[Heirmossy]

One of the auction sites have a current auction running for a Mitchell's ( i hate to even call it this) K98. I apologize for creating the potential of another rant but I feel bad for the bidders. If you look at the description you'll be very amused or very unhappy depending on the way you look at it. They provided a lot of pics and what a freakin mess. Somehow I wish anyone that's new to collecting would have to do a year at this site with all you guys before they plunk down any money.When I began collecting mausers Mitchell's got me for an M48A. I found this site after I made that purchase. I can't thank you guys enough for educating me and the continuing ed I receive here. My mauser collection is beautiful in my eyes and thanks to all of you I have nothing that's restamped, sanded to toothpicks, buffed or reblued. Thanks to all of you.

 

[sn1945]

Post a link or get the pics from the auction and post it here.

 

[Heirmossy]

GB auction is still active so I understand It's prohibited to post link here.

 

[Regis Rex]

Is it identified as a Mitchell's in the auction? I bought a Mitchell's K98 on GB knowing what it was, since the price was about half of what Mitchell's charges, and I wanted to see exactly what they were selling.

 

[Regis Rex]

I found one Mitchell K98 on GB, and the seller is telling bigger whoppers than Mitchells.

 

[Heirmossy]

Yup,
That's the one. Mitchell is the keyword and the seller is telling bigger lies than Mitchell themselves do. The insult to injury is the price!

 

[p229sas]

So they DO restamp the numbers. I had always read about that but never have seen closeups verifying it for myself until now.

On a side note, what kind of finish do they put on the stocks? I take it they sand the ever living hell out of them after removing the shellac, but I wonder what they put on it afterward. Tru Oil maybe?

 

[NeedmoreAmmo]

Man I will never get over how they get away with frauding people into thinking these are matching K98 mausers. What the H*ll is that big star for.

 

[AlamoCity]

Its certainly sad what they did to a nice 1938 Sauer. And, that is not what that rifle looked like before the war! Early k98's didn't have front sight hoods, and didn't have the serial number stamped on the stock, a la russian captures. Nor were the bolts in the white!!

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[johnnymustang]

I think the "star" is covering up the Russian X. That way if you know to look for a X you won't find it. Never seen anything like it though.

Looking at the serial, I was struck with hey I've seen that serial before and I have, one of my '41s has the same serial and letter code. Funny....

 

[Wapruf2]

Any postal inspectors/ attorneys here? Using mail (i.e. ads in mailed pubs) to defraud? Class action suit?

 

[Heirmossy]

The RC X has a horizontal line through it so it doesn't look so glaringly like an RC. Aside from the heavily polished and restamped bolt the [email protected]*$k that's selling it is lying through his miserable teeth and I believe he knows it. Look at his other auctions and form your own opinion.

 

[AK_CZ]

The guy is gonna buy this for way more than it's worth then come here all excited and find out what it really is. It pisses me off that people do this stuff. I believe the seller knows exactly what he is doing. This is really bad for our hobby.

 

[Regis Rex]

The one I bought had the bejeebers sanded out of the stock and a hard plasticky finish applied. It was also a pre-war gun, and still had a walnut stock. Interestingly, they sanded around the stock proofs, leaving them in little circles of rough original wood. The bore wasn't that great, either. I'd rate it VG+.

 

[wa3yvt]

Wonder why they didnt restamp the front band at the same time?It helps if a matching numbers rifles numbers match

 

[craig61a]

Wonder why they didnt restamp the front band at the same time?It helps if a matching numbers rifles numbers match

Uh, that's a Nazi quality control number, not a serial number...

 

[saleen]

Well, the buyer is in the firearms trade so if he didn't know, he SHOULD have known.


Saleen