[jimscigar]

Could my 42 byf be original if it is parkerized? Definitely not blue like my yugo mauser. Any thoughts are very much appreciated. Jim

 

[BARQS19]

Really? Never seen a parkerized mauser before. Got any pictures?
BARQS19

 

[rickyracer2]

I am going out on a limb here but I believe an early to mid war K98 should be blued unless it was refinished post war.

 

[Bill In Indiana]

Can you post some pics.....it sounds post war done....pics might help tell us who or when it was parked. But other than Isreal, I am not aware of any country that parked 98k's post war. The war time German parking was done 44-45 vintage and so this is not one of those being dated 42.

 

[pt460]

Some of my late war K98s ('44 and later) have a gray finish, which could probably be mistaken for parkerizing. Never saw a gray finish on a '42 - all mine are blued.