap mis-matched rifles coming in from Russia, or one of
the barreled actions being advertised by a number of wholesalers, or an
already sporterized/butchered rifle from a pawnshop.

There are plenty of Mauser 98s out there that have already been modified
enough to have lost any value to collectors as "as-issued" military
rifles. Preserve the good ones.

--
Arne Gustav Carlsten
Flagstaff, Arizona

Chomh da/na le muc...

[Bbemory]

Do not cut up this gun. There are plenty of guys on this mews group who would
give you much more than a very good missmatch would cost, if you do not want to
keep it.
Blair