Here's some pictures of my Dad's "bringback" K98k

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Mwieczorek	Here's some pictures of my Dad's "bringback" K98k	Lead	[-]
Posts: 51 (01/03/09 03:57 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None Hello gang, I'm up visiting my parents this weekend, and we pulled some of his collection out to look it over. Here is his K98k. It's a byf 45, laminated beech stock with cupped buttplate. It has a bayonet lug with a cleaning rod hole, but there is no cleaning rod channel in the stock. The inside of the stock is absolutely mint. You can tell they were "hurrying things up a bit" with the stock making and machine work on this late war rifle. The bolt does not match, but everything else seems to check out. There is a faint waffenampt marking on one side of the buttstock, I couldn't get it to come out in a photo. There are no import stamp of any kind on this rifle. He bought it back in 1992 from an older gentleman at a gunshow. He didn't say too much about the rifle's history, but he did give my Dad some war era German 8mm to go with it. The lack of any import stamping, coupled with the fact that the overall condition of the parts matches very well (the bolt is mismatched, but the blueing is in the same overall condition) make me think that this is likely a bringback rifle. Here's the pictures, let me know your thoughts:
antonz		#1	[-]
Posts: 545 (01/04/09 01:13 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	M, Handsome rifle. The upper and lower bands are from an earlier era though. Byf 45 would have stamped and welded bands. The bands you have are milled. The upper band is "H" style and went out of use in late 1942 early 1943. What is the bore condition like? Anton " For those willing to fight for it, life and liberty have a flavor the protected will never know."
Mwieczorek		#2	[-]
Posts: 52 (01/04/09 08:09 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	It's bright and shiney in there. Thanks for letting me know about the bands. I wonder how they would have gotten on this rifle? Did the german armorer's do any sort of mix & match shenanigans towards the end of the war? Was there a source for these kinds of parts in the USA prior to the release of the Russian Capture K98's where the previous owner might have gotten these earlier parts? I'm really curious about this, and I appreciate your responses... Matt
antonz		#3	[-]
Posts: 546 (01/05/09 12:33 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	M, Lord knows where those bands came from. Are they matching to the number on the receiver? I guess its possible they could have been a late war replacement, but not likely. Probably post war. Stock looks good. Have you disassembled the rifle? Is the a serial number in the barrel track? Anton " For those willing to fight for it, life and liberty have a flavor the protected will never know."
Mwieczorek		#4	[-]
Posts: 57 (01/05/09 12:37 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Anton, The inside of the stock is CLEAN, like clean raw laminated wood clean. Yes, there is a serial number inside the barrel track, I can't remember if it matches the rifle. I'm back home now, so I can't get back into it until I go visit my parents again. Matt