[anttom]

Before the thread pics of the bcd/ar K98k's, I decided to look for a bcd/ar online, and found this on GB. What's it worth as a mismatched comm block rework, but not an RC? The only thing that looked different was the safety. The safety did not look like a K98k safety.

 

[anttom]

Yeah But It Is In A Rare Code And I Don't Think It Is An RC

The seller stated that it is not an RC. I was thinking it is an earlier Albanian import. I saw no RC X or funky stock finish, and the blue doesn't look RC either. Anyway, I put in a max bid of $500.00. It is currently at $450.00 and closes on Dec.9! Now that Award called it an RC I just noticed the black paint on the crossbolt! I might be in for a ride after all!

A matching German bcd/ar42 would sell for $1,500.00 - $2,000.00 and I might be estimating low in a bidding war!

 

[Turbo Archie]

I agree not a RC. Looks like it might have a yugo marked stock..


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[johnnymustang]

I have pictures of that rifle from 2004 when it sold on Gunbroker. In the 2004 pics you, can see the ghost of the numbers in the stock, stamped Yugo style.

You can also see the electropencil on the safety and the electro pencil on the floorplate. It originally sold in 2004 by Relichunter1.

Only problem is the pics of the floorplate and safety don't show enough to prove on their own it is the same rifle. You'd have to go on the fact that I have the whole series and labeled correctly.

This has potential to make someone mad, so here are three that I saved from 2004.

Not sure if others, electopencilled or not. But I think it had electro in 2004.

 

[johnnymustang]

One more. And price wise, it may be worth it. It is a bcd/ar after all.

 

[anttom]

It Looks Like It

The pictures of the stock look exactly like it! If it was EP at one time then it was an RC before it went to Yugoslavia! You have the pictures! Do you remember what it sold for in 04?

 

[cdhais1986]

Really, now........

12/4/2008 6:18:23 AM
Clayton Daniel Haisley
Gunbroker account user anttom sent me an email today stating:

REGARDING ITEM: 117513383 bcd/ar 42 dual code K98 Mauser rifle
Link removed in compliance with board rules.

--- begin message ---

Hello.

I have entered a bid on this rifle of $500.00. I hate to do this, but I
need you to rescind my bid. I went out to mail my Christmas cards last
night, and had a traffic accident on the way home. It was pretty bad, and
my car needs significant work done, and I have a high deductible on my
insurance. I simply can no longer afford this purchase. Can you see your
way clear to letting me out of this?

Sincerely, Anthony

--- end message ---

 

[cdhais1986]

I paid $300 exact due to a bidding war during the final hour of the initial auction for this rifle. When I decided to sell it to make room for an incoming 1903, I priced it with a reserve of $350, as I hated to part with it, but if I got that out of it, I figured it could go. I can proivide pictures of the bottom if the board gurus here wish since old tommy was so kind enough to advertise for my rifle.

I assumed when I got it that it was a non Soviet eastern bloc capture. It is NOT import marked that I can find.

Edit: Never mind the pics, as Johnny Mustang's are better versions than the one my camera has taken.

 

[anttom]

Yes Really Now

The accident was real, as is my $1,500.00 deductible! I don't know about the rest of you, but I am not made of money. If not for my car repairs, I would be buying this rifle. There is just no way to do both!

By the way you priced it with a reserve of $450.00 and said it was not an RC!

 

[moconfed]

I do believe I was attempting a trade on this rifle at one time- rrrrrrrrr!

 

[Vulch]

 

[Kursk]

vulch...i got that band and thank you kindly. i have a salt water tank and a yellow tang in there, cool fish.

 

[Pisgah]

Having a Yugo stock on a rifle doesn't make a rifle a Yugo or mean that it necessarily came from Yugoslavia. The same thing is true of floorplates and safeties. Having EP'ed markings on such parts doesn't make the rifle an RC. You could easily have a vet bringback barreled receiver rebuilt with parts from various sources, esp. these days. How many people have purchased Norwegian stocks to improve a (mismatched stock) rifle they thought had some potential? That rifle wouldn't suddenly become a Norwegian capture just because it had the Norwegian stock. All that said, this one appears to be an RC barreled receiver. It has what looks like an "X" type marking between the bcd/ar and the 42.

 

[anttom]

Forget the Description Look at the Rifle That Has Been Reworked Since 04

Well the seller described it as a Non-RC! I will have to take it up with GB or the seller can just rescind my bid! I'd rather fix my car then overpay for a misrepresented RC!

 

[ncreptile]

Big +1 to that, it seems everyone posting so far has some involvement with this rifle.
Number change,yugo,rc,not rc,car accident,trade,back out on bid.
What next? A giant lava frog ate my bank so I no longer have the funds to buy, thanks.

 

[anttom]

Nothing Fishy Just Another RC

Yeah it is a bcd/ar 42. But it is also a $300.00 RC misrepresented on GB! That seems to be the norm on GB so there is nothing fishy about that. It is what I expect every time I go up on GB. They should do me a solid and suspend my account on GB! They seem to have nothing to offer for your hard earned dollar!

As to the reasons no one wants this dog there are probably some we still don't know yet. The seller has it listed as all sales are final and by the way don't shoot it unless you have it checked out first! The seller owned the rifle for 4 years! Do you think he knows something he is not saying in his desription. I could not own a rifle 4 weeks without taking it to the range!

 

[Pisgah]

...it seems everyone posting so far has some involvement with this rifle...

Not me!

 

[Kursk]

i just like that yellow tang!

 

[anttom]

Bid Retracted

The seller retracted my bid after I went to GB with a complaint about his description! So not me anymore!!!!!

 

[cdhais1986]

To address a few things and then I'll drop it:

When I bought this rifle is 2004, I was told by the seller that it was a eastern bloc capture, but not a Russian one. He thought Yugo, as did I. That's why I described it as such. My primary assumption is due to the stock numbering being similar to the Yugo capture rifles.

As far as misrepresentation goes, you're one of those idiots who bid too much for something you knew nothing about and then came here to verify it after you had doubts on it. Granted, I placed a high end reserve ($350) on the rifle, but I figured it probably wouldn't get up that high, giving me an excuse to keep it. It was just one of those things where I felt that if I could make $50 more than what I paid, It could go. As to my shooting it, I've never fired it nor do I intend to, as 8mm is starting to become expensive and I like my Garand, Enfield, and M-1carbine better. When I do shoot my Mausers, I use my byf 43 and my M24/47 for that.

The reason why I offered no return policy is as follows- idiots like you who buy the gun thinking they got a great deal and then return it on some bogus grounds after they find out they've overpaid for it, either through the seller's doing or their own. Yours is a clear cut case of bid shielding, as explained to my by the gunbroker customer support people. I unlike the large percentage of the bigger collectors on here am neither an FFL or C&R holder and more often than not try here on the trader before I resort to gunbroker. Never had a bad experience there, you can ask the people I've dealt with in regard to buying and selling on them.

That being said, I'll shut up now before one of the mods, Vic, or Tuco steps in. I'm over it.