Yugo mauser year marking update#
Yugo mauser year marking code#

Most shooters and even new collectors now have to settle with the common surplus market rebuilds: Russian captures (RC Mausers), Yugoslavian capture M98/48s, Mitchell's Mauser's frauds, or Romanian/Albanian/Balkan captures. These make great shooters and are more 'German' than Mitchell's Mausers, and way less expensive - just that you do not have Mitchell's Certificate of Authentic Fakery. Some might be all matching except the bolt-and the bolt may match itself, some may be all matching having a non sanded finish, but the original stock may have been re-varnished or recoated, or some are a 1950вЂ™s sporterized rifle with matching numbers except for the missing stock and stock parts. On the less expensive side and with a heck of a lot of luck, a great find in my opinion are the mostly-matching K98k rifles. Here is a great video ( A must watch) on the Evolution of the Karabiner 98k, From Prewar to Kriegsmodell by forgotten Weapons There are just too many fakes to fool a beginning shooter/collector. Unless you are knowledgeable and well versed in K98k rifle collecting, I would not pay top buck for an intact specimen K98k rifle without consulting an experienced collector. In addition, due to their high cost, there is a lot of fakery by guys converting almost-matching rifles or sporters back into the more valuable, complete, all-matching German K98ks. But for most, the German K98k rifle is hard to find since most of the WW II guys are gone, and the intact specimen's cost is beyond reach. Even one with a miss matched bolt is a great find. Every one would like an intact, bring back K98k.

Yugo mauser year marking code#

And who would have known that those $200 bring backs in late 1960s would be pushing beyond $1000 depending on its state of matching numbers, metal condition, stock condition, German code & date, bring back papers, sling, bayonet and provenience. You got to love the backbone of the Germany Army, Paul Mauser's design came to a climax in Karabiner K98k.

Yugo mauser year marking update#

RESTORATION COMPLETE this is a 11 June update with all pictures added, although some had to be squeezed in. The original pre 4 June format was archived on the Wayback Machine. Each original page can be searched out by its URL and is intact on the Wayback. I have restored this post since so many use it. However, 12 pages have been saved on the WAYBACK MACHINE and remain intact at that location. As of 4 June 2020 the forum switched to new format and all photos were lost.